Israel, every mention
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every year anyone Brett McGurk 7Michael Leffell 6Tali Sharot 5Ben Hunt 5Ash Williams 4David "Bull" Gurfein 3Dan Ariely 3Blythe Masters 3Seth Klarman 2Scott Bessent 2
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Israel comes up
Josh Wolfe & Brett McGurk – Venture, Geopolitics, and the Next Frontier (EP.476)
- ▶ 23:52 Brett McGurk I joined Lux shortly after the most intense period in government service I'd ever had, particularly after the October seventh attacks in Israel, negotiating two ceasefires. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:36 Brett McGurk Rolled out this initiative called the IMEC, India, Middle East, through Jordan, Israel, into Europe, overseen by the dynamic American entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- ▶ 50:22 Brett McGurk The recent experience, we had the largest aerial attacks, Iran launching against Israel. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:54 Josh Wolfe And you look at Gaza envelope in Israel, and this is real.
Donald Miller - Building a Story Brand (EP.426)
- ▶ 27:51 Donald Miller I was doing messaging for an archeological dig, the city of David, and I was leaving Israel and in the airport in Tel Aviv, they had a watch kiosk.
Scott Bessent - Macro Maven (EP.415)
- ▶ 38:27 Scott Bessent You don't know what's going to happen in Israel.
- ▶ 53:34 Scott Bessent If you had said, okay, there's going to be this war in Israel, it is going to go on for a year, but oil prices are going to be lower, that's not obvious.
Ben Hunt - The Stories that Drive Markets (EP.393)
Blythe Masters - Fintech Innovation at Motive Partners (EP.376)
- ▶ 53:58 Blythe Masters Orchestration of a plan that helped Israel with its first air force defense capabilities, which was created by flying by hook or by crook, illegally, under the cover of darkness, behind the mountain, under the radar, to behind the Iron… 3 times in the scene
Jonathan Tepper - Buying Monopolies at Prevatt Capital (EP.375)
- ▶ 50:32 Jonathan Tepper Families haven't been there for 500 years, and so I got a fellowship to go to Israel and learn Ladino.
Michael Leffell – Opening Doors to Niche Private Opportunities at 10 East (EP.373)
- ▶ 9:12 Michael Leffell This would be late sixties and early seventies when Israel was still pretty young, and it was a different situation in society than it has become.
- ▶ 51:20 Michael Leffell We created a foundation in 1999, and the vast majority of the effort goes to Jewish education and dealing with Israel. 5 times in the scene
Magnus Grimeland – Day Zero Investing at Antler (EP.369)
- ▶ 7:27 Magnus Grimeland When I came to college, I was 23, where most other people were younger, so it was me and the Israelis and Singaporeans, also some U.S. vets who were the same age.
- ▶ 41:35 Magnus Grimeland Several Israeli founders who temporarily had to go back to Israel given the current crisis.
Seth Klarman – Timeless Value Investing (EP.328)
- ▶ 1:30:22 Seth Klarman We are doing some really interesting things in Israel, both in medical research, but also with the Arab population, trying to bring people 2 times in the scene
Charles Van Vleet – Thinking Differently with Pensions at Textron (Capital Allocators, EP. 283)
- ▶ 24:07 Charles Van Vleet Same thing with Israel, same thing with, so, you know, when they're looking for,
Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
- ▶ 55:25 Avichal Garg We invest in Israel.
Annie Lamont – A Lifetime in Venture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 9 (Capital Allocators, EP. 238)
- ▶ 46:22 Annie Lamont We're like the leading fintech growth investor in Israel.
Aydin Senkut – Tenacious Sourcing and Founder Support at Felicis, Venture is Eating the Investment World 6 (Capital Allocators, EP.234)
- ▶ 8:35 Aydin Senkut My mom was in HR, so she was an HR executive and then started recruiting firm, and that was very active across all of Europe and Israel.
Chris Douvos – The LP's Perspective from Ahoy Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 2 (Capital Allocators, EP.230)
- ▶ 34:30 Chris Douvos And one of the people at our table said, we care less about Israel and more about NASDAQ that like turn on a light bulb because I'm like,
Daniel Graña – Janus Henderson Investors Emerging Markets Equity (Manager Meetings, EP.13)
- ▶ 18:49 Daniel Graña Israel was the last country to be migrated out of emerging markets.
Bill Ford – General Atlantic (Manager Meetings, EP.03)
Beezer Clarkson – Sapphire Gem of Early Stage Venture (Capital Allocators, EP.120)
- ▶ 17:29 Beezer Clarkson We invest as an LP in funds in the US, Europe, and Israel, and you can see trends that pop up in different areas, and when you work with many managers and see even more that you don't work with just from interactions in life, you can bring…
- ▶ 21:57 Beezer Clarkson And so one of the early decisions we made was, loosely speaking, we're about 70% U.S., and then about 20 to 25% Europe, and the remainder in Israel.
Michael Novogratz – Galaxy Digital (First Meeting, EP.06)
- ▶ 15:39 Mike Novogratz And I'm having lunch with the Prime Minister of Israel, the ex-Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, who was one of the smartest guys and most charming guys I've ever met.
Ash Williams – Florida SBA's Reigning Chief (Capital Allocator, EP.104)
- ▶ 1:03:59 Ash Williams He asked me if we were aware of Airbnb, and had Airbnb had issues involving the boycott, divest, and sanction Israel movement? 4 times in the scene
Dan Ariely – Investing in Irrationality (Capital Allocators, EP.93)
- ▶ 6:55 Dan Ariely This was in Israel, to a landmine.
- ▶ 31:22 Dan Ariely An insurance company in Israel, and I told him the story on motivation.
- ▶ 1:00:47 Dan Ariely The second life I have is I have a group in Israel who is working with the Israeli government.
Jeffrey Solomon - Grief and Goodness in Squirrel Hill (SPECIAL EPISODE)
- ▶ 23:16 Jeffrey Solomon So, you know, for me, it's this amazing feeling of all of a sudden those two diasporas coming together in a strange way where there's an outpouring of support from the whole world, from Israel, from other nations.
Roz Hewsenian –Helmsley Trust's Chief of People and Process (Capital Allocators, EP.63)
- ▶ 1:10:16 Roz Hewsenian We're a big investor in Israel. 2 times in the scene
Manny Friedman – Non-Linear Financial Systems (Capital Allocators, EP.61)
- ▶ 50:54 Manny Friedman The most interesting extracurricular activity was probably going to Israel to seeing the roots of my parents.
Tali Sharot – Optimism, Decisions, and Mistakes (Capital Allocators, EP.55)
- ▶ 7:12 Tali Sharot But when I did my undergraduate in Israel, there wasn't actually a neuroscience degree.
- ▶ 47:15 Tali Sharot And the first time I competed on a national level, and I have to say, this is Israel. 4 times in the scene
David "Bull" Gurfein - Interdisciplinary Lessons from the Marines (Capital Allocators, EP.10)
- ▶ 29:53 David "Bull" Gurfein My brother in Israel picked up a newspaper and saw it, was like, what the heck?
- ▶ 49:02 David "Bull" Gurfein It was actually, I was in Israel, uh, when, uh, the, the first 2 times in the scene