Mike Hudack

Liberty Media’s Malone To Heckler (via rickyv)

gbattle sez:

John Malone is probably one of the savviest businessmen in media, period.  When my former boss, Bob Johnson, had the idea in the late 70’s to start Black Entertainment Television and shopped the idea, John Malone loaned him the $250K he asked for and insisted on another $250K as an equity investment.  When BET sold to Viacom, Johnson became a billionaire as the second largest Viacom shareholder after Sumner Redstone, but, that little $250K investment turned into $800mm for John Malone (research for yourself how he reduced the tax implications).  One deal of many by the smartest in the business.

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The other side of this coin is that becoming a billionaire is exponentially easier when you have the ability to place half-million dollar bets. There’s a reason for the saying “the first million is the hardest,” because making money gets easier the more money you have to play with.