Max Frumes - The Caesars Palace Coup

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Max Frumes, author and Global Head of Distressed and Restructuring at 9Fin, joins Cole Smead and Conor O’Callaghan to discuss his book, “The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street.” In this episode, they discuss the 2015 bankruptcy brawl for Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas, the key figures involved, and more.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.0	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.9	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:26.1	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books to help
0:30.8	shaped informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writing.
0:35.3	The late great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:39.7	We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people.
0:44.5	Hosting this alongside of me is our newly minted chief operating officer who comes from Wall Street, sure enough.
0:50.3	Conroe Callahan.
0:51.9	Good to be here.
0:52.7	Glad to have you, man.
0:53.5	You're ready to jam and have some fun.
0:54.6	You know it.
0:55.1	I'm ready.
0:55.5	Let's do it.
0:56.3	Here we go.
0:57.2	In this episode, we will discuss dealmaking, financing, legal, and maybe most interesting
1:01.6	to our listeners, the masters of the universe.
1:05.3	Max Frumes is joining us to discuss the Caesar's Palace coup that he co-authored with
1:09.7	Sejit Indap. A little background on Max.
1:12.9	Max is the global head of distress and restructuring news at Ninefin. He previously was a global
1:17.2	head for Lev Finn Insights, part of Fitch Solutions. Max has a master's in journalism from Northwestern
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