Peter Plaut.
Peter Plaut is a dual American and British citizen who splits his time between New York and London—but his true home is wherever bold ideas are being built. He’s traveled to more than 65 countries, often venturing into the world’s most remote corners. That global curiosity has shaped a 30-year career focused on helping visionary founders turn world-changing ideas into investable, scalable realities.
A recognized leader in global finance, Peter has worked across the buy-side and sell-side, earning accolades including “Top Rising Stars of Hedge Funds,” “Institutional Investor All-American,” and “Euromoney Top Research Analyst.” He’s also held a term membership at the Council on Foreign Relations—testament to his credibility not only in markets, but in macro thinking.
But Peter’s mission has never been just about capital—it’s about catalysts. He specializes in identifying founders and technologies with the potential to reshape industries, particularly where innovation meets human impact. His portfolio spans Med Tech, AI, sustainability, and enabling technologies, and his approach consistently centers on the intersection of breakthrough science and real-world application.
Today, Peter is a Head of Wise Rise, as Managing Director, where he focuses on the tokenization of industries like sports, entertainment, real estate, and aviation—democratizing access to capital and reimagining traditional ownership models.
His career has included leadership at a London-based multi-billion-dollar family office, Managing Partner at Griffin Advisors (where he drove strategic investments across healthcare and deep tech), and Director at Newman Real Estate Services in New York. He’s structured over $1.5 billion in real estate and private credit deals, and his network includes boards, private equity firms, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices across the globe.
Peter’s perspective is grounded in experience, but future-facing by nature. In 1997, amid the Asian Financial Crisis, he served as Rating Advisor to the Republic of Korea while at Salomon Brothers—helping the nation regain access to capital markets under immense pressure. That same ability to navigate complexity, rally stakeholders, and unlock growth still drives his work with early-stage companies today.
He earned his BS in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, and Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he served as President of the Management Honor Society and co-founded the school’s chapter of Zeta Beta Tau.
Outside of the investment world, Peter is a proud father of six—three boys and three girls, including two sets of twins—which gives him a daily masterclass in logistics, negotiation, and long-term thinking.
