Fortune 500

part of Fortune

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 16, 2025 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 23 times in 19 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Sacks (16), David Friedberg (2), Chamath Palihapitiya (2), Jake Loosararian (1), Aaron Levie (1)

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2026 10 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2025 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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Oct 16, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Chamath: Private equity firms refuse to buy his successful software startup
“The least success I've had At the software company I started has been selling into private equity. It's like I have fortune, 500 and fortune, 1000 customers lining out the door. I couldn't sell to one single private equity company.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 32:20 1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned
May 12, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: Koch Industries' revenue would place it in Fortune 500 top 25
“If Coke were publicly traded, the revenue would put it easily in the top 25 of the Fortune 500.”
David Friedberg May 12, 2026 ▶ 1:34 How We Grew Koch Industries to $150 Billion Without Going Public: Charles & Chase Koch
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