The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Bill Browder is a prominent investor and political activist known for his efforts to expose corruption in Russia and advocate for human rights. This interview reveals his leadership style as one that is energetic and persuasive, focused on rallying support for principled change in the face of authoritarianism.
“That's a good thing. Well, good. All right. Thank you so much, both of you. I love when a son and father do social justice and use the internet for profit fun. I really appreciate it. Again, Josh Browder, his company is called Do Not Pay, and I'm going to use it for a couple of things now that I realize I can do that.”
“We're back with Bill and Josh Broder. Bill is the CEO of the Hermitage Capital Management, and Josh, his son, is the CEO of Do Not Pay, which has been talking about his business. I want to get into what it like to be an entrepreneur today.”
“So, when you think about that, I mean, obviously you're using it as a business opportunity, as an entrepreneur to do that at the same time as protecting people. How do you change the mentality of Silicon Valley to think like that? Because these are, like, there's not that many companies like yours. There aren't.”
“Run these companies, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a lot of money. So one is disincentives to do the things. What about an idea of people investing in things that do? Because there is a point where I think consumers are going to take back. As they did with entertainment in a lot of ways. Entertainment held people hostage.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 173. The man Putin can’t silence: Bill Browder and sanctioning Russia
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