I Hired My College Roommates to Build a $300M Empire
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Jamie Beaton, CEO of Crimson Education, and it went out on 18 December 2025.
Jamie Beaton managed a hedge fund portfolio at Tiger Management while taking maximum course loads at Harvard and building Crimson Education, which now generates more than $300M in revenue. He describes the cultural shift from New Zealand's tall poppy syndrome to Manhattan's ambition, working under Julian Robertson, and turning a dorm-room consulting hustle into a global education company. The episode covers scaling a service business to more than 20 countries, elite college admissions, and schooling in the age of AI.
- New Zealand vs. USA: ambition and mindset.
- Building a $300M business from a Harvard dorm.
- Lessons from Tiger Management and Julian Robertson.
- Launching New Zealand's first online charter school.
Crimson Education, EdTech, Harvard, Tiger Management, scaling, college admissions, AI in education