366 -  Ken Langone: Billionaire Co-Founder of Home Depot
James AltucherJanuary 02, 202402:03:35

366 - Ken Langone: Billionaire Co-Founder of Home Depot

Ken Langone is a billionaire. He co-founded Home Depot and he’s also been on the boards of some of America's most renowned companies. Ken talked to me about capitalism, (his book is called “I Love Capitalism!: An American Story”), corporate governance, morality, and picking good people to invest in. But I also always say that this podcast is not just about business. I also got to learn from Ken about self-respect, death, having a good outlook on life and following your gut. His success is proof that you can live well and live true to yourself. That’s what I hope to keep learning for myself.


 


Links and Resources


I Love Capitalism!: An American Story (https://amazon.com) by Ken Langone


 


Also Mentioned


My interview with Garry Kasparov (https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/05/garry-kasparov-become-greatest-at-what-you-love-most/)  


My interview with Sara Blakely (https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/02/what-i-learned-from-spanx-founder/)


My interview with Arianna Huffington (https://jamesaltucher.com/2016/05/arianna-huffington-the-delusion-we-are-all-suffering-from/)


Seinfeld


Amy Schumer’s SNL monologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2eUomfJFcI)


Giuliani


Pete Cunningham


Frank Blake


Sam Walton


Jack Welch


Bernie Madoff


Home Depot (https://www.homedepot.com/)


NYU Langone Health Centers (https://nyulangone.org/locations/family-health-centers-at-nyu-langone)


Robert De Niro


Walmart


The Bible


GE


Jeff Bezos


Warren Buffet quote, “It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and you can lose it in 5 minutes.”


The Wizard of Lies (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1933667/)


Bob Nardelli


Ross Perot


Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York


Jim Kaplan who collaborated with Ken on his book


Goldman Sachs


Stanley Druckenmiller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Druckenmiller)


Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy (http://www.hczpromise.org/)


Pam Goldman (Ken’s assistant)


Castro


Steve Easterbrook


Jack Welch


Strayer - Jack Welch Management Institute (https://jackwelch.strayer.edu/)


 


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