348 The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2024-05-07
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Product
“And as he makes more money, he gets more interested in, instead of building bridges and, and buildings, he gets more interested…”
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Focus
“He hooked Durant with his simple, brilliant idea.”
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People
“He's got very famous, uh, like s- important people, impressive people he wants to impress.”
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Persistence
“I think that double underlined sentence is why these Ponzi-esque deals last a long ti- long, uh, time rather.”
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Capital
“This is the investment bankers that helped Ivar raise money from Am- American investors, okay?”
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