3rd Richest Man In The World, Team Zuck, and MrBeast's Best Biz
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan analyze the rise of Gautam Adani, the third richest man in the world, and discuss how MrBeast is building a massive business through high-quality international translation. They explore the concept of turning internal cost centers into profit centers using historical examples from Amazon and Ford, and offer a perspective on Mark Zuckerberg's recent public image shift toward MMA and 'personal chatification'.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 02:15- Kanye vs Addidas
- 08:55- Billy of the Week / Gautum Adani
- 22:30- MrBeast's Translation Business
- 28:50- Turning a cost center into a profit center
- 44:20- Zuck fighting MMA
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- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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- Additional episodes you might enjoy:
- #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
- #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
- #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
- * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
- #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
- Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
- How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Links
- * Donda.org
- * Gautum Adani
- * beehiiv
- * Shopify
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Key Takeaways
Productize your internal operations: Transform internal tools or cost centers, like server infrastructure or logistics, into standalone services to create a high-margin profit center.
Invest in high-quality localization: For global brand expansion, use top-tier talent (e.g., professional movie voice actors) to dub content, ensuring it resonates authentically with local audiences.
Leverage financial engineering: Understand debt instruments and borrowing against assets as a sophisticated way to scale businesses and preserve capital without immediate tax consequences.