I think Amazon is a great example of the opposite because you could have never dreamed that if you owned Amazon when the story was about growing as a retailer. That shows what happens when you bet on an amazing founder who can leverage their business to create value in really compelling other ways. And so I think it's a great business case study, but it's also a case study of putting faith in a management team and recognizing the optionality that comes with that.
We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while less-well-known, is also an incredibly accomplished investor in a very different arena: early-stage VC. The purpose of the conversation was to discuss their joint work together on Howard’s all-time most popular memo, “Something of Value”, which made the then-shocking argument that Value and Growth investing are not diametric opposites but rather two sides of the same investing coin. We of course dive deep into that, and also cover plenty of fun Oaktree and investing history, as well as Andrew’s favorite topic: selling (or not selling, as the case may be). This is not one to miss!
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