Daniel Cohen, Chairman of Cohen and Company, Joins Me on Panic with Friends to Discuss the Past, Present, and Future of the SPAC World (EP.145)

Guest: Daniel CohenProfile: Chairman of Cohen and CompanyWhere to Find Him: LinkedIn, Twitter

What’s the Panic About:

If you want to learn about SPACs, look to Daniel Cohen. He has been with the SPAC phenomenon since the beginning and has been a major player in innovating this space. He and his mother Betsy along with Ryan Gilbert inspired me to launch Social Leverage’s SPAC. In this episode, Daniel offers some context into how the SPAC markets got to where it is today. Daniel is the chairman of the SPAC and fintech powerhouse Cohen and Company, president and CEO at FTAC Hera Acquisition Corp, chairman of The Bancorp and former CEO of RAIT Financial Trust. Daniel’s busy, having launched 10 SPACs since his first deal in 2015 and currently working on his next. But as impressive as his resumé is, the most impressive aspect of Daniel’s career to me is that he works with his family. In fact, Daniel’s most notable and high-profile merger deal with eToro was with his mom Betsy Cohen. In this episode, Daniel and I chat about the SPAC booms opportunities and areas of concern, big data, money management, COVID’s impact on tech and business travel, working with his family and more.

The Takeaway:

It seems that the SPAC trend is here to stay. I’ve written a lot about SPACs and learned a lot from talking with interesting and experienced people like Daniel who have been in this space since the beginning. But if you want to go further down the SPAC rabbit hole, here’s a link to my thoughts from my most recent SPAC Week on my blog.

You can listen to my conversations with Daniel here on Spotify or here on Apple.

PS – I am now doing one ‘Panic With Friends’ podcast per week. Thanks for listening and make sure you subscribe over on Spotify or Apple.