stock buybacks

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 19, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about stock buybacks, oldest first

Mar 19, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Chamath: US airline industry spent 96% of free cash flow on buybacks
“The airline industry, which looks like it's going to be first in line for bailout, Spent 96 cents of every single dollar free cash flow they had on buying back stock”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 19, 2020 ▶ 54:25 E1: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, VC & Public Markets with David Friedberg
Oct 29, 2022
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Apple spent $396B on share buybacks while Meta spent $100B
“They've spent three hundred and ninety six billion dollars since 2016 to buy back stock. In the same time, Facebook has spent almost a hundred billion.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 29, 2022 ▶ 34:04 E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
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