The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience Grew Up Learning from Buffett and Munger: Monsoon Pabrai’s Investing Edge
Mar 16, 2026
Monsoon Pabrai, founder of Drew Investments who launched her fund at 25 after early exposure to Buffett and Munger, shares her investing lens. She discusses adapting classic value principles to intangibles like network effects. Conversations cover launching a fund young, fundraising honesty, balancing discipline with EQ, and why patient, long-term restraint is a core advantage.
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Dinner Table Investing Lessons
- Monsoon Pabrai grew up discussing business at the dinner table and met Warren Buffett at age 12, making investing a lived experience rather than abstract theory.
- Her father used everyday moments like standing in line at Chipotle to teach unit-economics and business math, shaping her early analytical habits.
Start Funds With Friends Family And A Clear Runway
- When starting a fund, raise from friends and family first and promise transparency and honesty to build early trust.
- Monsoon ran the fund on personal savings for five years as a runway and told investors she'd return money if it failed, which kept early anchors committed.
Mother Enforced Four Years Of Discipline
- Monsoon's mother paused her career to act as a 'secretary' and enforce a strict study routine when Monsoon had poor grades in middle school.
- That four-year 'Tiger Mom' discipline moved her from C's to A's and later became the foundation for running a disciplined fund.
