Richard Baker
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1,143 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Richard Baker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I, um, actually it was late August, 2006.
I, uh, 12 midnight times square.
I go to a pay phone.
That's how old I am.
And I call my father and I say, they signed the purchase agreement.
So Federated, this many, many tens of billions of dollar company represented by all of these folks, signed a purchase agreement with NRDC Equity Partners Fund 7 for $1.2 billion, gave me 120 days.
Never asked for my financials, didn't ask for a deposit.
What happened was they just thought I was one of these big private equity firms because we have a decent profile, and they just assumed they did none of the work.
Which, by the way, for all your entrepreneurs listening, that's how life is sometimes.
The big people tend to be lazy, maybe not as smart as you imagine they are.
And that's where your moment comes and that's where your opportunity is.
And that's where my opportunity was.
So now it's midnight.
They're not that smart.
And you got to go for it.
Yeah.
So and by the way, so you'll get slapped down and slapped down and slapped down.
I fail more times.
But every now and then I get away with it.
I win.
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