Aug. 18, 2025

The man who built American banking - and walked away with $0

The man who built American banking - and walked away with $0

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Episode 736: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 wild stories of business lore.


Show Notes:

(0:00) Amadeo Giannini

(23:31) Preston Thorpe

(30:45) Stefan Thomas

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com

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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC



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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/


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