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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Sweden comes up
The Genius of Christian von Koenigsegg
- ▶ 36:04 David Senra We did this in a small town in Sweden in basically a potato field.
- ▶ 41:38 David Senra It says, no one was prepared for the disruption Konaseg would have on the supercar segment when the company first emerged from Sweden's dark and mysterious forest in 1994. 2 times in the scene
The Outsiders Who Changed F1 Forever
- ▶ 36:18 David Senra If they wanted formula one, they'd have to commit to it by airing every single Grand Prix in its entirety.
The Wallenberg Family Dynasty
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra Daniel Eck, the founder of Spotify, was kind enough to invite me to come to Sweden, and since I was going to go to Sweden, I figured I'd want to read and learn more about the most powerful family in Sweden. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:43 David Senra Sophisticated financial and business base inside Sweden.
- ▶ 17:24 David Senra In fact, it is the second largest company in Sweden behind Spotify. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:03 David Senra Atlas became the largest mechanical engineering company in Sweden, taking up a lot of the bank's management's time and entry, as well as a disproportionate share of its loan portfolio. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:12 David Senra Who could really compete with Marcus Wallenberg senior for the title of Sweden's leading banker during the 19 twenties. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:47 David Senra And there's all these exclamation points again, and I'm really surprised by these very reserved Swedes.
- ▶ 40:59 David Senra There's a bunch of people leaving from, uh, from Sweden. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 52:26 David Senra It was based on a deep sense of responsibility for Sweden as a country, and in particular for the Swedish economy. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:28 David Senra MW then leaves Sweden to fly to London. 2 times in the scene
James J. Hill: The Empire Builder
- ▶ 43:21 David Senra So, you know, people from Sweden, give me Swedes snuff and whiskey, and I'll build you a railroad to hell.
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- ▶ 0:25 David Senra The country is Sweden.
- ▶ 6:53 David Senra He's talking about Sweden.
- ▶ 15:05 David Senra If we, from the start had consulted experts about whether a little community like Almhart, these are tiny little towns in Sweden that he grew up in. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:40 David Senra Was they were German immigrants into Sweden.
- ▶ 36:21 David Senra This is the little town he's in from all over Sweden.
- ▶ 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. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 48:33 David Senra So the blessing in disguise was the fact they're like, okay, this boycott and this constriction applies to the country of Sweden.
- ▶ 54:53 David Senra And so one problem he knew he had to solve was, you know, Sweden's, uh, inheritance taxes were really high and he knew he wanted his sons involved in the business.
The Nobel Family Dynasty
- ▶ 0:20 David Senra The founder of this Russian industrial dynasty was an immigrant from Sweden.
- ▶ 10:20 David Senra In Sweden of the 18 thirties, Immanuel was alone in recognizing the value of this new weapon. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 55:20 David Senra The wives and children of Nobel's Swedish employees move back to the safe shores of their neutral country. 3 times in the scene
The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger
- ▶ 0:35 David Senra The Swedish committee investigating his construction firm concluded that its 1930 balance sheet grossly misrepresented the true financial position of the company. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:07 David Senra And what is fascinating is how he came to build this Swedish match monopoly.
- ▶ 9:07 David Senra He's already a millionaire by this point in his life, and then he sees that his family's match business in Sweden was struggling, and he identifies, he's really smart. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:45 David Senra I shall bring American methods back home to Sweden. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:04 David Senra And so now he goes to banks in Sweden and says, look at this successful construction firm.
- ▶ 31:22 David Senra He had borrowed tens of millions of dollars from Sweden, Sweden's leading banks, and both Kroger and Toll and Swedish Smash were paying double-digit dividends every year. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:46 David Senra That paperwork is back in Sweden.
The Biography of Napoleon
- ▶ 36:44 David Senra It told the story of a king of Sweden, the most admired military leader of his time, which is exactly what Napoleon is at this point in his life, right? 2 times in the scene