Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2021-01-27
Books mentioned on #495: David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group, on Lessons Learned, Jeff Bezos, Raising Billions of Dollars, Advising Presidents, and Sprinting to the End
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group, on Lessons Learned, Jeff Bezos, Raising Billions of Dollars, Advising Presidents, and Sprinting to the End | Brought to you by ShipStation shipping software, Headspace easy-to-use app with guided meditations, and Theragun percussive muscle therapy devices.
David M. Rubenstein discussed Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy and Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and others. Tim Ferriss discussed How to Lead by David M. Rubenstein and The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Profiles in courage
Profiles in courage by John F.
Discussed“and so john kennedy's wonderful rhetoric his great speeches his his great writings the profiles and courage were to some extent written with the great help of a man named ted sorensen”
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Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar is a landmark work of narrative business journalism detailing the chaotic 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco by the private equity firm KKR.
Discussed“for those who don't know that's a famous book written about the rjr takeover done by kkr in 1989”
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How to Lead
Discussed“you mentioned a name earlier that i know is featured in your book how to lead wisdom from the world's greatest ceos founders and game changers”
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“you mentioned robert carrow and lbj also the author as i know you know of the power broker”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“mr rubinstein is also host of the david rubinstein show peer-to-peer conversations on bloomberg tv and the author of the american story subtitle conversations with master historians and his latest how to lead subtitle wisdom from the world's greatest ceos founders and game changers”
“mr rubinstein is also host of the david rubinstein show peer-to-peer conversations on bloomberg tv and the author of the american story subtitle conversations with master historians and his latest how to lead subtitle wisdom from the world's greatest ceos founders and game changers”