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After shelving an IPO, Ecclestone had Morgan Stanley issue debt secured on F1 TV revenue, known as the Bernie bonds, to fund a $1.4 billion special dividend.
“So he switches banks to Morgan Stanley and convinces them that instead of IPO-ing, they should issue debt on F1 and use the proceeds from the debt to pay himself and his new offshore entities a special $1.4 billion dividend.”
Acquired · Formula 1, 1:39:44
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Sarah Friar says Morgan Stanley uses OpenAI technology in wealth management to summarize video meetings and draft follow-up emails.
“They're using it in wealth management to summarize video meetings and really generate draft follow up emails, and suddenly all of that becomes automated.”
Sarah Friar · What an AI-powered finance function of the future looks like, 0:14:52
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Susan Li's first day at Morgan Stanley was on the trading floor at the company's headquarters at 1585 Broadway.
“When I showed up at Morgan Stanley for my first day, I was on the trading floor in the big Broadway headquarters at 1585.”
Susan Li · Meta CFO Susan Li on headcount vs. GPU allocation, “free cash flow” hats, and almost becoming a PM, 0:01:22
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John Collison says Michael Grimes has led technology investment banking at Morgan Stanley for 20 years.
“He, for people who don't know, he's been leading tech investment banking at Morgan Stanley for 20 years.”
John Collison · Meta CFO Susan Li on headcount vs. GPU allocation, “free cash flow” hats, and almost becoming a PM, 0:02:12
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Morgan Stanley and LuxConsult estimate Rolex holds about 30.3% of Swiss watch industry revenue.
“The share of the Swiss watch market that Rolex has by revenue is completely insane. Morgan Stanley and Lux consult estimate it at 30.3%.”
Acquired · Rolex, 4:05:45
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Morgan Stanley and Evercore were design partners for OpenAI's ChatGPT for financial services.
“we've been working with our design partners, Morgan Stanley and Evercore, on that, and reception to that's been incredible.”
Joseph Kim · ⚡ Building ChatGPT for Finance — Joseph Kim, OpenAI's Head of Financial Services, 0:01:16