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Shreya Murthy

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

And top tick crypto has pivoted to the memory trade and says the memory trade can't keep going because the hyperscalers can't spend more than 100% of cash flow.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

And while Google would like a word because they can spend more than a hundred percent cashflow because they can raise equity and they can raise debt and they can get all sorts of money from all over the place.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

So what else is Berkshire doing these days?

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Berkshire is investing 10 billion into Google and a private placement as part of the

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

broader $80 billion equity capital raise.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Warren Buffett is here watching Greg Abel take 10 billion of money that he painstakingly made over his entire investment lifetime and put it into Google at all-time highs.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

I don't think this is an accurate reaction to Warren Buffett because this play worked with Apple and Google's in a fantastic position to continue doing this.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Ben Thompson broke this whole thing down comparing what

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Warren Buffett had done with See's Candy to buy a railroad, which is a fascinating example.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

So they bought See's, Berkshire Hathaway bought See's Candy for 25 million when sales were 30 million.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

So less than a one X revenue multiple.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Pre-tax earnings were less than five million.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

So they paid roughly five X pre-tax earnings, so EBITDA.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

The capital then required to conduct the business was $8 million locked away in See's Candy.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Then they had some seasonal debt, but generally the company was earning 60% pre-tax on invested capital.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

$5 million out every year, $8 million locked up.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

So last year,

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

This is from 2007, the shareholder letter.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Last year, C's sales in 2007 or 2006 were $383 million.

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Google Taps Berkshire, Confidential IPO Filings, Putin's Longevity | Jack Doohan, Shreya Murthy, Nate Cavanaugh & Justin Fox, Thomas Mueller, Edward Kim, Brynn Putnam

Pre-tax profits were $82 million.