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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: observation
10 Aug 2026 Acquired Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
“I mean, the only way this story could get any more awesome is if they somehow beat Disney at their own game, got bought by Disney, breathed new life into the core of the company, and Steve Jobs became the largest shareholder of Disney itself.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- observation
- Recorded
- 10 Aug 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Yep. They're inventing all this insane stuff, but George needs to sell it off and somehow manages to find Steve goddamn Jobs. It is like the Avengers of technology, of film, of business. I mean, the only way this story could get any more awesome is if they somehow beat Disney at their own game, got bought by Disney, breathed new life into the core of the company, and Steve Jobs became the largest shareholder of Disney itself. It sounds like a Pixar movie.…
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