David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B

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Episode 861: Sam Parr ( x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.

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Show Notes:

() Turning $5M into $500B

() Scrappy private equity

() Don’t fool yourself

() Turning down 20% of Amazon

() Recruiting big shots

() Finding the right partner

() Trade-offs

() Witnessing ascents to power

() The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

() History that repeats itself

() Recommended Reading

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Links:

• Carlyl - carlyle.com

• David’s books - davidrubenstein.com/books

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