Show Notes: Welcome to the Rainmakers Podcast where I will give case studies on how different investors made their billions. In this episode we are continuing our journey to learn the investment methods of Kirk Kerkorian to see how he got out of his mess after investing in MGM using debt during an economic recession leaving him with MGM stock and a net worth of $70M dollars after having $350M dollars only a year earlier. Special thanks to @45wallst on twitter for helping with the research...

Show Notes: Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will cover the early career of Kirk Kerkorian. Follow me: https://twitter.com/rainmakerspod Links: International Hotel Ad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Las_Vegas#/media/File:International_Hotel_advertisement.jpg Alix Pasquet Presentation:...

Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will be going over the career of Jack Kent Cooke. Cooke became a billionaire by finding creative ways to operate media businesses. He helped Roy Thomson operate struggling radio stations to then partnering with him to buy different magazines and then became a pioneer in the sports business. Links: Mark...

Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast. This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will go over how Donald Bren became the richest real estate investor in the United States from one single deal. We will be going deep on who Bren was, how he invested in the deal, and what made the deal work so well. Links: James Cameron Interview:...

Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will be talking about Dennis Washington. Washington is a self made billionaire who got his start through working in construction and then leveraging his skills to starting his own company and then building an empire in construction, mining, rail roads, and even fixing up yachts. In today’s episode we will...

Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast. This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will go over two deals that will help us learn the methods of Philip Anschutz. Links: Around Kansas - Phil Anschutz June 06,2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnfunEKZzxg&ab_channel=FarmingUnlimitedTV Rise and fall of former LA Kings owner Bruce McNall:...

Welcome to the Rainmakers Podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. This is going to be a fun and hopefully insightful episode, I hope you guys enjoy it and if you do please subscribe for future episodes, leave a review and share it with anyone else you think would enjoy it as well. Sources: - “The Taming Of The Wildcatter” by Forbes Magazine 1978 - “Take a ride on the Rio Grande”...

Welcome to the Rainmakers Podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this 2nd episode we are continuing our journey to learn the investment methods of Richard Rainwater to see how he became a billionaire within 10 years of establishing his investment firm Rainwater Inc. We will go over how Rainwater built his firm, how he found deals, and a couple case studies on some of his most well...

Welcome to the Rainmakers Podcast! This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this first episode we will study the career of the legendary investor Richard Rainwater. He began managing Bass family investments and turned their initial $50M into a whopping $5B in 16 years. In the first part of this 3 episode series, we'll delve into Rainwater's journey with the Bass family. Exploring his...