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This Private Credit Investor Manages $1 Billion. Inside His Strategy To Use Government Policy For Growth
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This Private Credit Investor Manages $1 Billion. Inside His Strategy To Use Government Policy For Growth

ByJabari Young,

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On this episode of The Enterprise Zone, Lafayette Square Founder and CEO Damien Dwin sat down with Forbes to discuss private credit investment strategies in the current macroeconomic environment. Dwin also discussed his firm's Goal 2030 initiatives for job creation in working class communities.

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