Sam Bankman-Fried
12 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 16, 2021 by Shaan Puri · said 145 times in 18 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Everything said about Sam Bankman-Fried, oldest first
Apr 16, 2021 neutral
Puri: SBF was Joe Biden's top campaign donor with $5M check
“He got on people's radar because he was the biggest donor to Joe Biden this year. In the campaign. He wrote a, he wrote like a five million dollar check at the last, like at the 11th hour that let Joe do like, you know, as part of this, like, you know, last mi…”
Apr 16, 2021 positive
Puri: Sam Bankman-Fried reaches $10B net worth within three years
“And this guy, you know, in the three years, basically he's become a self-made billionaire. He's worth ten billion dollars now, which is a combination of the money he made from the arbitrage trade as well as he then created his own exchange.”
Sep 8, 2021
Dec 31, 2021 neutral
Sam Bankman-Fried is crypto's wealthiest known billionaire at $20B
“The Sam Bankman Freed guy, he's currently the wealthiest person from crypto wealthiest known person from crypto. So, you know, nobody knows who Satoshi is, but Sam Bankberfried is the next one. He's got like 15 or twenty billion dollar net worth from crypto, i…”
Jan 24, 2024 neutral
Sam Bankman-Fried Only Mastered Details That Directly Benefited FTX
“Sam was a genius when it came to the things he had to know for FTX and crypto. So for example, Tom Brady was a like sponsored by FTX, right? Sam could have told you every single thing. About Tom Brady. Could have told you his stat line, everything about him, b…”
Feb 14, 2024
Jul 17, 2024 neutral
Shaan Puri: 2020 election betting was a major growth accelerant for FTX
“One of the things that helped FTX take off back then was Sam Bankman freed was one of the first to put
Political bets on his platform, I think in 2020. And it was a big accelerant for FTX was letting people bet on election, election information back then. And …”
Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024 neutral
Oct 14, 2024 negative
Shaan Puri: FTX collapsed due to misappropriated funds, not fake demand
“He actually had a business that would have made him a billionaire many times over. That was, like, the scam with FTX wasn't that the demand and the customers were fake. The demand of the customers were real. It's just that he took the customer money and gamble…”
Sep 19, 2025 negative
Braziel: SBF gave FTX employees guaranteed 10-year million-dollar salary contracts
“I mean, Sam was giving out 10 year contracts to people, guaranteed 10 year pay contracts, you know, like million dollar contracts to like salary employees, a little bit like the, you know, like AI, you know, meta thing.”