Altman's Survival Preparations
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A story about Sam Altman's prescient pandemic preparation, as described in a 2016 New Yorker article.
"In 2016, they asked Sam Altman what his hobbies are and what he does when he's not working. He said 'I like racing cars, I like renting planes and flying them. Oh, and I've got one odd thing - I like to prep for survival.'
Seeing their bewilderment, he explained: 'The problem is when my friends get drunk they talk about ways the world will end. After a Dutch lab modified H5N1 bird flu viruses 5 years ago making it super contagious, the chance of a lethal virus being released in the next 20 years will become non-zero.'
So he had a plot of land in Big Sur that he could fly to. He had antibiotics, batteries, water, and gas masks made by Israel Defense Force all ready to go. This was in 2016."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.