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 . One of my friends invested in uber a number of years ago. It was at a 3 billion market value. I said he was going to lose all of his money, no ridehailing company can be worth 3 billion. In fact, it turned out to be worth staggering sums of money and now it is publicly trading. I had the same reaction when i heard of didi, an uberlike company in china. I did not think it would catch on but i was wrong again. Today it is the single largest ridehailing company in the world. The person running the company is a young woman from china who rose up because of her hard work and intellect and now she is the president of didi. It is an incredible success story. She is one of the best known Women Business leaders in china, an ext
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 the day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What makes somebody tick . One of my friends invested in uber a few years ago. It was at a 3 billion market value. I said he was going to lose all of his money, no ridehailing company can be worth 3 billion. In fact, it turned out to be worth more sums of money and now it is publicly trading. I have the same reaction when i hear of didi, like uber in china. I do not think it would catch on but i was wrong again. It is the single largest ridehailing company in the world. The person running the company is a young woman from china who rose up because of her hard work and now she is the president of didi. She is one of the best known china,usiness leaders in and extremely intelligent person who is clearly going to make the company even more successful as she
I want to be a successful real estate developer. What is the skill set . Stephen to be successful in anything you have to have a , passion for what you are doing. David lets talk about your ye philanthropy. You have signed the giving pledge with no gates and Warren Buffett and so forth. Why did you do that . What did why did you give david so one of the causes you have is something i would like to talk about. You have been very open about it, unlike many people who have this problem. It is called dyslexia. Charles right. David and for those who are not familiar with it, it basically means it is difficult for you to read in the conventional way that the average person can read. Charles right. David but, the amazing part, in your book, as you describe it, is that you had it for much of your life, and you did not know you actually had it. Charles right. David can you explain it . Charles our youngest son was about seven or eight. We had him diagnosed. It turns out he had all the similar,
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 . David people say running an airline is not an easy thing to do. You have weather to deal with, energy prices, but you grew up in a family of nine children, so what is easier . [laughter] ed running an airline, certainly. Our family was great. I am the oldest of nine. When i was five years old, we had six kids in the house, nine kids sharing three bedrooms. 1. 5 baths. My dad was a dentist and had his practice inside our house. My mom works for him. David was he busy . Ed he must have had some gaps in his schedule. Growing up, i didnt get on airplane until i was 25. David really . Ed we could not afford it. Too many of us and it was not who we were. I always recall we went on one family trip a year. My dad would get us all in the Station Wagon
Just leave it this way. Alright. David 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 . David people say running an airline is not an easy thing to do. You have weather to deal with, Energy Prices to deal with, lots of employees and so forth, but you grew up in a family of nine children, so what is easier . Growing up in a family of nine children or running an airline . [laughter] ed running an airline, certainly. Our family was great. I am the oldest of nine. I was sharing with david earlier that when i was five years old, we had six kids in the house, so nine kids sharing three bedrooms. One and a half baths. My dad was a dentist and had his practice inside our house. My mom worked for him. David wasnt that busy a practice at times, i guess . Ed he must have had s