Jaibir Singh Sethi

Jaibir joins Marcellus from Premji Invest, India’s largest family office by assets under management

Jaibir joins Marcellus from Premji Invest, India’s largest family office by assets under management, where he spent 9 years as a member of the team that managed ~US$3bn in listed equities with the last 3 years being spent as head of research. Prior to that, Jaibir worked for CLSA and Clear Capital in research roles. Over a career spanning 16 years in equities, he has tracked multiple sectors, including consumer, retail, autos, hotels and airlines.

Qualification: Jaibir is CFA charter holder with a B.Com (Hons) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore.

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NEWSLETTER
Marcellus Portfolio Updates & Insights - August 2026

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Global Compounders: Why have we underperformed the S&P500 in 2026?

Marcellus’ Global Compounders Portfolio (GCP) strategically invests in ~40 deeply moated global companies aligned with megatrends, with an aim to provide steady earnings growth and shareholder wealth compounding. Our underperformance vs S&P500 in 2026 has played out in two parts – in line until Feb’26 and underperformance post that. Two factors explain the underperformance: 1) […]


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Investing in boring, old-fashioned companies that allocate capital sensibly

Like our favourite cricketer, Rahul Dravid, the 7 companies decoded by us a decade ago in ‘The Unusual Billionaires’ delivered market beating performance by focusing on 3 principles which are simple to understand but hard to deliver on: (a) stick to the core and expand only into adjacencies; (b) focus on deepening your existing moats; and (c) […]


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