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 . Before we get into blackstone, i would like to talk about a couple of other things. You grew up in a middleclass environment in philadelphia, and now, you are one of the wealthiest men in the world, one of the biggest philanthropists in the world, and you are an advisor to president s, the last three president s have asked your advice on things. And you are very close to President Trump. When you were growing up in philadelphia, did you ever in your wildest dreams imagine this could possibly happen . Steve no. Dave do you pinch yourself every day now that you think about where you have achieved your status in life . Steve frankly, every day is an adventure, and every day is a privilege. David now, you have come
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 . Before we get into blackstone, i would like to talk about a couple of other things. You grew up in a middleclass environment in philadelphia, and now, you are one of the wealthiest men in the world, one of the biggest philanthropists in the world, and you are an advisor to president s, the last three president s have asked your advice on various things. And you are very close to President Trump. When you were growing up in philadelphia, did you ever in your wildest dreams imagine this could possibly happen . Steve no. Dave do you pinch yourself every day now that you think about where you have achieved your status in life . Steve frankly, every day is an adventure, and every day is a privilege. David now, you have co
Endowment. Of particular concern is how trumps travel ban and the crackdown on h1b visas for skilled workers will curtail the flow of talent. It is going to hurt, and what hurts him i. T. Hurts the country. For this venezuelan born educator who came to the u. S. As a graduate student in 1974, its personal. President reif i was lucky enough to find the path that led me to education. Coming up, a conversation with m. I. T. President rafael reif. I want to talk about trumps travel ban. He has restricted people from eight nations. If this band was in place when you were trying to come here, would it have been difficult for you to get here . President reif probably. Partly it would have been difficult, but also it is the mental state. I wanted to come to america because i wanted to be among the felt t, but i also the attitude today, the way we put tray ourselves portray ourselves to the rest of the welcoming. Ss perhaps unfriendly. Tom cole in this year alone, m. I. T. Has filed seven amicu
And nobody else would consider you 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 . Are thank you very much for coming here today. We are at the Kennedy Center. You played here many times, i assume . Yoyo um, once or twice. David well, im very honored to and be interviewing you, because and i am the chairman of the Kennedy Center, and we gave you the Kennedy Center honors at one point not too long ago, and you have also been the recipient of the president ial medal of freedom and every other award one can get. You are traveling around the country, around world all the time. What drives you at this point when you are already so successful . Yoyo i want my wife to approve of me. David that is hard to do sometimes. Yoyo yeah, that could be the ultimate prize. David well, that is important. Yoyo well, it think, what probably drives me i
Cuts. Tom of particular concern is how trumps travel ban and the crackdown on h1b visas for skilled workers will curtail the flow of talent. President reif it is going to hurt, and what hurts m. I. T. Hurts the country. Tom for this venezuelanborn educator who came to the u. S. As a graduate student in 1974, its personal. President reif i was lucky enough to find the path that led me to education. Tom coming up, a conversation with m. I. T. President rafael reif. Tom i want to talk about trumps travel ban. He has restricted people from eight nations. Some from venezuela. If this band was in place when you were trying to come here, would it have been difficult for you to get here . President reif probably. Partly it would have been difficult, but also it is the mental state. I wanted to come to america because i wanted to be among the very best and figure out how good could i be among the very best but i also felt the attitude today, the way we portray ourselves to the rest of the world