Masters in Business · Friday, August 14, 2026
Ankur Crawford recounted her unusual hiring experience at Alger, where CEO Dan Chung hired her immediately after an initial meeting. Despite her lack of investing experience, Chung was drawn to her non-traditional background and her willingness to engage in robust debate, valuing her ability to offer different perspectives over conforming to the norm.
“And as we were walking out, he was like, you're hired.”
“I need someone who's not afraid of me, will stand up and make me think of this problem from multiple angles.”
“Well, I think it's a little bit of the culture that we have at ALGA of it's always better to have different perspectives versus go along with the norm and be consensus, and to always encourage that debate.”