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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: evaluation
21 Apr 2021 Acquired Berkshire Hathaway Part I
“I think she gave him the chairman role because she had so much respect for his counsel.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 21 Apr 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Berkshire Hathaway Part I
Transcript context
…An amazing journey, and he would later become the chairman of The Washington Post and partner to Kay Graham. Was Warren the chairman? I think he was the chairman and Kay was the CEO. I think that’s right. He got a board seat commensurate with his investment. I think she gave him the chairman role because she had so much respect for his counsel. We’ll hear more about that in part two to come. He’s got this paper route now. Remember, he was selling gum and soda door-to-door back in Omaha. It’s like, this is great. Now I’ve got literally my foot in the door to all of the housewives in Washington, DC. I deliver them the paper but I can sell them magazine subscriptions. I can sell them calendars. I could sell them all sorts of stuff. He starts an empire in the streets of the suburbs of Washington, DC.…
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