Cameron

I know friends that have literally bought the book because they heard the episode and they spent $2,000 because it's like, this is the guy. There's an idea worth billions in a $2,000 history book. And so in that book, it's all...

secrecy covered everything in his when I think of bad boys move in silence I think of Rockefeller it's in all kinds of other entrepreneurs but essentially saying hey you don't understand how lucrative this is and I'm not going to educate my competition because if you go and say hey look how much money I'm making What are humans going to do? They're all memetic.

secrecy covered everything in his when I think of bad boys move in silence I think of Rockefeller it's in all kinds of other entrepreneurs but essentially saying hey you don't understand how lucrative this is and I'm not going to educate my competition because if you go and say hey look how much money I'm making What are humans going to do? They're all memetic.

secrecy covered everything in his when I think of bad boys move in silence I think of Rockefeller it's in all kinds of other entrepreneurs but essentially saying hey you don't understand how lucrative this is and I'm not going to educate my competition because if you go and say hey look how much money I'm making What are humans going to do? They're all memetic.

They're like, oh, I'm going to try to do exactly what Chris does. And so I'm going to do it. And it's, you invite competition and there goes your profits. And so not only he would like do deals and he's like, hey, I'm going to buy your refinery. You can't tell your wife. how much I bought it and who bought it. He would have this thing called, there'd be secret ownership.

They're like, oh, I'm going to try to do exactly what Chris does. And so I'm going to do it. And it's, you invite competition and there goes your profits. And so not only he would like do deals and he's like, hey, I'm going to buy your refinery. You can't tell your wife. how much I bought it and who bought it. He would have this thing called, there'd be secret ownership.

They're like, oh, I'm going to try to do exactly what Chris does. And so I'm going to do it. And it's, you invite competition and there goes your profits. And so not only he would like do deals and he's like, hey, I'm going to buy your refinery. You can't tell your wife. how much I bought it and who bought it. He would have this thing called, there'd be secret ownership.

So people hated Rockefeller because he was dominating this area in Cleveland. And so there's this thing called Cleveland Massacre where he essentially in like a day or a few days rounds up like 22 of his top 25 competitors. Like, and then from there on at 25 years old, 28 years old, he's really young. He's the dominant player.

So people hated Rockefeller because he was dominating this area in Cleveland. And so there's this thing called Cleveland Massacre where he essentially in like a day or a few days rounds up like 22 of his top 25 competitors. Like, and then from there on at 25 years old, 28 years old, he's really young. He's the dominant player.

So people hated Rockefeller because he was dominating this area in Cleveland. And so there's this thing called Cleveland Massacre where he essentially in like a day or a few days rounds up like 22 of his top 25 competitors. Like, and then from there on at 25 years old, 28 years old, he's really young. He's the dominant player.

And so then he goes, he also has a secret alliance where they put him at the head of the national, it was like the,

And so then he goes, he also has a secret alliance where they put him at the head of the national, it was like the,

And so then he goes, he also has a secret alliance where they put him at the head of the national, it was like the,

kerosene refineries association something like that essentially just like a trade group and he goes around he meets with all the other people in his business and they're trying to uh collude to keep prices like at a profitable level and so he gets to see their books and now as a result of this secret alliance he knows oh just so we know each other it's like i knew chris was a a legit player i need to spend more time with him because he's another me right and then he goes oh that's a that's a good competitor maybe i need to buy him this guy i don't

kerosene refineries association something like that essentially just like a trade group and he goes around he meets with all the other people in his business and they're trying to uh collude to keep prices like at a profitable level and so he gets to see their books and now as a result of this secret alliance he knows oh just so we know each other it's like i knew chris was a a legit player i need to spend more time with him because he's another me right and then he goes oh that's a that's a good competitor maybe i need to buy him this guy i don't

kerosene refineries association something like that essentially just like a trade group and he goes around he meets with all the other people in his business and they're trying to uh collude to keep prices like at a profitable level and so he gets to see their books and now as a result of this secret alliance he knows oh just so we know each other it's like i knew chris was a a legit player i need to spend more time with him because he's another me right and then he goes oh that's a that's a good competitor maybe i need to buy him this guy i don't

And so what he would do is some of those people would say, Rockefeller, you're too powerful. I'm not selling to you. And so they go and they sell to a company, not knowing that Rockefeller secretly owns that company. So if you really want to internalize bad boys move in silence, Rockefeller's the prototype. But there's another great thing.

And so what he would do is some of those people would say, Rockefeller, you're too powerful. I'm not selling to you. And so they go and they sell to a company, not knowing that Rockefeller secretly owns that company. So if you really want to internalize bad boys move in silence, Rockefeller's the prototype. But there's another great thing.

And so what he would do is some of those people would say, Rockefeller, you're too powerful. I'm not selling to you. And so they go and they sell to a company, not knowing that Rockefeller secretly owns that company. So if you really want to internalize bad boys move in silence, Rockefeller's the prototype. But there's another great thing.

In Steve Jobs' lost years, he dumps 50 million of his own money. And at the time, he only had $70 million. So he dumps almost all, you know, the majority of his wealth into Pixar. And literally, they can't make payroll. They don't have a product. He's just writing checks to cover the payroll.