Brian Crombie talks to Dennis Mitchell and discusses his new initiative to combat systemic racism. The Starlight Capital CEO is part of a coalition that has launched the Black Opportunity Fund.

Dennis grew up in the west Toronto neighbourhood of High Park “before it was cool.” His mother was a nurse, his father a truck driver and Dennis had ambitions to play professional football until several knee surgeries killed that dream. A long-time admirer of Warren Buffett, he decided to set his sights on a new goal: a career in asset management. “Many people are unaware of what they are capable of accomplishing, until they see someone who looks like them doing it,” he says.