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TIP226: Billionaire Charles Koch Lessons Learned (Business Podcast)

The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On today's show, Preston and Stig talk about billionaire Charles Koch. Koch made his money in the chemical business since the 1960's. As the Chairman and CEO of Koch industries for over 50 years, Koch has produced an 18% annual return. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: What Charles Koch thinks are the key ingredients to being successful in business. The importance of market-based management. How Charles Koch’s choose among business opportunities. Why creative destruction is and why it’s important in business and stock investing. Ask The Investors: What do you think about Ray Dalio’s All Weather Portfolio? BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Related Episode: Listen to Preston and Stig’s discussion of Charles Koch’s book, The Science of Success. or watch the video here. Preston and Stig’s Executive Summary of Charles Koch’s book, The Science of Success. Related Episode: Listen to Preston and Stig’s discussion of Ray Dalio’s new book, Big Debt Crises or watch the video here. Related Episode: Listen to Preston and Stig’s discussion of Clayton Christensen’s book, The Innovator’s Dilemma or watch video here. Related Episode: Listen to Preston and Stig’s discussion of Tony Robbins’ book, Money Master the Game or watch video here. Angela Duckworth’s book, Grit – Read reviews of this book. The Investor’s Podcast’s guidelines to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s meeting 2019. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. 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0:00.0

You're listening to TIP.

0:02.9

On today's show, we cover the eighth richest person on the planet, Mr. Charles Koch.

0:07.3

Koch has been the co-owner chairman and CEO of Koch Industries since 1967.

0:11.8

The company was originally involved in chemicals and oil refinement, but now the company also

0:15.8

provides products and services for pollution control equipment, polymers, fibers, minerals,

0:20.6

fertilizers, and even ranching.

0:22.6

Koch is a graduate of MIT and is annual compounded return since running Koch Industries since 1967

0:28.4

is estimated to be 18% annually.

0:31.5

So without further delay, here's our highlights and lessons learned from Charles Koch.

0:35.6

You are listening to THE Investors Podcast.

0:41.7

Where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires

0:46.0

the most.

0:47.0

We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.

0:58.9

Hey everyone, welcome to THE Investors Podcast.

1:01.2

I'm your host Preston Pish and as always, I'm a company by my co-host, Stig Broderson.

1:05.9

Like we said in the introduction, we're going to be covering Charles Koch.

1:08.8

Just as a side note before we start, Stig and I covered one of Charles Koch's books.

1:13.7

This was episode nine a long time ago.

1:17.0

The name of Charles' book was The Science of Success.

1:20.0

We thoroughly enjoyed this book.

1:21.3

We also wrote an executive summary, so if you want to read the executive summary that Stig

1:24.9

and I have for this book, we'll also have a link to that in the show notes.

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