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Ralph Shayne

Ralph Shayne

CEO and PE Operating Partner at Altamont Capital Partners; author of graphic novel "Hour of Need" about the 1943 rescue of Danish Jews.

Jun 21, 2026

24:52
How did that shape the way since you discovered that you've lived your Jewish life and maybe a little bit, if it's not too personal to ask you to share, of the way you've thought about that with your own family going forward?
25:05
Well, I am anchored by an amazing wife who has brought up two amazing, observant children.
25:13
It's, again, for me, been a very important community to be a part of, although I don't know that I would say that I've necessarily been visibly that active a part of it until you know, the writing of this book.
25:26
And, you know, I got asked a very interesting question by a Catholic school student when I was visiting a Catholic school here in Chicago, Sacred Heart.
25:34
And he asked me if I had ever experienced antisemitism personally.
25:39
First reaction was, you know, my father grew up in Chicago.
25:43
His family had migrated from the Ukrainian area, you know, 40 or 50 years before the war.

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