Meet Ken Majmudar
On stage, on air, in print.
I work across stages, podcasts, video, and print on the principles that drive long-term compounding — drawn from thirty-plus years of practicing them at Ridgewood. The format changes. The substance does not.
Ken's Speaking Topics
Four areas. Three decades in each
Value Investing
Three decades of practicing the discipline of Buffett, Graham, Fisher, and Munger — applied through multiple market cycles. Covers what great capital allocators actually do, the margin-of-safety mindset, and why timeless principles still hold in markets reshaped by AI.
Long-Term Compounding
The single most underestimated force in capital, in businesses, and in lives. Covers why patience is the most reliable competitive advantage left in markets, why architecture beats willpower in wealth design, and what true wealth actually looks like on a thirty-year horizon.
Alternative Investments
Where the discipline of value investing meets new opportunity sets. Covers the India Growth Story (drawn from Ken’s work as Co-Founder of Dharohar Capital Partners), private markets, and digital assets evaluated through a long-term capital-allocation lens.
Entrepreneurship & Building
Lessons from founding and operating multiple ventures while continuing to invest at scale. Covers capital allocation as a founder, building companies and communities that compound over decades, and the long-game mindset that separates builders who last.
Meet Ken Majmudar
About Ken.
Kaushal “Ken” Majmudar, CFA, is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ridgewood Investments, a fee-only fiduciary wealth management firm managing over $400 million for client families across the United States. A Harvard Law and Columbia graduate, Ken began his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, where he advised Fortune 1000 companies on IPOs, mergers, and corporate finance. He then spent six years at a hedge fund covering small-cap equities before founding Ridgewood in 2002 to apply the principles of Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and Philip Fisher to long-term wealth management for serious investors.
Beyond Ridgewood, Ken is Co-Founder of Dharohar Capital Partners (an India-focused investment partnership), Founder of Capital Alliance (an invite-only community for serious investors), and host of the Capital Alliance Podcast. He writes the Compound Ideas Substack, contributed the chapter “Four Timeless Principles of Intelligent Investing” to Create the Business Breakthrough You Want (Mission Publishing, 2004), and has a forthcoming book on building wealth that lasts.
Ken is a CFA charterholder, an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and Collective Genius, and has attended every Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting since 2002 — eighteen consecutively as of 2026.
Featured
Where the work has appeared.
A sample of recent and past appearances across stages, podcasts, video, and print.
Speaker
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (Omaha)
Eighteen consecutive years of attendance (2002 – 2026).
Speaker
MOI Global
Featured speaker at multiple conferences and online events on value investing, building an advisory firm, and capital allocation discipline.
Speaker
Cyprus Value Investor Conference
Speaker on value investing and the architecture of long-term wealth.
Speaker
CFA Society of New York (CFANY)
Speaker on value investing for CFA charterholder audiences.
Presenter
VALUEx Klosters (Switzerland)
Regular participant at Guy Spier’s invite-only value-investing gathering since 2011
Podcast Guest
Wealth Insight
Featured interview, May 2026 (recorded in Omaha during Berkshire week). Covered Ken’s investing philosophy and Berkshire’s 2026 succession.
Featured In
BusinessWeek
Named one of the “50 Most Experienced Independent Advisors” in the country.
Featured In
Paladin Registry
Awarded 5-Star Advisor rating
Contributor
Seeking Alpha
Contributor; published bylined articles on value investing and market commentary.
Substack
Compound Ideas Substack
Ken’s ongoing long-form publication on investing, wealth strategy, and the long game.
Essays
Ridgewood Insights
Bylined and contributed essays on value investing, wealth architecture, and tax strategy.
Live Sessions
MOI Global video interviews
Multiple recorded sessions on value investing topics.
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