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Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
- ▶ 48:37 David Senra So I just did, I think two weeks ago, um, I just did, uh, this episode on, on, uh, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's, one of their favorite managers, uh, this guy named Tom Murphy, who was running Capital Cities, who winds up buying ABC.
Tom Murphy (Warren Buffett's Favorite Manager)
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra Warren Buffett said Tom Murphy and Dan Burke were probably the greatest two person combination in management that the world has ever seen, or maybe ever will see. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:56 David Senra And read this section because he, he appears, Tom Murphy and his, uh, partner, uh, Dan Burke appear in Ted Turner's autobiography as well because they also built, they essentially built Capital Cities from a small broadcasting company. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:24 David Senra So let's go back to the book, the chapter on Tom Murphy in the outsiders, and it's going to pick up where we just left off where capital cities winds up vastly outperforming over the, uh, three decades CBS and like, okay, well, how does… 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:13 David Senra Okay, so let's go back in the timeline and figure out how did Tom Murphy even get associated with capital cities to begin with. 17 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:37 David Senra And, uh, now we see, uh, Tom Murphy as well. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:40 David Senra So not just Tom Murphy, but the eight other CEOs or the eight total CEOs, uh, covered in this book, including Henry Singleton, uh, John Malone, Warren Buffett says the outsider CEOs shared an unconventional approach, one that emphasized… 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:45 David Senra Let's go to Murphy and his capital allocation in the area of capital allocation. 24 times in the scene
Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
- ▶ 30:42 David Senra And so he says, 40 years ago, Tom Murphy, who was the former CEO of Cap Cities and ABC, gave me one of the best pieces of advice I've ever received.