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Jun 22, 2026
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Abigail Wattley – Inside the $4.5B Williams Endowment | Capital Allocators EP.507
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Abigail Wattley
(Chief Investment Officer, Williams College, guest)
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Executive Summary
The Williams College endowment, which supports nearly 60% of the college's budget, has grown from $1.3B to $4.5B since 2007 through a patient, long-term investment strategy.
The endowment is actively evolving its asset allocation, having divested from oil & gas extraction funds, dynamically managed its fixed income exposure, and reduced its hedge fund target to 27% from a high of 40%.
Liquidity management is a paramount concern, addressed through rigorous weekly monitoring, forecasting, and maintaining $150M in credit lines to support the 5% annual spending rate.
The small investment team leverages technology like LLMs to enhance due diligence but currently forgoes co-investments and secondary market activity due to bandwidth constraints.
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