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13 Mar 2023 Dwarkesh Podcast Brett Harrison — FTX US former president speaks out

“There's a very large chasm between I don't think they're doing a good job running the company and I think that customer funds are at risk.”

— Brett Harrison

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Brett Harrison
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belief
Recorded
13 Mar 2023
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Dwarkesh Podcast

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…But I guess they're not letting you hire people. They're like they're like overseeing, writing the actual code for FTX US from the Bahamas. Not something that makes you think, like, why are they doing this? It's like a little odd. I just thought it was not the right way to run the company. There's a very large chasm between I don't think they're doing a good job running the company and I think that customer funds are at risk. Right, yeah, fair enough. Why should someone who sees bad organizational practices there's no board. They're making a ton of really weird investments and acquisitions. And not only that, like, most importantly, they are responsible for managing tens of billions of dollars worth of other people's assets. What should somebody do when they're seeing all this happening? I mean, obviously it's very admirable and that you put this in writing to him, you gave it to him, and then you resigned when he refused to abide by it. So maybe the answer is just that. But is there something else that somebody should do?…

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