Sacca's Twitter Billions

Shaan tells the story of how Chris Sacca turned a small investment into billions through his aggressive approach with Twitter.

"Chris Sacca started as a guy like me - bit of a degenerate gambler. He took his law school money and was day trading during the dotcom boom. He turned $25,000 into $10 million, then went in the hole $4 million.

But what really inspired me was what he did with Twitter. He bet on Ev Williams when Twitter was starting. But instead of just letting his small check sit there hoping Twitter would become something, he went all in. He quit his job and started showing up at their office every day asking 'How are we gonna make this thing grow?'

He wasn't even part of the company, but he was out there personally fundraising, pitching investors to invest in Twitter. Then he ended up buying a billion dollars worth of Twitter stock before IPO and became their first or second largest shareholder. He made a billion dollars off his Twitter holdings because he knew when you have a winner, you gotta go all in."

14:27 - 15:11
Full video: 52:59
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Shaan Puri

Host of MFM

Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.

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