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Ben Gilbert: evaluation

23 Oct 2016 Acquired NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)

“I know. And I wish we have nothing higher to give than an A+, but this is by far the best acquisition we’ve ever looked at and I think probably ever will look at.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
evaluation
Recorded
23 Oct 2016
Publisher
Acquired

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…Give or take a billion, you know, a trillion. It's like GDP style. I know. And I wish we have nothing higher to give than an A+, but this is by far the best acquisition we’ve ever looked at and I think probably ever will look at. Yeah. It is hard to argue with. What’s funny, this illustrates like it’s better to be lucky than good, you know. Gil Amelio completed the single greatest acquisition of all time. Gil Amelio? Who is Gil Amelio, you know?…

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