Berkshire Hathaway Part I

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Ma, Business, Technology, Acquisitions, Startups, Venturecapital, Vc, Investing, Investment

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 190 minutes

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Summary

It's time. After 150+ episodes on great companies, we tackle the granddaddy of them all — Berkshire Hathaway. One episode alone isn't nearly enough to do Warren and Poor Charlie justice, so today we present Part I: Warren's story. How did a folksy, middle-class kid from Omaha become the single greatest capitalist of all-time? Why, like Jordan, did he retire (twice!) at the top of his game, only to reinvent himself and come back stronger than ever? As always, we dive in. Let's dance.

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David: Balaji Srinivasan on The Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/2021/03/24/balaji-srinivasan/

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0:00.0	Gonna need some of that, you know, running like the goo that you eat.
0:04.4	Oh man, I should have brought a snack.
0:07.4	Well, great thing about not being alive.
0:09.0	We could always just take a break if need be.
0:11.0	It's true.
0:12.0	On the Warren and Charlie, don't take a break.
0:13.6	It's true, yeah.
0:14.6	Oh my God.
0:15.6	What are we doing?
0:16.6	We should have brought peanut brittle and cherry coaks.
0:18.6	Oh snap.
0:19.6	Well, for part two, peanut brittle and cherry coaks are mandatory.
0:23.6	Yeah.
0:24.6	Mandatory.
0:25.6	Oh.
0:26.6	Well, that's okay because we're not really talking about Brexit today.
0:28.8	That's right.
0:29.8	It was intentional.
0:30.8	Yeah.
0:39.8	Welcome to season eight, episode five of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies
0:48.0	and the stories and playbooks behind them.
0:50.6	I'm Ben Gilbert and I am the co-founder and managing director of Seattle based Pioneer
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