My First Million
My First Million
Hubspot Media
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
46 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 10:53 am.
) Turning $5M into $500B
) Scrappy private equity
) Don’t fool yourself
) Turning down 20% of Amazon
) Recruiting big shots
) Finding the right partner
) Trade-offs
) Witnessing ascents to power
) The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
) History that repeats itself
) Recommended Reading
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Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history. 
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