Latest Interviews
Showing 4051–4065 of 6,416 interview transcripts.
Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs22 min
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon on the Economy, Investing and Sustainability
David Solomon, Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, Alison Nathan, Valentine Van Nieuwenhuizen
Goldman Sachs has completed its acquisition of NN Investment Partners to significantly expand its European asset management platform and accelerate its sustainable investing capabilities under CEO David Solomon's four-year strategy. While the transaction strengthens the firm's fee-based revenue streams and operational scale, Solomon warns that clients should brace for increased market volatility and a heightened recession risk in Europe driven by energy supply disruptions and geopolitical tensions. The integration aims to combine NNIP's sustainability expertise with Goldman's global capital resources to deliver active returns that outperform passive benchmarks amidst the current uncertain economic climate.
- Dwarkesh Patel46 min
Sam Bankman-Fried - Crypto, FTX, Altruism, & Leadership
Sam Bankman-Fried outlines his philosophy on founding and scaling ventures, emphasizing the necessity of tolerating early-stage chaos, the critical role of "grunt work," and the application of specialized risk management to both crypto and traditional finance markets. He details a strategic pivot for the Future Fund to address talent scarcity in effective altruism through a re-granting program and argues for robust, flexible ethical models that withstand theoretical uncertainty. Looking forward, SBF predicts the integration of blockchain-based settlement mechanisms into legacy financial systems while warning that community progress depends on normalizing failure to support high-impact entrepreneurship.
- Lex Fridman1h 41m
Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #300
Joe Rogan explores the intersection of extreme discipline, artistic resilience, and the psychological toll of public scrutiny, citing his own use of psychedelics and physical conditioning to navigate media attacks and career challenges. The conversation further delves into geopolitical skepticism regarding Donald Trump and Alex Jones, alongside theories on UFOs, government secrecy, and the corruption of the American political system. Looking forward, Rogan plans an unrecorded, one-way expedition to Ukraine and Russia to personally witness the war's impact and engage directly with local populations and leaders.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 50m
Brewdog Founder: The Untold Story Of One Britain’s Fastest Growing Companies: James Watt | E157
BrewDog founder James Watt discusses the company's 87% annual growth and £100 million community equity model while addressing internal cultural reforms driven by an independent review and his own admission of toxic leadership behaviors. The narrative details significant strategic shifts, including a new profit-sharing scheme for staff, a transition to carbon-negative operations, and Watt's personal exploration of autism and trauma to foster a more empathetic organizational environment. Through this candid exchange, Watt outlines a future defined by sustainability pillars and transparency, rejecting sale offers to maintain the brewery's independence and long-term trajectory.
Daniel Yanisse: Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in the Hiring Process | 20VC #903
Checkr co-founders Daniel and Jonathan launched an API-first background check platform in a high-risk transition from corporate employment, leveraging early acquisitions and strategic hiring to build a scalable infrastructure. The company subsequently prioritized capital efficiency and founder-led delegation over rapid valuation growth, navigating significant lessons from premature enterprise expansion and pandemic-era fundraising challenges. Today, Checkr aims to redefine HR technology by normalizing second-chance hiring for individuals with criminal records while maintaining near-profitability to control its long-term strategic destiny.
- Goldman Sachs23 min
Investing with Norges Bank Investment Management’s Nicolai Tangen
Nicolai Tangen, Katie Koch, Alison Nathan
Nikolai Tangen, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, directs the world's largest sovereign wealth fund as it navigates a projected decade of stagflation and geopolitical instability through tactical portfolio adjustments and a rigorous negative selection strategy. Leveraging an interrogative background and a philosophy of active ownership, Tangen emphasizes capitalizing on undervalued opportunities in markets like China while excluding companies with weak balance sheets to preserve the fund's $1.3 trillion in long-term assets. His approach integrates diverse intellectual perspectives and a commitment to transparency, as evidenced by his "Good Company" podcast and a pledge to donate most of his personal wealth to educational initiatives.
- Lex Fridman2h 11m
Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299
Demis Hassabis outlines a comprehensive vision for Artificial Intelligence, detailing how DeepMind has progressed from game-playing benchmarks like AlphaGo to solving the protein folding problem with AlphaFold. He argues that future AI systems must evaluate general intelligence across diverse modalities and physical domains, including nuclear fusion control and material science, while explicitly decoupling intelligence from consciousness to address ethical risks. Ultimately, Hassabis envisions these technologies as foundational tools designed to accelerate the discovery of fundamental laws governing the universe and biology.
- Goldman Sachs43 min
Howard Marks, Co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
Bill Marks and Bruce Karsh executed a massive $10 billion distressed debt strategy during the 2008 financial crisis by maintaining an $11 billion reserve to capitalize on market dislocation without relying on predictive forecasting. Marks argues that long-term investment success depends on buying quality assets at "absurdly" low prices while avoiding quantitative risk models, emphasizing that surviving catastrophic losses is more critical than chasing top-tier annual returns. He maintains that superior performance requires human judgment to navigate qualitative uncertainty and a commitment to idiosyncratic positions that diverge from market euphoria.
- All-In Podcast1h 35m
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
SBF, Chamath, Calacanis, Friedberg, David Sacks
A British Virgin Islands court ordered the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital, triggering a cascade of defaults and bailouts involving Sam Bankman-Fried that exposed systemic risks in unregulated crypto markets and spurred predictions of aggressive regulatory crackdowns. Simultaneously, the acquisition of Zendesk for $10.2 billion marks a pivotal shift in the software sector where private equity investors prioritize free cash flow and profitability over the previous era of loss-led growth. On the macro and scientific front, economists forecast a prolonged recession driven by inflation and geopolitical instability, while researchers achieved a breakthrough in modeling the nuclear pore complex using AlphaFold, offering new pathways for treating severe diseases.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 25m
Tony Bellew: Nothing Made Me Happy Until I Found This | E156
Former WBC world champion Tony Bellew reflects on a career defined by navigating family trauma, racial prejudice, and severe financial instability before achieving championship success. The conversation highlights his profound journey through the grief of losing family members and his struggle with mental health, which ultimately led him to reject work as a distraction and prioritize authentic connection with his wife and children. Bellew concludes by advocating for a realistic philosophy of life, emphasizing that true fulfillment comes from setting a positive example and embracing the struggle rather than seeking external validation.
- Lex Fridman2h 0m
Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness | Lex Fridman Podcast #298
This discussion explores the neurobiological and cultural distinctions between introversion and extroversion, highlighting how leaders like Doug Conant leverage solitary strengths to drive organizational engagement while mitigating the draining effects of modern open offices and video conferencing. The dialogue further investigates the philosophical concept of "bittersweet" longing, using the artistic legacy of Leonard Cohen and the science of sad music to illustrate how human connection is often forged through shared vulnerability and the acceptance of impermanence. Finally, the speakers propose that authentic living requires aligning one's professional risks and creative output with their specific personality architecture, prioritizing the pursuit of beauty and the relief of psychic pain over rigid adherence to extroverted social norms.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
Cybersecurity Deals Surge Amid Rising Attacks
David Campbell, Marco Poletti, Alison Nathan
Driven by projected cyber losses soaring to $10 trillion by 2025, the sector attracted over $30 billion in investment last year while facing an attack surface that has diversified from centralized data centers to cloud and IoT endpoints. Organized crime currently dominates the threat landscape, prompting a strategic market shift toward M&A consolidation, simplified security stacks, and defensive spending that is forecasted to exceed $100 billion. Investors, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, are prioritizing early-stage platforms with proven teams and robust AI capabilities to navigate regulatory tightening and a global shortage of security professionals.
Sonali De Rycker | How I Became a Partner at Accel; Type 1 vs. Type 2 Mistakes | 20VC #902
Sonali Balaji leverages her background in socialist-era India and a career spanning Goldman Sachs to Excel Venture Management to navigate market cycles from the 2000 dot-com crash to the 2008 financial crisis with a philosophy centered on never stopping investment. She champions a hyper-collaborative internal culture at Excel that empowers junior talent and prioritizes long-term founder support over short-term financial engineering to mitigate Type 2 mistakes. Balaji's current strategy emphasizes conviction over consensus, urging rapid learning and capital deployment in depressed valuation environments while fostering deep local trust across her global offices in Palo Alto, London, and Bangalore.
- Goldman Sachs33 min
Investing with KKR’s Joe Bae
Joe Bae, Alison Mass, Alison Nathan
KKR co-CEOs Joe Bay and Scott Nuttall oversee the firm's evolution from a pure capital provider into a global solutions provider managing a multi-asset portfolio while navigating macroeconomic shifts like supply chain resiliency and the energy transition. Under their leadership, KKR has expanded significantly into Asia and life sciences while prioritizing diversity initiatives that have increased female junior hiring to over 50% and established board diversity targets for portfolio companies. Complementing these business strategies, the firm launched the Asian American Foundation to combat anti-Asian hate and is actively investing over $27 billion in sustainability themes to address long-term social and environmental challenges.
- The Diary Of A CEO1h 14m
Bear Grylls: Man VS Failure, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E155
Bear Grylls redefines resilience and confidence in his new book *Never Give Up* by framing both as developed through repeated failure and honest vulnerability rather than innate talent. Drawing on personal traumas ranging from severe military injuries to the loss of his father, he argues that true strength requires balancing high-performance ambition with a commitment to family and mental well-being. Grylls uses these experiences to advocate for a cultural shift where "doing your best" replaces the pressure to win, emphasizing that a life built on connections and authentic struggle is ultimately more sustainable than a pursuit of superficial fame.