Jan Sramek
Founder and CEO, California Forever. On 2 shows, 1 appearance, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Jan Sramek is spearheading California Forever, an initiative to build a master-planned, walkable city in Solano County, California. Born in the Czech Republic, he first gained media prominence as a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs and as the co-author of the book Racing Towards Excellence.
2shows
1appearances
21statements
4resolved
2supported
0contradicted
50%fully supported
Everything Jan Sramek said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Sramek: China's Zhongjing Island shipyard outproduced post-WWII US total last year
“Zhongjing Island shipyard in China built more ships last year than we have built collectively in the United States since the end of the Second World War.”
Sramek: China will shut down Panama Canal in Pacific conflict
“If you're the Chinese Communist Party, the first thing that you'll do in any kind of conflict in the Pacific is you will bomb or otherwise shut down the Panama Canal.”
California Forever raised over $1B and acquired nearly 70,000 acres
“Over the decade, we've raised over a billion dollars, and we've acquired nearly 70,000 acres to build.”
Sramek: All commercial ships in China are built to military standards
“Every ship in China that is a commercial ship is built to military standards.”
Sramek: California Forever is building a walkable city for up to 400,000 people
“We're building a new walkable city for up to 400,000 people”
Sramek: Restrictive housing in major metros depresses US GDP by 14%
“Where they argued quite convincingly that if we built enough housing in the Bay, in New York, and a couple of other places, American GDP would be higher by 14% or more.”
Sramek: California Forever city is designed for up to 400,000 residents
“And then imagine that it was a city for up to 400,000 people that was entitled and approved at once, and so you knew that for the next you knew that for the next 30 years, if this office is going to work and you'll be able to hire talent there, there'll be eno…”
Sramek: California Forever homes will cost $1M vs $4-5M in Palo Alto
“And then imagine that instead of paying four or five million dollars for a mediocre home in Palo Alto or San Francisco, your employees would be able to buy a nice house for a million dollars.”
Sramek: California Forever targets breaking ground in Solano County by 2027
“Our target is to break ground in twenty-twenty-seven. That is ambitious by California standards. A couple of things have to happen for that to be the case. But we're pretty optimistic that we would be able to do that.”
Sramek: California is irreplaceable despite its flaws
“Despite all of its flaws and challenges, California is irreplaceable. Whether you like it or not, there is nowhere else in America that can play the role that California plays, ah, in the United States right now.”
Sramek: Solano Foundry will be the largest US advanced manufacturing park
“We're going to start by building the Solano Foundry. Which will be the largest advanced manufacturing park in America where Silicon Valley can once again co-locate R&D and production.”
Sramek: US manufacturing can only compete with China using robotics and AI
“We cannot compete with China and on-shore manufacturing By throwing bodies at the problem. We simply don't have enough people in America to do that. The only way that we can compete is by building factories of the future where we use robotics and AI to dramati…”
Sramek: California Forever purchased 60,000 acres in Solano County
“And we've purchased about 60,000 acres in that area.”
Sramek: Bay Area-level innovation clusters have occurred only seven times in history
“I think what's happened in the Bay Area has happened maybe seven times in the history of the modern world, at least in the West. I think it happened in Florence, and Paris, and London, and New York, and Chicago, and maybe LA, and then it happened in the Bay Ar…”
Sramek: Solano County can become defense innovation foundry for 50 years
“We think that Solano County can become the foundry of American defense innovation for the next 50 years”
California Forever's land is 2.5 times the size of San Francisco
“The land we own is two and a half times the size of the city of San Francisco.”
Sramek: Net domestic migration out of California has been negative for a decade
“And in, for the last 10 years, people have been moving out of California. More Americans move out of California every year. Then move in.”
Sramek: Solano County lacks major private sector employers
“There's no major private sector employers in the county, and so way too many of the residents commute an hour and a half, two hours every day for work, which means they never see their kids, and we can bring that economic engine.”
Sramek: California Forever owns 6.5 miles of Solano waterfront property
“The good news is that they all fit on the six and a half miles of waterfronts that we own in Solano County on the Deepwater Ship Channel.”
Sramek: California Forever was worked on quietly for seven years
“We've been working on this for seven years quietly”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 a16zLEDGER | Founder and CEO, California Forever | 1 | 11 | 50% 2/4 | full record on the a16z Podcast → |
 ALL-INLEDGER | Founder and CEO, California Forever | 0 +1 | 10 | — | full record on All-In → |