Anton Orlich was named managing investment director for CalPERS Global Private Equity in November 2022.
His responsibilities include overseeing the asset class’s strategies, programs, policies, and 40-person team. Additionally, Anton sits on the Total Fund Management Committee, Investment Underwriting Committee, and Operations & Administration Committee, which together manage the CalPERS Total Fund.
Prior to rejoining CalPERS in 2022, Anton was the head of alternative investments at Kaiser Permanente, the head of private equity at a family office, a portfolio manager in Global Private Equity at CalPERS from 2013 to 2016, the head of equities for the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS), and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.
Anton holds a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in economics from Columbia College in New York and a PhD in political science from Yale University. He is also a Harry S. Truman Scholar, a Kauffman Fellow, and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Charterholder. Anton is a U.S. Navy veteran and served in Afghanistan.
