Brad Jacobs
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4 Aug
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That's not a natural event.
That's something that requires effort, that requires intentionality, that requires some skill.
Essentially, you throw me off a little bit with the question, because I don't define myself as in terms of how much money I've made.
That's just not the big deal for me.
It's a report card, but it's not who I am, and it's not my be all and end all.
I happen to be in a business that makes a lot of money, so I make a lot of money.
My occupation is making money for shareholders.
When I look at my motivation, if you want to understand my gestalt, how I look at the world, how I look at myself,
It's really, if you take those psychological tests, I score very high on need to be appreciated.
So how does that translate into being a CEO?
Well, that translates into, well, I'll give you a perfect example.
Last week, we had a call
with my 75 co-investors in my new company, QXO.
So my wife and I are putting in $900 million, and then Sequoia and a few dozen friends and family, like really friends and family, like my sister and my brother and my niece and nephew, are putting in another $100 million.
So we'll have a cool $1 billion even putting into this company.
And I told them at the end of the call, it was an hour call, I was just giving them an update of what I'm working on.
I thanked them.
Not for the hundred million dollars, because I didn't need the hundred million dollars.
I could put another hundred million of mine in.
But I thank them for giving me motivation, giving me inspiration, giving me a purpose, because I want to please them.
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