Bill Ackman
Social media user whose advice for men to approach women on the corner with 'I would like to meet you' is contrasted with the simulated nature of modern dating.
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Videos Mentioning Bill Ackman

E7: California's collapse, how SPACs are opening the markets for growth stocks & more
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Mentioned as a prominent figure creating SPACs.

E168: Can Google save itself? Abolish HR, AI takes over Customer Support, Reddit IPO teardown
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Credited with 'breaking the seal' on discussing DEI issues, indicating he went after DEI policies.

E163: Market rips, Media RIFs, Texas defies Biden, Fintech reckoning, ARkStorm 2.0 & more
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Public figure who stated an extreme negative opinion about Business Insider, calling it a 'worthless rag' and a 'stain upon humanity'.

Race & Reason: A Conversation with Coleman Hughes (Episode #353)
Sam Harris
Mentioned as someone Chris Anderson invited to TED, along with Barry Weiss, potentially upsetting elements within the organization. This is seen as a sign of Anderson attempting to course-correct after the controversy surrounding Coleman Hughes's talk.

E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
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Cited as the best investor for perfectly timing the bond market, shorting bonds for most of the year and then covering his positions on October 23rd, the day of the 10-year bond yield high. He is also noted for using his profits to challenge Ivy League presidents on 'woke' issues.

E157: Epic legal win, OpenAI's news deal, FCC targets Elon, the limits of free speech & more
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Investor and activist who publicly criticized university presidents, including Harvard's Claudine Gay, for their testimony on campus antisemitism, sparking a broader debate on DEI and free speech.

E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
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Commentator who believes the economic situation is fragile and that GDP numbers are a peak, with things likely to turn south.

E83: Market slide continues, and how to address Uvalde
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Investor who hyperventilated on Twitter, suggesting radically more aggressive Fed actions to squash inflation.

E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more
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A prominent investor mentioned as one of the 'powerful people' who showed up to listen to DeSantis's Twitter Space.

E121: Macro update, Fed hike, CRE debt bubble, Balaji's Bitcoin bet, TikTok's endgame & more
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Leading proponent of the theory that the FDIC should fully insure depositors to prevent money flowing to the top four banks.

E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset
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A prominent investor mentioned alongside Jason Calacanis for drawing attention to the regional banking crisis.

E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
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Mentioned for dumping his stake in Netflix and booking a significant loss.

E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
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Financier who supported one of the host's views on foreign policy, despite previous disagreements on other issues.

E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
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Mentioned as a friend of the podcast who is buying a significant amount of Netflix and Tesla.

E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
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An investor who was advocating for a 50 basis point rate hike, suggesting his macroeconomic bets might align with such a call.

E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
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Mentioned for winding down his SPAC, returning $4 billion.

E15: “The Besties” All-In’s inaugural award show covering the best, worst & most memorable of 2020
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Hedge fund manager who made a highly profitable bet on S&P puts during the early COVID-19 market crash.

Arthur Brooks — Finding The Meaning of Your Life
Tim Ferriss
Social media user whose advice for men to approach women on the corner with 'I would like to meet you' is contrasted with the simulated nature of modern dating.

2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
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His successful use of credit default swaps during the COVID-19 crisis is referenced as an example of making significant money on an insurance policy.

Rules for Better Thinking, How to Reduce Blind Spots, & More | Shane Parrish | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
A hedge fund manager whose publicly available 'asymmetric bets' during the March 2020 COVID crash led Shane Parrish to invest in Pershing Square, demonstrating opportunistic investing.

Kamala surges, Trump at NABJ, recession fears, Middle East escalation, Ackman postpones IPO
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Hedge fund manager whose company, Pershing Square, withdrew its plans for a $2 billion IPO, discussed in terms of the reasons for failure and his resilience.

DOJ targets Nvidia, Meme stock comeback, Trump fundraiser in SF, Apple/OpenAI, Texas stock market
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Mentioned indirectly in relation to the book 'The Unraveling of Everything' and talks about the significance of 'cancel culture' fading.

Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
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Mentioned as being 'on the edge of coming out for Trump'.

E156: Ivy League antisemitism, macro, SaaS recovery, Gemini, Figma deal delay + big Friedberg update
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Credited with perfectly timing the recent bond market rally, leading the trade by going long on bonds about a month prior.