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Welcome to first time Founders. I'm Ed Elson.

My next guest rose to fame in 2017 as Donald Trump's White House Communications Director,

a role he famously left after just 11 days. His blunt, unfiltered style made him a household name.

But long before Washington, he was making waves on Wall Street.

And in 2005, he founded Skybridge Capital, a New York-based alternative investment firm with

several billion dollars in assets under management. Four years later, he launched the Salt Conference,

now a global stage for leaders in business, finance,

and politics that hosts thousands of attendees every year. And today he's an outspoken voice

at the intersection of media, markets, and policy. Here is my conversation with Anthony

Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of Skybridge Capital. Anthony Scaramucci, thank you for joining me on first-time founders. Hey, that means I'm very flattered to be on it. Thank you. I like the name. I need swag yet. Okay, I need swag. Okay, first-time founders, I want to wear a shirt, a hat. Well, you're wearing your Batman shirt, and that's pretty, that's pretty swaggy, I'd say.

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