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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Russia comes up
How Elon Thinks
- ▶ 46:37 David Senra Because at the time, Russia was the only option. 3 times in the scene
How SpaceX Works
- ▶ 1:54 David Senra Every payload from China, Russia, Europe, and all American launchers wasn't even a fifth of what SpaceX put into orbit.
- ▶ 5:37 David Senra In 2001, he tried buying Russian ICBMs to get there, but the Russians quoted him ridiculous prices. 3 times in the scene
How Roger Federer Works.
- ▶ 24:29 David Senra If a guy in China or Russia or America or Argentina or wherever trains five hours and you only train two, how is that going to work?
The Life Story of Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
- ▶ 9:17 David Senra He'll travel all over the world and meet, you know, the Chinese and the Russians.
- ▶ 1:05:32 David Senra And he's like, Russia has this, all this like history of great art.
Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
- ▶ 26:34 David Senra It says when Andrew Preston, the president of United fruit visited Mobile, Alabama in 19 oh three, he asked to meet Sam's Murray, the Russian selling the ripes. 2 times in the scene
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- ▶ 42:13 David Senra And he's like, but I didn't even learn from that because decades later I decided, Hey, I'm going to dismantle a Swedish sawmill and I'm going to set it up again in Russia.
Elon Musk and The Early Days of SpaceX
- ▶ 6:02 David Senra It says companies in the United States and Russia still use the same decades old technology to launch rockets into space.
- ▶ 36:43 David Senra And so he starts listing ones in Europe and the Russians and the American program.
- ▶ 45:44 David Senra And SpaceX's point was that neither company's new rockets could compete on price with rivals in Russia and Europe for commercial satellite launches.
The Nobel Family Dynasty
- ▶ 0:11 David Senra In fact, the range of their achievements in building an industrial empire truly qualifies them to be known as the Russian Rockefellers. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:20 David Senra So Ludwig Nobel, the reason the book is called The Russian Rockefellers is because Ludwig Nobel, Alfred's brother, literally created the Russian oil industry. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:03 David Senra A main theme of the book is the fact that for a very long time, there's been a huge number of Swedish immigrants into Russia.
- ▶ 11:48 David Senra So he first goes to Finland, then he goes to Russia, and so this idea of Swedes seeking fortune in Russia was not new. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:13 David Senra His reputation as an inventor and one of Russia's leading engineers and industrious were all striking indications of Emmanuel's success. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:46 David Senra I think I covered it back on episode three, but Ludwig's going to serve a change and they're going to be beneficial government policies from the government of Russia. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:59 David Senra And he, he was one of the, uh, had the best reputation and I think in all of Russia for actually giving a shit about the wellbeing of his employees at a time when that was just unheard of. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:41 David Senra And so in a short time, Robert was able to suggest improved methods of refining the crude oil that's coming out of this Baku region in Russia to produce higher grade kerosene than was the norm for his, for the competitive refineries. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:02 David Senra There's a reason they're called the Russian Rockefellers. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:55 David Senra Ludwig Nobel's tanker fleet was the most dramatic innovation in the Russian petroleum industry of the 18 seventies, but it was only part of the general transportation and distribution system, which he conceived and organized. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:54 David Senra There is going to be this, like, triarchy, is the way I described it, and maybe I've just been watching too much Game of Thrones, but the triarchy of the Russian oil industry at this time, once they see the success that the Nobel family… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 50:43 David Senra Now, Emmanuel's life story is also incredible, incredible because he's gonna be one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and he's the one that has to dress up as a peasant and leave.
- ▶ 53:24 David Senra In Russia, and he escapes hidden as a peasant. 2 times in the scene
Texas Oil Billionaire Monty Moncrief
- ▶ 14:07 David Senra I'll just go and see if like, let me go, let me go to the Gulf or let me go to Russia, because if I can sell that one person or if I can convince that one person to get access to essentially sovereign level assets.
Billionaire Art Dealer Larry Gagosian
- ▶ 1:00:31 David Senra So there is this decrease in the American market that coincides with this massive increase in the post-Soviet Russian market. 3 times in the scene
Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, and Bernie Marcus
- ▶ 58:33 David Senra His immigrant parents were born in a small Russian village.
Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)
- ▶ 0:04 David Senra She was born in a village near Minsk, Russia. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:47 David Senra I did build a big business in Russia for my boss, and I knew business.
The Biography of Napoleon
- ▶ 36:16 David Senra And oh my goodness, on the next few pages is the most highlights and notes that I have for the entire book, and this is where he decides to invade Russia. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:01 David Senra A few days later, seized by despair, he tried to kill himself by swallowing a sachet of poison he had carried with him since the Russian campaign.
The Biography of Ralph Lauren
- ▶ 7:51 David Senra I think him and his wife emigrated into the United States from Russia when they were like, 16 or 17 years old.