Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

That’s really interesting, but by the way, that’s really astute observation people are going to look at how hard you’re going to — you’re working and they think I could work a little less hard. And it was interesting because a lot of people, we sort of came into that late as far as one of the potential acquirers.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

While that effect tends to fade as businesses get larger, the tumult at Open AI, where the board dismissed Sam Altman as CEO, and then faced with an enterprise-wide meltdown, as capital providers and employees threatened to quit, illustrates that even at larger entities, a person or a few people can make a value difference.

Valuation 113

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 23, 2023

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. My dad was a public GP, you know, in the National Health Service in England and my mom was a public school teacher. RITHOLTZ: When did it enter your mind that, hey, this finance stuff looks kind of interesting? And I thought, well, that sounds interesting.

Investments 60

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

You tell a story in one of your books of a banker who shows up at your elementary school class and that kick-started your interest in finance? And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. You don’t do any dirty work. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 56

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

As the world knows, Elon Musk sent a short missive – over Twitter, where all the missives are short – that he was considering a go-private deal, with an attendant price tag of about $72 billion, or at $420 a share, where the stock ended last Monday at around $356. Might the implication be that things are frothy among publicly-traded entities?

Valuation 40

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Can I just tag along? I was going to attach myself to characters interested who interested me, Where there’s a narrative and the characters flesh out, flesh it out. And I wanted to start with complicated, interesting people. Barry Ritholtz ] 00:06:36 [Speaker Changed] Which raises an interesting question.

Math 60

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If you’re interested in what it’s like investing in emerging market debt, how that part of the investment firm has changed over the decades as the world itself has changed. And I got to get his feel for Wall Street politics, which I found out really weren’t for me and all the conflicts of interest that one finds in Wall Street.

Restructuring 60

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