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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where George Roberts comes up
Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers]
- ▶ 21:53 Shane Parrish Not only was it the largest acquisition Teledyne had made to date, but it brought something even more valuable than its profitable specialty metals business, George Roberts. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:08 Shane Parrish Through the seventies, Singleton and Roberts pruned underperforming divisions, streamlined operations, and focused on cost control and free cash flow.
- ▶ 29:49 Shane Parrish One morning, George Roberts recalled Singleton walking into his office around eight 30 and saying simply, George, we're going to make a bid for our stock at 20 dollars a share. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:44 Shane Parrish While Singleton's financial moves captured attention, what was less noticed but was equally important was the sophisticated operating system that he and George Roberts developed to manage their sprawling enterprise. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:46 Shane Parrish By 1987, Singleton was 70 and Roberts was 68. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:46 Shane Parrish Roberts became the CEO while Singleton stayed as chairman for two more years. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:59 Shane Parrish Success often comes from avoiding mistakes rather than making brilliant moves, and one of the quotes from George Roberts really stuck out to me in this episode.