Episodes

  • Josh Harris
    Oct 31 2024

    Billionaire private equity investor and founder of 26North partners Josh Harris joins David Rubenstein for a special interview commemorating the 10th anniversary of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations." In addition to his most recent project with 26North, Harris co-founded Apollo Global Management and is the owner of the NFL's Washington Commanders, the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's New Jersey Devils, and the English Premier League's Crystal Palace Football club. This interview was recorded October 8 in Washington DC at a Bloomberg LP event.

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    24 mins
  • Peter Orszag
    Oct 17 2024

    Peter Orszag is a London School of Economics trained economist, best known for decades for his service in government as part of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, the head of the Congressional Budget Office, and eventually for his Cabinet position as head of President Obama's Office of Management and Budget. But in recent years, he's added "banker" to his impressive resumé, and since 2023, he's been the CEO of Lazard - a boutique investment bank offering clients a traditional M&A advisory, as well as its geopolitical advisory unit. Orszag spoke to David Rubenstein on his ambitious plans for grow Lazard's revenue, navigating the halls of power in Washington and on Wall Street, and what it's like to be an economist running an investment bank. This interview was recorded September 6 in New York.

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    24 mins
  • Sundar Pichai
    Oct 10 2024

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined the company in 2004 as a product manager. Since then, he's had a meteoric rise through the ranks before becoming CEO of Google in 2015 and then CEO of parent company Alphabet in 2019. During his tenure, he has focused the company on its cloud computing business Google Cloud - as well as made deep investments in artificial intelligence, despite being beat to market by Microsoft partner OpenAI in 2022 with the blockbuster ChatGPT product. In an interview for "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," Pichai dives into his fundamental belief that artificial intelligence is comparable to fire and electricity in its capacity as a new technology to cut across "every sector, everywhere." Pichai also addresses Google's mounting legal woes, as the company faces multiple antitrust suits from the Department of Justice and elsewhere. This interview was recorded September 20 in New York.

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    24 mins
  • Ted Sarandos
    Sep 26 2024

    Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos started his career as somewhat of a human movie recommendation algorithm. At his video rental store job in Phoenix, Sarandos had a reputation among locals for knowing exactly which films they've enjoyed in the past, and which other titles in the store they might want next. These days, he's one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, leading the $310 billion entertainment behemoth that started the streaming wars: Netflix. Sarandos sat for an interview for "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations" and discussed how Netflix evolved from mailing DVDs to making award-winning original programming. This interview was recorded September 19 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington DC.

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    24 mins
  • John Collison
    Sep 19 2024

    John Collison cofounded of one of the most valuable private companies in the country: Stripe. Together, John and his brother Patrick took what seemed like a simple idea - making it frictionless for Internet companies to accept payments online - and built a fintech company that once fetched a $100 billion valuation. Though that valuation has fallen to a still-stratospheric $70 billion, Collison and his team are still expanding the company and its offerings - while continuing to shrug off the question of an IPO. In this episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," David sits down with John Collison, Cofounder and President of Stripe. This interview was recorded June 11 in New York.

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    24 mins
  • Jerome Powell
    Jul 25 2024

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said second-quarter economic data has provided policymakers greater confidence that inflation is heading down to the central bank’s 2% goal, possibly paving the way for near-term interest-rate cuts. In an interview with Bloomberg Host and Carlyle Co-Founder & Co-Chairman David Rubenstein at an Economic Club of Washington event, Powell highlighted the three latest inflation readings, though he made clear he didn’t intend to send any specific message about the timing of rate reductions. This interview was recorded July 15 in Washington, DC.

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    22 mins
  • Introducing 'Here's Why' - Complex News Stories Explained
    Jul 11 2024

    Listen to the 'Here's Why' podcast: - on Apple: https://apple.co/3Lg3RGn - on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LiIX9q - or Anywhere: https://bit.ly/3xYsHHy.

    Each episode of 'Here's Why' uses experts at Bloomberg to explain one news story in just a few minutes.

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    1 min
  • Alejandro Mayorkas
    May 30 2024

    US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks on the state of immigration at the country's southern border as well as the security threat TikTok poses to the United States. This interview for "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" was recorded May 17 in Washington DC at an Economic Club of Washington event.

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    23 mins