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Hello new reader! My name is Simeon McMillan, and I’m a semi-retired media executive who left the rat-race to write full time about stocks and value investing. While working a full-time corporate day-job, I achieved a time-weighted return of +3,400% in my personal trading account from 2016-2024 and now manage my small family office.

I consider Accrued Interest as the public demonstration of my private research process. My edge as an investor comes from the fact that while I began my career on Wall Street, I spent the last decade of my career helping run real operating companies. To paraphrase fellow Columbia Business School alum Warren Buffett, I am a better investor because I am a businessman and a better businessman because I am an investor.

Investing Style: “Value” or “GARP”, but I also love special situations. You’ll find I tend to gravitate towards US-listed media companies, having worked in an Corporate FP&A capacity inside television (broadcast and cable), radio and billboard companies.

Professional Experience: If you would like to see my full CV you can find it on LinkedIn, but here’s the TLDR:

Corporate finance and media professional with 17+ years of experience leading a broad range of strategic finance, sales and research initiatives at both media and investment organizations. Investment Banking/Private Equity foundation from Goldman Sachs, Sterling Partners, MSF Capital. Columbia MBA and UPenn/Wharton Bachelor of Science in Economics

Education:

Columbia Business School – Value Investing Program – Class of 20214

University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School – Class of 2008 Undergrad

  • Columnist of the Year, The Daily Pennsylvanian, 2008

  • Blogger of the Year, The Daily Pennsylvanian, 2007

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Media & Tech Equity Research Specialist. I manage my family office and write about business and investing. Former tv/radio executive. During corporate years, achieved +3,400% TWR in PA from ’16-‘24. Subscribe to Accrued Interest for your stock research!

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TMT Equity Research Specialist. I manage my family office and write about business and investing. Former tv/radio executive. During corporate years, achieved +3,400% TWR in PA from ’16-‘24. Subscribe to Accrued Interest for your stock research needs!