Vaccine Donations with Pfizer’s CEO, & Discord’s CEO Has Entered the Chat

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CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla discusses his company’s donation of 500 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to the U.S. government for distribution among lower income countries. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell and Pfizer’s Bourla discuss equitable vaccine access and the global distribution infrastructure. The group chat app Discord is now valued at $15 billion after a new funding round. Discord CEO Jason Citron shares how he’s built a communication app in a crowded marketplace, the pros and cons of working with Apple’s App Store, and leveraging the gamer community. Plus, Congress works to avert a government shutdown, and Jamie Dimon’s making comments on the Fed. In this episode: Albert Bourla, @AlbertBourla Jason Citron, @jasoncitron Meg Tirrell, @megtirrell Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod.
0:06.0	I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast,
0:10.0	500 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID vaccine heading around the world donated by the US.
0:16.0	We hear from Pfizer's leader Albert Borla exclusively.
0:19.3	It was always in our minds that we need to have a vaccine that will be available to all.
0:25.3	From gamer to CEO, how Discord's founder Jason Citron built the go-to app for gamers and
0:31.2	nabbed a $ billion dollar valuation.
0:33.4	Discord is not a social network.
0:35.1	There's no news feed, things don't go viral.
0:37.2	We don't sell ads.
0:38.2	You know, Discord is a communication service where you create a place that you come together
0:42.0	with your friends to talk and hang out.
0:44.4	Those stories, plus averting a shutdown, watching Disney, Jamie Diamond on the Fed, and TV anchors, their bookers too.
0:52.0	We never have him here.
0:53.0	Very hard to get him just to come on Squawk Box.
0:55.0	Jamie, we're here for you, dude.
0:58.0	It's Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.
1:01.0	It's first day of fall.
1:02.0	I like it, but it's,'s I don't know it's ominous. I know
1:05.2	what's coming. Squawk Pod begins right now. Stand back you by in three
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