Alexander Rodriguez
The Operator
Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.
Alexander Rodriguez demonstrates the Operator archetype throughout this interview, building A-Rod Corp from a single duplex into a diversified holding company spanning 20,000 apartments, 30 venture stakes, and NBA franchise ownership.
“And that came two or three different ways. One was to take the stock market and take more of a cash position. Two, some of the companies that were kind of on the line of do we take it public or not, we ended up taking those companies public as an example, him's and hers being one of them. The same thing in real estate.”
“I think too, the entrepreneur spirit was lit very early in my life because my father was the ultimate entrepreneur where we had a shoe store in our Washington Heights apartment in New York City.”
“And on the venture side, we own parts of 30 companies. We've taken a handful of them public. And essentially that's what we do. And I think in moments like we have today, which the capital markets have dried up some, interest rates have gone up. Things are very fluid.”
“And we'll put that on the show notes as well. Let's just talk about charity. I know you're very generous, donor to charities, but there are lots of demands for folks like you. How do you think about prioritizing the asks? Aspects of people who have created a significant net worth. Again, I took this from Warren Buffett.”
Money Maze Podcast: “From Major League Baseball to Venture Capital – Alexander Rodriguez, CEO of A-Rod Corp, Shares His Story”
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