Think Twice: The Stoic Capitalist with Robert Rosenkranz

Open to Debate

Education, Society & Culture, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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From modest beginnings to a distinguished career, Robert Rosenkranz, the chairman of Delphi Capital Management and founder of Open to Debate, has used Stoic wisdom to navigate challenges, innovations, and business relationships. In this conversation, John Donvan speaks with Rosenkranz about his new book, “The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious,” how ancient philosophy shaped his pivotal moments, why he launched Open to Debate, and how disciplined thinking can unlock enduring accomplishment and serve as a guide for anyone seeking success and a life well lived. Our Guest: Robert Rosenkranz, Author, Chairman of Delphi Capital Management, and Founder and Chairman of Open to Debate Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	This is open to debate. I'm John Donvan. Hi, everybody. And today what I'm thinking of as
0:37.4	the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at this organization,
0:40.7	because in part it's going to be the origin story of this program, Open to Debate,
0:44.6	how we came to be, why we came to be.
0:47.6	And we are doing that by having, as my sole guest,
0:50.6	the man who both founded and first funded us, Robert Rosencrantz. To be complete about this,
0:56.0	Robert Rosencrantz is the chairman of Open to Debate, and he provides generous major funding
1:00.1	to open to debate through the Rosencrantz Foundation. The timing for this conversation being
1:04.6	just about perfect, because Robert Rosencrantz is just coming out with a great book, a book I have
1:09.9	now read multiple times already. Its title is
1:12.5	The Stoic Capitalist, Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious. It's a book of advice he wants to put out there for others
1:19.8	on how to create and make the best of the opportunities within your grasp. He has not only been
1:25.6	thinking about what he would like to say to the next
1:27.6	generation or the ones that follow that, about how to do that, but how best to communicate
1:31.8	the precepts that he has tried to live by. And in doing that, he decided that a book would be the
1:36.3	way. And so that's what he's done. I am now going to welcome the Stoic capitalist himself to his first
1:42.3	interview appearance on this program. Robert Rosencrantz.
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