I dont consider myself a journalist. And, nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . We are here today with chuck schwab, one of the bestknown figures in the American Business world, certainly has been so over the last several decades because of his ubiquitous face and his ads, but also because of the Great Company he has built, which is one of the leading Financial Service companies in the united states. He has now just written a book, called invested by Charles Schwab, and i want to talk about that. And his life, which is incredible. Let me start by asking about something you made news with just recently. Your Company Announced you are not just going to do discount brokerage, you are going to give away brokerage for free. In other words, if i want to buy some stock, i call up, i have an account, a
We will leave it this way. Alright. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . For about 20 years or so, you have been the wealthiest man in the world. But because you have given away so much money recently, jeff bezos became wealthier. Do you think if you had stayed in college and gotten your College Degree [laughter] i mean, you dont feel inadequate now, being only the second wealthiest man in the world, is that right . Bill it is a sign i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. And, you know, the market has been strong. [applause] david actually, the market has been strong. Microsoft is up 35 this year. So to what do you attribute that . Bill the company is doing super well. Satya nadella is a great ceo. You know, the whole dre
I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. Im not one of them. I do admire others who have to fill their ambitions to get involved in sports. One of them is steve ross. He bought that Miami Dolphins a number of years ago. This year, he was the host for the super bowl. Its an incredible diversion from all the things hes done. A most he touches works out quite well. His business interests, his real estate interests, his sport interests. One of the early signers of the giving pledge, he has given away hundreds of millions of dollars for education and other purposes. I admire him as an investor and as a humanitarian. You will be hosting the super bowl. Is it hard to get to be the host . They call you up and sa
Please . David people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David many people in the investment world have bought sports teams. Im not one of them. But i do admire others that have fulfilled their ambitions to get involved in sports. One of them is steve ross. He bought the Miami Dolphins a number of years ago, we developed the stadium area and this year, he was the host for the super bowl. It is an incredible diversion from all of the successful things he has done. Almost everything he touches works out quite out well. His business interests, his real estate interests, and now his sports interests. One of the early signers of the giving pledge, he has given away hundreds and
Oconnor was the most welcoming. He gave me some very good advice. Would you fix your tie, please . David well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . When you went to cornell, your grades were obviously very good. You applied to law school at harvard. You got into Harvard Law School. Was the class half women and half men . [laughter] Justice Ginsburg in those ancient days, i went to law school from 1956 to 1959. In my entering class at Harvard Law School, there were over 500 in the class. Nine of us were women. A big jump from martys class, he was a year ahead of me. There were five women in his class. And today, the Harvard Law School has about 50 women. [applause