Frederik 'Neckar'
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In 1987, six college friends made $30 million with their new trading firm.Today they're billionaires, having proven themselves on the trading floor, in poker rooms, on race tracks, even in
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In 1987, an unknown black lawyer rocked Wall Street with the $985 million LBO of Beatrice International.Reginald Lewis had bootstrapped his way to the top of the buyout world, negotiating
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How Paypal led to Palantir, a quick thread:Peter Thiel and Palantir's CEO Alex Karp were roommates at Stanford. Both received their JD's from Stanford Law in 1992.https://stanfordpolitics.org/2017/11/27/peter-thiel-cover-story/ Karp
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Today, I learned from Steven Spielberg about the movie business and about the importance of understanding the commercial side as an artist. Steve started early. At age 12 he screened
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Michael Bloomberg started his company in 1981. He was already 39 years old. He faced large incumbents with tens of thousands of installed terminals and by global news agencies.Let's take
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