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Shaan Puri: Chamath would have made more money just holding Meta stock
“And if he had just simply like held the meta stock and chilled, he would have financially out far outperformed his own, you know, his own brilliance doing all this different investing action.”
Shaan Puri Aug 26, 2024 ▶ 53:30 Jesse Pujji on Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra Rich
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Nov 2022
Wilkinson: Chamath stopped comparing Social Capital to Berkshire after underperforming
“In his annual shareholder letters, he would he would compare himself to Berkshire Hathaway. So he would track social capital's results versus Berkshire. And then one year he just stopped. And I think it was the one year that he didn't actually beat them. I thi…”
Andrew Wilkinson Nov 17, 2022 ▶ 5:20 Ranking The Best And Worst Businesses To Start w/ Billionaire Investor Andrew Wilkinson (#386)
Assertion Partly supported
Al-Naji: Top VCs bought ~$30M of DeSo, none owning >5%
“I think about thirty million dollars worth was that which is, I think, not, not a huge percent, and no one has, no one owns more than five percent of the supply from that.”
Nader Al-Naji Nov 3, 2021 ▶ 23:43 The Next Big Social Media Network Will Be On the Blockchain. Nader Al-Naji Tells Us Why.
Opinion
Chamath Palihapitiya's Capital as a Service was mostly marketing, says Puri
“And ultimately, I think it was more marketing than substance.”
Shaan Puri Apr 26, 2021 ▶ 23:47 Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby | My First Million Ep. #175
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