Kevin Hart, Tesla’s Bottom Line, & A ‘Swift’ Pass on FTX 04/20/23

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Investing, Business News, News, Business

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Actor, comic, investor, and entrepreneur Kevin Hart discusses his new tequila brand, Gran Coramino, with partner and CEO of Global Brand Equities, James Morrissey. Hart discusses his many ventures, including VC, vegan fast food, and entertainment. As debt ceiling negotiations heat up in Washington, members of the Problem Solvers Caucus Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) emphasize the importance of finding common ground between parties and moving forward. Plus, Tesla has a margin problem, Florida Governor DeSantis’s fight with Disney is escalating, and news for Swifties of all ages: Taylor Swift dodged the FTX disaster by doing her due diligence. In this episode: Kevin Hart, @KevinHart4real Josh Gottheimer, @RepJoshG Phil Lebeau, @Lebeaucarnews Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer, today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Kevin Hart, more than a comic, investing's no joke.
0:12.8	Grand Corps Amino is a product that be built that's based off of a celebration of your
0:17.4	journey, celebration of love, and hard work.
0:20.6	So it's a true definition of myself.
0:23.0	Tequila, burgers, entertainment, even underwear, he's got his heart in a lot of projects.
0:29.0	I'm thinking of new products just to use the name heart again.
0:31.0	What is this vegan thing?
0:32.7	Hart House.
0:33.4	Hart House.
0:34.4	And you got Hart to Hart, which is not the TV show.
0:37.0	That's a talk show.
0:38.6	Washington's problem solvers, taking on the looming debt ceiling
0:42.3	or trying to.
0:43.0	New Jersey Congressman Josh Gotheimer.
0:45.0	We're literally staring at a fiscal cliff.
0:47.0	We need to do everything we can to address our long-term fiscal health.
0:50.0	Those stories, plus Tesla's margin problem. The Desantis battle with Disney and
0:56.8	Taylor Swift's business savvy. She's got us hooked.
0:59.8	I might have to say I might be a swiftie. Is that okay?
1:02.5	I'm a total swiftie.
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