Rob

American redhead. New York redhead.

Good. They're crazy though, but that's a different conversation. This is good crazy. And she said, what are you going to do after business school? I said, I don't know. I'd like to get into the media business. And she said, oh, you should meet Stan Schumann. He's one of the Allen & Company heads. Remember, this is 1989. I had the most extraordinary interview ever. With Stan. Wait.

Good. They're crazy though, but that's a different conversation. This is good crazy. And she said, what are you going to do after business school? I said, I don't know. I'd like to get into the media business. And she said, oh, you should meet Stan Schumann. He's one of the Allen & Company heads. Remember, this is 1989. I had the most extraordinary interview ever. With Stan. Wait.

I went to see Stan Schumer at Allen Company. Stan said, you're Rob. You want to be in the media business. I'm a media investment banker. So you're in the wrong place. You need to actually consider News Corp. And I'm on the board of News Corp. He was at the time. And I'm going to introduce you. Before you meet Rupert, you need to meet John Evans. He's the visionary.

I went to see Stan Schumer at Allen Company. Stan said, you're Rob. You want to be in the media business. I'm a media investment banker. So you're in the wrong place. You need to actually consider News Corp. And I'm on the board of News Corp. He was at the time. And I'm going to introduce you. Before you meet Rupert, you need to meet John Evans. He's the visionary.

I haven't said a word, by the way. I've said hello. I haven't said a word. So he calls the secretary. He says, call John Evans. Tell John I'm sending Rob Herself, South African, to see him. Gave me the address. I shook his hand, left. Haven't said a word. Walked down to Harper's and HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corp.

I haven't said a word, by the way. I've said hello. I haven't said a word. So he calls the secretary. He says, call John Evans. Tell John I'm sending Rob Herself, South African, to see him. Gave me the address. I shook his hand, left. Haven't said a word. Walked down to Harper's and HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corp.

I'm still at Harvard Business School. So he says, in supermarkets, the fish need to be near the chips. And he's talking about these weird things. For 20 minutes he talks. I still haven't said a word. And he said, well, if you want to work for News Corp, you've got to meet Rupert. So hold on. Calls Rupert. Says, I've got this guy, Rob, Rob, from South Africa, Harvard MBA. Yeah, sorry about that.

I'm still at Harvard Business School. So he says, in supermarkets, the fish need to be near the chips. And he's talking about these weird things. For 20 minutes he talks. I still haven't said a word. And he said, well, if you want to work for News Corp, you've got to meet Rupert. So hold on. Calls Rupert. Says, I've got this guy, Rob, Rob, from South Africa, Harvard MBA. Yeah, sorry about that.

Yeah, he can come and see you right now. Gives me Rupert's address, 1211 6th Avenue. Sends me. Still haven't said a word in my interview. get to Rupert, walk in, he goes, you must be Rob. I go, yeah, please sit down. Rob, what do you think the future of the media industry is? And I go, technology? And he goes, no, it's content. And then he spoke for 15 minutes about why content, which was correct.

Yeah, he can come and see you right now. Gives me Rupert's address, 1211 6th Avenue. Sends me. Still haven't said a word in my interview. get to Rupert, walk in, he goes, you must be Rob. I go, yeah, please sit down. Rob, what do you think the future of the media industry is? And I go, technology? And he goes, no, it's content. And then he spoke for 15 minutes about why content, which was correct.

And then he said, okay, you're hired. What are you going to do for me? I've said one word in three interviews. I've got a job.

And then he said, okay, you're hired. What are you going to do for me? I've said one word in three interviews. I've got a job.

So this redhead, why is this redhead so trusted? Because her father and Stan were best friends. So she got me the interview. He assumed I went to Harvard Business School. Goldman. Goldman.

So this redhead, why is this redhead so trusted? Because her father and Stan were best friends. So she got me the interview. He assumed I went to Harvard Business School. Goldman. Goldman.

Every day.

Every day.

So I spent two and a half years with him. And he'd hand me... Everybody wanted to get in front of Rupert Murdoch. So they'd all be going, Rupert, could you look at this opportunity, this deal? He'd have a pile of decks and things on his desk. with a little note of who gave it to him.

So I spent two and a half years with him. And he'd hand me... Everybody wanted to get in front of Rupert Murdoch. So they'd all be going, Rupert, could you look at this opportunity, this deal? He'd have a pile of decks and things on his desk. with a little note of who gave it to him.

And then every Monday morning he'd kind of have a look and he'd say, ah, this guy's an idiot, throw them in the bin. And then he'd go, okay, this guy's important, read that. And he'd give me three business plans every Monday and I'd have to come back and on Friday have to present them to him. He'd ask me three to five questions on each one.