Interviews

A conversation with Bill Ackman

November 12, 2008 8:07 pm

A conversation with Bill Ackman, major investor and hedge fund manager of Pershing Square Capital Management LP.  with Charlie Rose: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9498

Ted Turner: Feeling Alone On The Range

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November 9, 2008 10:08 pm

Media Mogul cum land baron Ted Turner loves his land - he’s the single biggest landowner in the U.S. with two million acres - but hates to spend the night ... Read more »

Barack Obama ‘could worsen crisis’: Rupert Murdoch

November 2, 2008 12:43 pm

NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has warned that Barack Obama could worsen the world financial crisis if he is elected US president next week and implements protectionist policies. In an ... Read more »

CNBC’S MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA INTERVIEWS BILLIONAIRE CARLOS SLIM HELÚ

October 31, 2008 12:46 pm

CARLOS SLIM IS DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY. HE SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACT, BUT IS FINALLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ... Read more »

Soros: This current economic disaster is self-generated. It was generated by the market itself

October 13, 2008 11:09 am

Bill Moyers talks with one of the world’s most successful investors George Soros about the global capital meltdown, how he saw it coming, and what can be done now. watch it here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10102008/watch.html

Keeping the Faith

October 5, 2008 2:53 pm

As the former head of Seagram and a billionaire philanthropist who has spent much of his fortune battling anti-Semitism worldwide, you have just written a book, “Hope, Not Fear,” that ... Read more »

Warren Buffett: I Haven’t Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime -

October 2, 2008 9:33 am

Billionaire Warren Buffett, the world’s preeminent stock picker, said the U.S. economy is “flat on the floor” after a cardiac arrest as companies struggle to secure funding and unemployment increases.“In ... Read more »

Billionaire Eli Broad on the Bailout

September 27, 2008 3:13 pm

BusinessWeek  spoke with Broad, who made his fortune in real estate and insurance, largely through holdings in American International Group about the $700 billion Wall Street bailout and where he ... Read more »

Alexey Mordashov: ‘You see a lot of rhetoric but I don’t see any deterioration between Russia and the West’

September 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Alexey Mordashov, the owner of Russia’s biggest steel company, is in London to talk to investors about its move into goldmining. Despite booming profits from SeverStal - the latest profits ... Read more »

Ukrainian billionaire talks to Forbes about financial crisis

September 20, 2008 2:23 pm

But the timing of Yuriy Kosyuk, chief executive of MHP, to start trading publicly couldn’t be worse in a market that seems to lack a clear direction. “I share the ... Read more »

Lunch with the FT: Lakshmi Mittal

September 13, 2008 12:01 pm

It is a scene that stirs the imagination. A few months ago, Lakshmi Mittal invited to dinner at his palatial home – a neo-Palladian mansion in Kensington – the full ... Read more »

Interview with Peter Thiel on Startups

September 12, 2008 9:05 pm

Investor Peter Thiel (PayPal, Facebook, Slide) gave his thoughts on what is the best predictor of startup success.  At the Founder’s Fund, one of the most important factors he likes ... Read more »

Ask A Billionaire: Sam Wyly

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September 2, 2008 6:20 pm

Forbes.com talked with Wyly about his new book, how he hires, and carbon emissions.Forbes.com: Why did you write this book? Wyly: I started so long ago I can hardly remember. ... Read more »

A conversation with Ted Turner

April 4, 2008 8:22 pm

and his thoughts on global warming. He argues global warming will be catastrophic and lead to cannibalism. He proposes population reduction as a solution to this problem http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/1399

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