Hello, I'm Ted Sides, and this is Capital Allocators.

This show is an open exploration of the people and process behind capital allocation.

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My guest on today's show is Brad Jacobs, a career CEO and the founder of Jacobs' private equity, his family office.

Brad created and grew three platforms using a roll-up strategy that resulted in seven multi-billion dollar publicly traded companies.

He and his teams have raised $30 billion of capital,

completed 500 acquisitions, created hundreds of thousands of jobs, and generated annual returns

to shareholders in excess of 50%. Brad shares his playbook in his aptly named book, How to Make a Few Billion

Dollars. And in December, he announced a billion dollar pipe into a new platform

opportunity, of which $900 million is his personal capital. Our conversation is a master

class in all aspects of leadership and management, including identifying

an opportunity, acquiring businesses, assessing people, managing talent, running operations, leading

electric meetings, motivating and compensating team members, and embarking on his next

platform investment.

Before we get going, with all the buzz about IConnections Global Alt conference last week,

I got the thinking about other types of connections.

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