Rob

Because Rupert came in with Sky Television, Sky News, Fox TV, the New York Post, and he captured the center-center right, free market, capitalist, Judeo-Christian part of Americans' media. And Elon did the same thing when he bought Twitter and turned it into X. So one is from Australia, one is from South Africa.

I met him once at SpaceX, a 20-minute meeting. Fascinating story. What was that like? It was extraordinary because his assistant said, look, your South African will give you the lunch slot, but it's only 20 minutes. He arrived on the second, and I said, well, we better order lunch. He said, I've ordered it already. Turned up. And then he spoke about Tesla and the problems he was having.

I met him once at SpaceX, a 20-minute meeting. Fascinating story. What was that like? It was extraordinary because his assistant said, look, your South African will give you the lunch slot, but it's only 20 minutes. He arrived on the second, and I said, well, we better order lunch. He said, I've ordered it already. Turned up. And then he spoke about Tesla and the problems he was having.

It was 15 years ago. And with two minutes to go, I knew it was 20 minutes and he leaves. I said, Elon, how can I help you? And he looked at me in this weird way and he went, no one's ever asked me that question. And he said, okay, if you hear or see me do anything stupid, let me know because I get no feedback.

It was 15 years ago. And with two minutes to go, I knew it was 20 minutes and he leaves. I said, Elon, how can I help you? And he looked at me in this weird way and he went, no one's ever asked me that question. And he said, okay, if you hear or see me do anything stupid, let me know because I get no feedback.

But here's Elon's attention to detail. He cares. He's extraordinary. And I just say, thank you, Rupert. Thank you, Elon.

But here's Elon's attention to detail. He cares. He's extraordinary. And I just say, thank you, Rupert. Thank you, Elon.

That's Rupert Murdoch.

That's Rupert Murdoch.

So we'd be riding in a cab because we'd hop in a cab now and again in those days, and he'd ask the cab driver, what newspaper do you read? Which page do you turn to first? He absolutely asked. Curious. Curious, yeah. So South Africa. Well, I'll give you quickly my bio. Please, go for it. And I'll do this really, really fast.

So we'd be riding in a cab because we'd hop in a cab now and again in those days, and he'd ask the cab driver, what newspaper do you read? Which page do you turn to first? He absolutely asked. Curious. Curious, yeah. So South Africa. Well, I'll give you quickly my bio. Please, go for it. And I'll do this really, really fast.

In rand.

In rand.

It used to be one-to-one in the 70s, but now it's 20-to-one. 20-to-one. So you've made money. You've made money. You've done okay for yourself. Yeah, I founded Marquee Jet in Europe. I built a big business, Sportel, the biggest sports media internet business in Europe, which failed. So I had a lot of learnings there. I sold MarketJet Europe to NetJets, was vice chairman of NetJets.

It used to be one-to-one in the 70s, but now it's 20-to-one. 20-to-one. So you've made money. You've made money. You've done okay for yourself. Yeah, I founded Marquee Jet in Europe. I built a big business, Sportel, the biggest sports media internet business in Europe, which failed. So I had a lot of learnings there. I sold MarketJet Europe to NetJets, was vice chairman of NetJets.

I'm still a senior advisor to VistaJets. I love the aviation business. And then I've done some very big deals. I owned a third of Air Berlin. And I just won a very big license this morning to do a betting exchange in South Africa. You're the first? I'm the first. Get out of here. Yeah. So Betfair in Australia is the most profitable business in Australia. We have just won the license to do this.

I'm still a senior advisor to VistaJets. I love the aviation business. And then I've done some very big deals. I owned a third of Air Berlin. And I just won a very big license this morning to do a betting exchange in South Africa. You're the first? I'm the first. Get out of here. Yeah. So Betfair in Australia is the most profitable business in Australia. We have just won the license to do this.

Fantastic. That's a big deal. Yeah. And I've done a whole lot of other things. I see you've got a lot of sports teams here. I love rugby, so I'm going to have to get you a Springbok shirt. But I owned Vicenza Culture in Italy. I'm the first foreigner to buy a football team in Italy. I owned it for two years. How was that? Well, it was one of those businesses that had a tiny profit, a tiny club.

Fantastic. That's a big deal. Yeah. And I've done a whole lot of other things. I see you've got a lot of sports teams here. I love rugby, so I'm going to have to get you a Springbok shirt. But I owned Vicenza Culture in Italy. I'm the first foreigner to buy a football team in Italy. I owned it for two years. How was that? Well, it was one of those businesses that had a tiny profit, a tiny club.

And Vicenza, if you're driving in Italy from Milan to Venice, you could have passed Verona. And there's one little turnoff to Vicenza, which no one notices. You go straight on to Venice. I own Vicenza Culture, Vicenza Football Club. And the only piece of silver where they ever won was a month after I bought it. They won the Italian Cup, beating Napoli 1-0.