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

aired Sep 14, 2026 · 46.0m
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Summary

I raised $5 million from four investors in 1987.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, people, think, including: Today, Carlisle manages not $5 million, but $500 billion.

Key takeaways
  1. 01He said, well, I'll give you 20% of the company that I'm about to build
  2. 02And I looked at the year that they were born, the year that they started their apprenticeship, and then the year that they started the first thing that made them successful, finall
  3. 03Now, obviously, there's the Mark Zuckerbergs and Bill Gates of the world that are different, but average person will start at the first company between 28 and 37
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