David Packouz (@DavidPackouz) is an entrepreneur, inventor, musician, and CEO of Singular Sound. He's also a former arms dealer, whose story was portrayed in the movie War Dogs with Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, and Bradley Cooper. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Carry on to part two here!]

What We Discuss with David Packouz:

How does an Orthodox Jew with 10 siblings become an international arms dealer?
How federal government contracts work — and why some of them almost always go over budget.
How corruption at every level of the Russian government hamstrings its military and stifles innovation.
How David and his partner Efraim Diveroli got hooked up with lucrative government arms deals when they were barely adults.
The countless ways in which Efraim is not as charming as Jonah Hill made him out to be in War Dogs.
And much more...

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