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Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2029
Jacobs: QXO will reach $50 billion by capturing 6% of distribution market
“I want to build a company that's called fifty billion dollars. I can do that. If there's an eight hundred billion dollar size, I can take six percent of that through acquisition and through organic growth. I can get to fifty billion dollars.”
Brad Jacobs Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 1:01:25 The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jacobs: Kurzweil is probably right that human-technology merger will create new species
“Ray predicts a singularity whereby technology becomes more intelligent, more capable than humans, and we merge with technology, that we use so much technology in our own bodies, with wearables, and nanobots, and so forth, that, and AI, and outsourcing our memo…”
Brad Jacobs Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 2:51 The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2027
Jacobs: QXO will reach $50B by taking 6% market share
“There are this eight hundred billion dollars of distributors in Western Europe and in North America, which is where I want to plant my flag. I want to build a company that's called fifty billion dollars. I can do that. If there's an eight hundred billion dolla…”
Brad Jacobs Dec 24, 2024 ▶ 1:02:40 Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2027
Jacobs: QXO can reach $50B in revenue through acquisitions and organic growth
“There are, there's eight hundred billion dollars of distributors in Western Europe and in North America, which is where I want to plant my flag. I want to build a company that's called fifty billion dollars. I can do that. If there's an eight hundred billion d…”
Brad Jacobs Mar 19, 2024 ▶ 59:54 Brad Jacobs: How To Build a Billion Dollar Company
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