Chamath Palihapitiya on Venture Investments (Podcast)
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of Social Capital LP, which backs breakthrough companies in areas such as health care, education, climate change and space. Prior to founding Social Capital, Palihapitiya was a member of Facebook's senior executive team. He is also owner and director of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Mesters in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 0:10.0 | This week on the podcast, man, strap yourself in. |
| 0:13.8 | This is really one of the all-time greats, Chimath Palahapitia, founder of Social Capital, |
| 0:20.5 | very successful venture capitalist, part owner of the Golden State Warriors, and all around |
| 0:27.2 | insightful investor, social critic, and tech wonk. |
| 0:33.7 | If you're interested in anything from technology to social media to venture investing, startups, |
| 0:42.9 | entrepreneurship, I don't know what else to say other than strap yourself in. |
| 0:49.4 | This is a great one with no further ado. |
| 0:52.7 | My conversation with Chimath Palahapitia. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Barry Redholz. |
| 1:07.5 | You're listening to Mesters in Business on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 1:10.8 | My extra special guest this week is Chimath Palahapitia. |
| 1:15.6 | He is the founder of Social Capital, one of the more interesting and successful venture |
| 1:20.1 | capitalists out in Palo Alto. |
| 1:22.9 | He is also an engineer and team leader working at places like AOL, Facebook, and Slack. |
| 1:29.8 | He has been known as the SPAC King for his numerous successful deals in that space, and |
| 1:35.6 | he is also a 10% owner of the Golden State Warriors. |
| 1:40.2 | Chimath Palahapitia, welcome to Bloomberg. |
| 1:44.2 | Very thanks. |
| 1:45.2 | I've been looking forward to having this conversation for a while. |
| 1:50.7 | I start with people's backgrounds and we go chronologically, but you have some quotes |
| 1:55.4 | that I love, and I want to ask you about them and let you run wild with them. |
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