Expeditionary Investor Jonathan Auerbach on Frontier Markets and Expeditionary Economics

Jonathan Auerbach of is the original expeditionary economist. His brokerage service has partnered to set-up and operate stock exchanges in over 100 countries, especially in Africa. Recently, Auerbach Grayson & Co. was featured in this glowing profile in the Financial Times. Here he speaks about lessons from frontier markets, IPOs in Africa,  and his motto to "Buy when there’s ...

By , the founder and managing partner of FutureMap.

Jonathan Auerbach of is the original expeditionary economist. His brokerage service has partnered to set-up and operate stock exchanges in over 100 countries, especially in Africa. Recently, Auerbach Grayson & Co. was featured in this glowing profile in the Financial Times. Here he speaks about lessons from frontier markets, IPOs in Africa,  and his motto to "Buy when there’s blood on the streets — especially when it’s your own."

Parag Khanna is the founder and managing partner of FutureMap. His most recent book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us. Twitter: @paragkhanna

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