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Christian Munafo

Christian Munafo - Chief Investment Officer, Liberty Street Advisors, Inc


Christian has over 20 years of experience in finance, the majority of which has been focused on secondary investments involving venture-backed and growth companies and funds.

Prior to joining the Private Shares Fund investment management team and Liberty Street Advisors, Inc., Christian was co-head of the Global Private Equity Secondaries Practice at HQ Capital. Prior to that, he served as head of secondaries at Thomas Weisel Partners. Christian holds a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Rutgers College.

Christian Munafo

My Insights

Outlook 2025
Private companies driving innovation and disruption
December 2024

PRIVATE SHARES: “We believe clients can achieve proper diversification through growth areas like late-stage private innovation companies.”

Investment Opinions
The Private Innovation Economy
25 June 2024

Given the shift of capital from public to private markets, and the trend of high-growth companies staying private longer, Liberty Street Advisors’ Christian Munafo explains how investors can tap into these dynamic, innovative and revenue-rich late-stage US businesses during their most exciting development phases.

My Videos

Video

05:54 min watch

Introduction to Late Stage Private Shares
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Christian Munafo, CIO of LSA, provides an overview of the opportunities in private markets.

Introduction to Late Stage Private Shares

My Awards

Capabilities
GAM’s Private Shares strategy named Emerging Fund of the year by Financial Newswire/SQM Research in Australia
September 2023

GAM’s Private Shares Strategy, managed by our partner firm Liberty Street Advisors, was named Emerging Fund of the Year at The Financial Newswire/SQM Research 2023 Fund Manager of the Year Awards. The awards seek to identify the best of the best among fund managers available in Australia across 18 investment categories.

Click here to see the full list of winners.