Bill Gates

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 25, 2023 by Brad Gerstner · said 14 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (8), Aaron Levie (2), Tyler Cowen (1), Richard Sandler (1), Eric Scott (1), Brad Gerstner (1)

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Oct 25, 2023 positive
Insight
Gerstner: 110 billion humans lived and died without witnessing a single invention
“So there've been a hundred and seventeen billion people estimated to have inhabited the planet. A hundred and ten billion of them never saw a single invention in their entire life. You look at human progress, life spans, children who die in wed or in, in, in, …”
Brad Gerstner Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 38:49 Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale
Sep 25, 2025 negative
Opinion
Lonsdale Says Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Lack Philanthropic Courage
“And this is, I think, a problem with people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates and others is there's all these, like public education in America, Bill Gates just acknowledges he wasted, like, billions of dollars because he wouldn't do things to fight against the b…”
Joe Lonsdale Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 39:53 What Happens When AI Can Do Every Job? · Joe Lonsdale
Sep 25, 2025 negative
Opinion
Levi: Bill Gates conceals agendas and cannot be trusted
“I don't know that I trust that guy as far as I can throw him. I think that guy has a lot of I think that he's speaking out of both sides of his mouth, depending on, you know, what, what's going on. And I think he has a lot of agendas that he's not very open.”
Zachary Levi Sep 25, 2025 ▶ 40:11 What Happens When AI Can Do Every Job? · Joe Lonsdale
Oct 17, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lonsdale: Bill Gates considered Trilogy Microsoft's only 1990s talent competitor
“I remember Bill Gates came down and said, you're the only person now competing me for talent in the 19 nineties, and you just crushed it there.”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 1:59 Secret Tech Billionaire Is Betting $1B on This · Joe Lonsdale
May 22, 2026
Assertion Supported
Scott: Bill Gates's technical assistants became Microsoft's next-generation leaders
“Bill Gates had a bunch of these. They became the next generation of leaders at Microsoft.”
Eric Scott May 22, 2026 ▶ 2:20 AI Investing Strategy for 2026 · Joe Lonsdale
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