People
Everyone on the record. Click any column header to sort the whole table, hover a header for what the column means, and click through for the full record. Corpus average certainty is 3.8/5; deltas show each person against it. Argument clarity carries a full score for 0 people (gold bar, raw unedited tape) and a coarse estimate for 30 more (blue bar). Roles and titles are extracted from the episodes themselves: they are as of the recording, and people move on, so some are out of date today.
| Person | Eps | Statements | Claims | Supported | Partly supported | Contradicted | Full support rate | Certainty | Argument clarity | WPM | Fillers/1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Gilbert ×79 host Co-founder & Co-host, Acquired | 79 | 1,621 | 1,187 | 834 | 141 | 65 | 80% 834/1040 | 3.88/5 +0.0 | — | ||
| David Rosenthal ×79 host Co-Host, Acquired | 79 | 1,486 | 1,190 | 809 | 207 | 90 | 73% 809/1106 | 3.92/5 +0.1 | — | ||
 Howard Schultz Chairman Emeritus, Starbucks | 1 | 53 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59% 13/22 | 4.02/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Doug DeMuro ×2 Co-founder, Cars & Bids | 2 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 67% 12/18 | 3.86/5 +0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Charlie Munger Former Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway | 1 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57% 4/7 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Daniel Ek ×2 Founder & Executive Chairman, Spotify | 2 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 88% 7/8 | 3.72/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Mark Zuckerberg ×2 Founder & CEO, Meta | 2 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.61/5 -0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Morris Chang Founder, TSMC | 1 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100% 13/13 | 4.05/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 David Senra ×2 Host, Founders Podcast | 2 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 73% 8/11 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Steve Ballmer Owner and Chairman, Los Angeles Clippers | 1 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86% 6/7 | 3.98/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Jensen Huang Founder and CEO, NVIDIA | 1 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40% 2/5 | 3.94/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Brad Gerstner Founder & CEO, Altimeter Capital | 1 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 58% 7/12 | 3.87/5 +0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Packy McCormick ×2 Founder & Writer, Not Boring | 2 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% 6/7 | 3.81/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Jim Weber Former CEO, Brooks Running | 1 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80% 8/10 | 4.06/5 +0.2 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Ben Thompson Founder & Author, Stratechery | 1 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Michael Mauboussin Head of Consilient Research, Counterpoint Global | 1 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100% 10/10 | 3.91/5 +0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Mitch Lasky General Partner, Benchmark | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 43% 3/7 | 3.78/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Brendan Eich Co-Founder and CEO, Brave Software | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 64% 7/11 | 3.86/5 +0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Jamie Dimon ×2 Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 67% 8/12 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Anthony Gonzalez Co-CEO, Cobalt Service Partners | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83% 5/6 | 3.44/5 -0.4 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Jason Calacanis Founder & CEO, LAUNCH | 1 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.88/5 +0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Sam Bankman-Fried Former CEO, FTX | 1 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 56% 5/9 | 3.96/5 +0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Dara Khosrowshahi CEO, Uber | 1 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90% 9/10 | 3.83/5 -0.0 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Michael Ovitz Chairman, Treville Capital Group | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67% 4/6 | 4.04/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Peter Fenton General Partner, Benchmark | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 3.81/5 -0.0 | — | ||
| Brinton Johns Co-founder & Portfolio Manager, NZS Capital | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% 1/3 | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| John Bathgate Investor & Portfolio Manager, NZS Capital | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% 4/6 | 3.79/5 -0.1 | ≈4.5 | ||
 Howard Marks Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.83/5 -0.0 | — | ||
 Katherine Boyle General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% 3/3 | 3.75/5 -0.1 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Peter Gassner Founder & CEO, Veeva Systems | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% 2/3 | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Mark Canlis Owner and Operator, Canlis | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.82/5 -0.0 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Anu Hariharan Founder & Managing Partner, Avra | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% 4/5 | 3.9/5 +0.1 | — | ||
| Hamilton Helmer Co-Founder & Co-CIO, Strategy Capital | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.3 | ≈4.0 | ||
 Michael Lewis Author & Financial Journalist | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.1/5 +0.3 | — | ||
| Brian Koppelman Screenwriter, Director & Showrunner | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4.22/5 +0.4 | — | ||
| Blake Robbins Co-founder & Partner, Hidden Capital | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.62/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Eric Yuan Founder & CEO, Zoom | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% 0/1 | 4.12/5 +0.3 | ≈4.0 | ||
| Chenyi Shi Partner, Strategy Capital | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Andrew Marks ×2 Co-Founder and Managing Partner, TQ Ventures | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.6/5 -0.2 | — | ||
 Joseph Gordon-Levitt Co-founder & CEO, HitRecord | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Chetan Puttagunta General Partner, Benchmark | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.75/5 -0.1 | — | ||
| Ben Miller ×5 Co-Founder and CEO, Fundrise | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Mario Gabriele ×2 Founder and Editor, The Generalist | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.33/5 -0.5 | — | ||
 Sarah Tavel Venture Partner, Benchmark | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
 Anatoly Yakovenko Co-Founder and CEO, Solana Labs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3.5/5 -0.3 | — | ||
 Emily Chang Host and Executive Producer, Bloomberg | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% 2/2 | 3.5/5 -0.3 | — | ||
 Eric Vishria General Partner, Benchmark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5/5 -0.3 | — | ||
 Miles Grimshaw Partner, Thrive Capital | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Raj Gokul Co-Founder and President, Solana Labs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% 0/1 | 3.5/5 -0.3 | — | ||
 Christina Cacioppo ×8 CEO and Co-founder, Vanta | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | ≈4.5 | ||
| Max Neukirchen Co-Head of Global Payments, J.P. Morgan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% 1/1 | 3/5 -0.8 | — | ||
 Shu Nyatta Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Bicycle Capital | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | — | ||
| Umar Farooq Global Co-Head, J.P. Morgan Payments | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4/5 +0.2 | — |
Why this person has no speaking number
We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself: a model transcribes the tape verbatim, every "um" and "uh" kept, and articulation rate comes from the word timings. A fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured, and we have less of them than that. A rate from a smaller sample would be noise, so we print nothing. It says nothing about how they speak.
A plain figure in these columns comes from raw-level tape. A dim figure with ≈ or ≥ comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where the editor cut some hesitation before release, so it is a floor. How it's measured →
53 people
eps counts appearances on the record; compilation re-airs and clips rolled into someone else's episode are left out, the same rule as the person page. statements counts everything they said on the record, the same number their page shows, compilation re-airs included. claims is the checkable subset: predictions and assertions, the statements the public record can support or contradict. Only claims can resolve to supported, partly supported or contradicted; claims not yet resolved are not yet assessed or name nothing precise enough to check, and re-air statements are never scored. full support rate = fully supported ÷ resolved, where resolved = supported + partly supported + contradicted, so partly supported claims sit in the denominator. Sorting that column puts records of five or more resolved claims first, so a 12/13 record outranks a lucky 3/3; percentages on fewer than 5 resolved statements are greyed. argument clarity = a 1–5 score against a rubric (directness, coherence, precision, compression), assessed with names hidden on question→answer exchanges. A gold bar is a full score: 8 or more exchanges on raw, unedited tape. A blue bar with ≈ is a coarse estimate at half point precision, pooled from whatever assessed exchanges exist when a full score is impossible; produced feed audio scores about 0.3 higher, which is why estimates stay coarse. A “—” never means zero. It means fewer than 3 scorable exchanges of that person exist anywhere (roundtables and news formats yield very few). Hover any bar or “—” for the exact basis. Argument clarity is a score, and we do not rank people on it: nobody is “worst”, and everyone scored has a number. WPM and fillers/1k are measurements of speaking style, made by listening to the audio itself rather than reading the cleaned transcript. They are not scores: across this corpus fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2). WPM is articulation rate while actually speaking, pauses excluded. A plain figure comes from raw-level tape. A dim ≈ or ≥ figure comes from the aired feed of an edited show, where some hesitation was cut before release, so the fillers figure there is a floor. A ? means under 2,000 words of measured tape.