When it comes to meeting interesting people, legendary investor Bill Ackman admitted in a podcast that he’s already had the privilege of meeting many great minds thanks to his status. When it comes to picking a dream dinner with guests of his choosing, Ackman picks people he never had the chance to meet.
Ackman’s Dream Dinner Guests
Ackman may have a growing love of politics, based on an answer he gave on a recent podcast.
On the “Katie Miller Podcast,” each guest is asked the same question about a hypothetical dinner with three guests, dead or alive, who would be the picks and what they would eat.
Ackman started with the second part first originally, picking sushi as the main course.
He then backed up to focus on who he would pick and, realizing he could select guests who have already died, made his picks.
“How about Washington, Jefferson and Franklin, that’d be interesting,” Ackman said.
The picks of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all lean heavily into politics and makes three picks of founding fathers for the United States.
Ackman switches from sushi to wild boar as the meal he would have with the founding fathers, saying it would be meat that they just killed in a hunt.
One Pick Shared in Common With Elon Musk
As mentioned, every guest who goes on the “Katie Miller Podcast” is asked the same question.
When Elon Musk appeared on the podcast, he included three people who had also previously died.
“Maybe Shakespeare, Ben Franklin, Nikola Tesla,” Musk answered, picking playwright William Shakespeare, founding father Franklin,and inventor Nikola Tesla.
Musk answered quickly, listing the names without hesitation or debate.
“There’s a lot of people I would’ve liked to have talked to,” Musk added.
When tasked with selecting what food they would eat, Musk said, given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he might opt for a 12-course meal or something.
“Probably not going to serve cheeseburgers.”
Franklin is considered one of the all-time greatest inventors and the fact that he was picked by both Ackman and Musk to have a dream dinner with should show how influential he may have been to the worlds of politics, business, finance and entrepreneurship.
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