Lou Manzo

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348 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Sep

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · Ballmer's Secret I.O.U., Aspiration's "Web of Lies" and the Zenith of Fraud: Kawhi-Gate, Part XI · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

I'm just shocked by this.

And people, I don't want to get too far under the kimono, but I see these things for the first time here.

And I just, I'm shocked that they would take a position that is so easily refutable by the existence of actual emails, not speculation by a talking head podcaster.

It's hard not to watch that clip and wonder to myself, is that what it looks like when you are first meeting a partner?

And as someone who ran a team for 18 years, I would not be a part of a presser where I'm sitting next to someone and I am putting my name or the name of our owner or our organization with someone and I have not done one ounce of my own due diligence.

It's just, it is not credible to me.

But the problem is that all the evidence that surrounds the things that he said, not even in that clip, but as part of the general PR that Ballmer has used is trying to paint a story of no relationship.

And so to me, that's where he loses credibility.

And once you lose the credibility, I have to call into question anything he's saying about his relationship with Sandberg and Aspiration.

Mr. Ballmer invested approximately $50 million on September 14th, 2021, and $10 million on March 9th, 2023.

in an effort to further entice Mr. Ballmer to invest.

Sandberg personally guaranteed Mr. Ballmer's $50 million investment by granting Mr. Ballmer a put-right for the value of his investment.

Yeah, this would get through even my COVID nose.

Now, we can argue and quibble whether or not there is a duty to disclose this to other investors.

It would have to do with what kind of LLC, whether it's a C Corp, an S Corp.

There's all sorts of different rules and laws that Luke can talk about if he so chooses.

But the reality is that when you are using Balmer as really the ramp to get other investors into the company by touting this investment, and it's a risk-free investment for Balmer who takes the put right and says, we're not going to tell anyone this, but thank God I've got my money back.

Hey, you're not getting that put right.

Thanks for your money.

It just smells terribly to me.

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