375 The Single Biggest Individual Financier In The World. The Richest Woman In America: Hetty Green — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2025-01-06
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Product
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Focus
“So Hetty was simple, resourceful, focused on compounding for the long term, frugal, focused, and paranoid.”
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People
“This is why you see, like, people like Sam Walton and other people, they would not let any of their salespeople or…”
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Persistence
“Five years ago, I started out to take a look at all these buildings." So she's like, "I gotta go see all…”
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Capital
“You know, you inherited a bunch of money, and then you made that, that money bigger." It's still an impressive feat, but…”
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