[REPLAY] Ed Grefenstette – Bold Allocations at The Dietrich Foundation (EP.437)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Feb 23, 2026 · 1h 13m

Ed Grefenstette is the CIO of The Dietrich Foundation, which supports charitable organizations in Western Pennsylvania through a truly unique investment strategy that seeks to first, last, and always grow the assets. Bill Dietrich, a successful industrialist, published historian, international investor, and innovative philanthropist, formed the foundation after selling his business for $170 million in 1997. Since then, the pool has grown 11.5x to $1.5 billion after distributing $400 million to supported charities, including contributions that make it among the largest donors every year to…