Main Street Deserves Access to Private Markets
Let's open up a wealth building strategy to more Americans
[Published on THE HILL at 4:00pm, June 1, 2025]
On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to revive the American economy and deliver greater opportunity for working families: to create “a middle class that is once again the envy of the entire world.” Making that pledge a reality starts with tax cuts and deregulation but doesn’t end there. It will require policymakers to reconsider who has access to wealth-building opportunities.
Unfortunately, far too many Americans lack the tools available to the wealthy. More Americans deserve the opportunity to invest in private markets, and that’s something Trump’s administration can provide.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has a unique opportunity to…
(https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5326729-access-private-markets-for-everyone/)
VIKRAM MANSHARAMANI is an entrepreneur, consultant, scholar, neighbor, husband, father, volunteer, and professional generalist who thinks in multiple-dimensions and looks beyond the short-term. Self-taught to think around corners and connect original dots, he spends his time speaking with global leaders in business, government, academia, and journalism. He’s currently the Chairman and CEO of Goodwell Foods, a manufacturer of private label frozen pizza. LinkedIn has twice listed him as its #1 Top Voice in Money & Finance, and Worth profiled him as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance. Vikram earned a PhD From MIT, has taught at Yale and Harvard, and is the author of three books, The Making of a Generalist: An Independent Thinker Finds Unconventional Success in an Uncertain World, Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst. Vikram lives in Lincoln, New Hampshire with his wife and two children, where they can usually be found hiking or skiing.