Success Tips and Lessons from Billionaires Starter Pack

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen talk about billionaire Jim Simons with Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. On the show, they talk about how Jim Simons achieved a 66% annual return since 1988.

Guy Spier, Founder of the Aqua Marine Hedge Fund, a Warren Buffett Style investor, and author of the best selling book, The Education of a Value Investor, shares what kind of daily readings he looks at, the impact of statics and humility, credit cycles, cryptocurrencies, and much more.

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen cover billionaire Bill Gates. As many people know, Mr. Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and he now runs the largest non-profit in the entire world. In the show, they talk about how Bill Gates stays focused and motivated, how much of his success you can attribute luck, and more.

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen cover a very famous Silicon Valley billionaire, Peter Thiel. For people who aren’t familiar with Peter, he’s a graduate of Stanford University. After he graduated from college, he started off as a judicial clerk working as a securities lawyer and he even did some derivatives trading at Credit Suisse before starting his own Capital Management Company.

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen talk about the eighth richest person on the planet, Mr. Charles Koch. Koch has been the Co-owner, Chairman and CEO of the Koch Industries since 1967. The company was originally involved in chemicals and oil refinement, but now, the company also provides products and services for pollution control equipment, polymers, fibers, minerals, fertilizer, and even ranching.

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen talk to billionaire Howard Marks. Mr. Marks has produced a 19% annual return for the past 22 years investing in distressed debt. He has been a money manager for 50 years and is a renowned luminary in security analysis.

Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen cover billionaire Mark Cuban. After being fired from his first job, Mark started his own company called Micro Solutions. Within a decade, Mark sold the company for 6 million dollars and started a second business that streamed college sports over the internet. Within another decade, Mark sold Broadcast.com for 5.7 billion to Yahoo! During our show, we play some interesting questions that Mark has been asked about his time as an entrepreneur.

Preston Pysh and Brian Rutherford talk about the world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos. Jeff rose to business stardom after creating Amazon and numerous other businesses within a 20 year period of time. Jeff got his start in retail but his business quickly grew into a technical powerhouse by creating Amazon Web Services (AWS).

In this episode, Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen read Duncan Clark’s book, Alibaba. Rising Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma has demonstrated an innate ability to build incredible teams and trust customers. Duncan Clark’s writing style was fantastic, and this book provides a better context into understanding why Jack Ma became such a huge success.

In this episode Preston Pysh and Stig Brodersen are accompanied by author Tren Griffin. Tren recently released the complete guide to Charlie Munger’s life and investment philosophy.