Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
12 May 2021 Acquired Berkshire Hathaway Part II
“Two years later, the person who was chairman of The Washington Post company, Fritz Beebe, who I believe was a longtime family lawyer of the Meyers and the Grahams.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 12 May 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Berkshire Hathaway Part II
Transcript context
…She has no interest in that, right? She’s like, I'm learning how to be a CEO here, we're taking the company public, The Pentagon papers are happening. No, it's very nice to meet you Mr. Buffett from Omaha, but thanks but no thanks. Warren’s like, it’s okay, I've gotten to know her, I've got my foot in the door. Two years later, the person who was chairman of The Washington Post company, Fritz Beebe, who I believe was a longtime family lawyer of the Meyers and the Grahams. He dies and his estate is being liquidated of which there's a lot of Post stock in it. Warren arranges to buy a $50,000 share block from the estate. Which has to feel underhanded, right? If you're the Graham Family, you're like, sorry. Wait, who's buying what?…
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