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TIP354: Building Berkshire 2.0 w/ Chamath Palihapitiya

Jun 20, 2021

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, discusses his journey to becoming a billionaire by age 32 and his insights into Warren Buffett's investment strategies. He shares lessons from his immigrant experience and the importance of mentorship. Chamath dives into data-driven investing, the complexities of value investing, and his reflections on the SPAC landscape. With a commitment to authenticity, he also opens up about stepping back from the limelight and his focus on tackling climate change and inequality.

52:44

Episode guests

Chamath Palihapitiya

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

The Outsider Advantage and Innovation in Entrepreneurship

01:36

Discovering Raw Potential and Being Experimental

01:32

My Biased Decision Making and Missed Opportunities

02:15

Allowing Emotions to Dictate in the Job

00:38

Intro

2min

Navigating Success as an Immigrant

12min

Pursuit of Success and Investment Insights

7min

Overcoming Bias: The Shift to Data-Driven Investing

6min

Navigating Value and Investment Strategies

13min

Navigating the SPAC Landscape

17min

In today’s episode, Trey Lockerbie sits down with Chamath Palihapitiya. Chamath is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, his conglomerate focused on solving climate change and inequality, which he has referred to as Berkshire Hathaway 2.0. Chamath was an early executive at Facebook and then went on to become a super successful Venture Capitalist, with early investments into Amazon, Tesla, Slack, and Bitcoin. He’s also now the Chairman of Virgin Galactic and a part-owner of the Golden State Warriors. Chamath has developed a large internet following because of the broadcasting of his SPAC investments in easy-to-digest one-pagers, earning the title SPAC king in recent headlines. But, he has recently taken a step back from the limelight and Chamath talks about why that is.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

(08:33) How Chamath became a billionaire by age 32
(27:49) What he’s learned from Warren Buffett’s approach and how it applies to Social Capital
(51:54) His journey to living an authentic life and much much more

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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