Stanley Druckenmiller
Throughout the 70s, they were able to make a series of investments that went particularly well (Gillet, Washington Post…).
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Third Point LLC, a $17 billion asset management firm.
Timothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
And yet it still obviously had lots of room to grow. Its biggest rival, Binance, had five times the trading volume of FTX, which meant that it likely had roughly five times FTX’s revenues and five times FTX’s market value. The experts who tried to determine the present value of rich people had trouble putting a number on CZ’s. No one was sure how m
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
His influence stemmed not from his 16 percent ownership stake but from twenty-five years of prophetic invention, strategic foresight, and disciplined management.
Brad Stone • Amazon Unbound
On the one hand, the current market price implied that Sam’s Solana stash was worth maybe $12 billion; on the other hand, Sam owned roughly 10 percent of all the Solana in the world. It was hard to know what anyone would pay for it if Sam tried to sell it all. Forbes pretty much just ignored Sam’s Solana holdings, along with most of the rest of the
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
- At the height of Lorenzo’s borrowing, the cash that Lorenzo laid out in interest alone—more than $600 million a year—exceeded the annual sales for nearly 100 members of the Fortune 500. Alas for him, Lorenzo’s size also made him more visible, and more inviting, as a target.