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Tony Robbins made $400 million in one day taking a company public

Tony Robbins · Tony Robbins Changes My Life (48 Minute Coaching Session) · Jan 22, 2024 · at 19:59

Tony Robbins recounts how following Peter Guber's advice to spend time around investment bankers directly resulted in a massive financial transaction.

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“One day I got a phone call that led to a. Fifty million dollar deal for me. And then another day, about a year later, converted that into making it in one single day, four hundred million dollars for taking the company public.”

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