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 known investments. 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. Links: The Fort Podcast with Chris Powers: https://youtu.be/NWCaHbRnrtw?si=myVdBk6ch_z5Cqeh John Phelan Graham and Doddsville Interview: https://business.columbia.edu/sites/default/files-efs/imce-uploads/Graham%20%20Doddsville_Issue%2027.pdf Sources: - ENSCO: The First 20 Years by Carolyn Barta - Money Masters of Our Time by John Train - The For-Profit Healthcare Revolution: The Growing Impact of Investor-Owned Health Systems in America by Sandy Lutz - The Fastest Tortoise by Ken Hersh - Squawk Box CNBC April 4th, 2012 6:00am-9:00am EDT - Wall Street with Louis Rukeyeser 1997 - “The Smart Money Speaks” by Stephen Taub - “Rainwater’s World” by David Carey - “Investing secrets of the Rainwater Rolodex” by Hilary Rosenberg - “Lord of the Lowball” by Shade Rowe - “Cashing In on Health Care's Troubles” by Milt Freudenheim - Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. in First Person: An Oral History. United States, Health Research & Educational Trust, 2013. - “Hospital company chief to challenge Clinton” by Del Jones - “A Texas Power Play” by Bill Bancroft - “Can Richard Rainwater Strike a Gusher By Himself?” by Mark Ivey - “Change is Good” by Worth Magazine 1987 - “Gunfight” by Cheryl Einhorn - “The Texas Business Executive of the Year” by Susan DuBois - “Wednesday, July 9, 1986 : Oil Falls Below $11 a Barrel” by LA Times Archives - “STANDARD RATES SET FOR HOSPITALS UNDER MEDICARE” by Robert Pear Have any feedback? DM me @rainmakerspod on Twitter!