Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2022-03-29
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & David Rubenstein: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #270
David Rubenstein - Life, Leadership, and LBOs - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 270]
My guest today is David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group - one of the largest private equity firms in the world. David has worked in the White House, built a $300 billion investment institution, become a prominent philanthropist, published books, and even hosts his own TV show.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended How to Lead by David M. Rubenstein, and discussed How to Invest by David M. Rubenstein, The American Story by David M. Rubenstein, and The American Experiment by David M. Rubenstein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Lead
How to Lead by David M.
Recommended“And what you did was people should go read the book. It's awesome. I'm curious if there's audio versions of those interviews.”
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How to Invest
Discussed“I'm fascinated that you went the direction for your next book of how to invest I mean it seems to be something probably you didn't need a ton of training on and yet you went to the trouble of going to meet people”
Where to get it
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The American Story
The American Story by David M.
Discussed“the other key theme through all your work is this interest in American history you did the same thing you did with leaders and you're doing with investing with historians in a book called The American Story”
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The American Experiment
The American Experiment by David M.
Discussed“that's really really interesting the American experiment being another work on this same topic what are the key big interesting aspects to you here about American history”
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Various acclaimed books were highlighted across multiple podcasts, including memoirs, philosophical texts, and investigative biographies.
Discussed“I think the interview format is a relatively novel concept in the grand span of history if you had to do it in the same format as the investing or leadership book and interviewers that are active today who pops to mind”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'll call it the media part of your life books another book I think maybe your fourth or fifth coming out in the fall called How to Invest How to Lead”
“I'll call it the media part of your life books another book I think maybe your fourth or fifth coming out in the fall called How to Invest How to Lead”
“I would say it's harder today to get people to write their own speeches that are going to be meaningful if you had to write yet another book after how to invest comes out maybe even titled how to what would it be”
“I've thought about writing a book on how to be an interviewer because the interview of business itself is an interesting phenomenon we don't have interviews of Thomas Jefferson there's no interviews of Abraham Lincoln George Washington”
“my next book I'm thinking about is probably going to be something like giving back to America what it means to give back to America and give examples of people who have given back to America”