Fortune 500
part of Fortune
6 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 2, 2019 by Scott Kupor · said 19 times in 14 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Tim Sullivan (2), Ted Seides (2), Rick Heitzman (2), Jon Ballis (2), Brad Jacobs (2), Wayne Wicker (1), Richard Tedlow (1), Pat Dorsey (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Fortune 500, oldest first
Sep 2, 2019
a16z Hosts Over 1,000 Corporate Executive Briefings Annually
“We do something here called an executive briefing where probably at least a thousand times a year we have executives from those companies come in, they spend a half a day or a day with us, and the point is for them to kind of get educated on the areas of Techn…”
Oct 24, 2022 neutral
PE clients expect outside counsel to make decisions, unlike Fortune 500 clients
“When you represent the fortune 500, your clients are lawyers. When you represent private equity teams, your clients are investment professionals, oftentimes very young investment professionals, and they're looking for you to make the call. Tell me what I shoul…”
Feb 12, 2024 positive
Jacobs: United Rentals was sixth best performing Fortune 500 stock last decade
“United Rentals was pre-IPO when I started it was three dollars and 50 cents a share. And last I checked, it was 575 dollars a share. So it's been much more than a hundred bagger. And it was the sixth best performing stock of the Fortune 500 of the last decade.”
Feb 12, 2024 positive
Jul 14, 2025 negative
Sullivan: Parachuting former Fortune 500 CEOs into small buyout boards fails
“I think one thing we learned pretty quickly was not straightforward to bring in a guy who'd been a successful CEO at a big Fortune 500 company and have him parachute into an LBO situation as a board member or operating partner. You had to find people with the …”
Jul 6, 2026 negative
Dorsey: Fortune 500 CEOs Rise via Corporate Politics, Not Capital Allocation
“How does someone get to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a Euro stocks 50 company? By demonstrating skill as a capital allocator all through their career? That's a giant pile of hooey. They do it by being a good self promoter, a good corporate politician…”