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Joe Baratta

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most recent: 2024-09-10
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“Just before World War I and worked with their hands, helped building, in the case of my grandfather, the transcontinental railroad, my father was born into lower middle class family in Cleveland. And I think he spent only one year in college at Kent State and then decided to leave college, move to California to pursue his dream. And he was passionate. He loved what he did. He was fair as long as the day was honest and always an optimist and instilled in me this idea that there is no limit. If you love it and you're good at it and you fully commit, you can get there. And so that's what I learned from him.”
2024-09-10 · Goldman Sachs Exchanges · Private equity investing with Blackstone’s Joe Baratta · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My dad was first and foremost passionate about health and fitness, and he was a bodybuilder. And to sustain that interest he needed a job. He needed to make money. So he started a small gym in Southern California that was actually ladies only and it was called Joseph's Figure Studios, which is funny. It's basically a modern day physical trainer, but he built some equipment with his hands. And then he ended up opening and running six health clubs, just what he could manage himself. He was not thinking about building a big business and franchising and doing all that. It was just something to sustain his passion and to raise a family. And so what it instilled in me is you have to love what you do or you can't be great at it. And he was an optimist. And he said, you can do whatever you set your mind to. I mean, the general arc of my family was on my father's side was grandparents came on a boat.”
2024-09-10 · Goldman Sachs Exchanges · Private equity investing with Blackstone’s Joe Baratta · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT