The World According to Boyar
The World According to Boyar brings top investors, best selling authors, and market newsmakers to show you the smartest ways to uncover value in the stock market.
Episodes
Chris Mayer, author of 100 Baggers and The Investor's Odyssey, on what three years on a public company board taught him, how he uses AI as a junior analyst, and what he actually does when a position gets cut in half. Stick around after the goodbye, where we talk stocks unfiltered.
Chris Mayer was the very first guest on The World According to Boyar back in 2018. Eight years later he's back, and he brought a new book with him. Chris ...
Red Apple Group founder John Catsimatidis on turning $5 million of Manhattan real estate into $100 million, financing an empire on vendor credit, and the one major business decision he hasn't made yet.
Episode Overview
John Catsimatidis arrived in New York from a tiny Greek island at six months old, the son of a lighthouse keeper who worked as a busboy to feed his family. He left NYU eight credits short of an engineering degree...
Wall Street Journal journalist Justin Baer on Fidelity’s private empire, the Johnson family, Jerry Tsai, and the company that helped reshape American investing.
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Fidelity is one of the most important financial companies in America — and also one of the least understood. Millions of Americans know it through their 401(k), brokerage account, or mutual funds, but few know the story behind the private, family-...
CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator—and the show’s first-ever repeat guest—on short selling, AI spending, market concentration, and why the bar is high for what’s been working to keep working.
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In this episode of The World According to Boyar, Jonathan Boyar welcomes back CNBC Senior Markets Commentator Michael Santoli—the first repeat guest in the show’s history, following his D...
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In this episode of The World According to Boyar, Jonathan Boyar speaks with Lina Tetelbaum, a corporate partner at Wachtell Lipton, one of the world’s most influential corporate law firms, where she heads the firm’s shareholder engagement and activism defense practice.
Lina takes us inside the world of shareholder activism — how activists choose targets, the small universe of ideas they typically p...
Josh Brown and Michael Batnick on Ritholtz, Authenticity, and Why Risk Finds a Way
What began as a funny observation from Boyar Value Group founder Mark Boyar — that Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are “the Howard Stern of financial podcasting” — turned out to be a pretty good way into the real story.
Josh and Michael built an audience by being candid, irreverent, and willing to say things much ...
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In this wide-ranging conversation, MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle offers a candid look at how one of the world’s leading entertainment and hospitality companies is positioning itself for the future. We discuss MGM’s digital evolution, its expanding global footprint, and how leadership evaluates ambitious and complicated long-term opportunities such as the company’s $12 billion project in Japan.
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In this wide-ranging conversation, legendary investor Bill Nygren discusses how value investing has evolved since the 1980s—and why the traditional valuation metrics many investors still rely on no longer adequately measure a company’s true worth. Nygren explains how intangibles like brand and customer acquisition costs have transformed the investing landscape, why accounting conservatism can obscure opp...
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In this episode, Jonathan Boyar welcomes Chris Halpin, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of IAC—a holding company known for its savvy capital allocation and track record of building internet leaders like Expedia, Match Group, and Ticketmaster.
Chris brings a unique perspective shaped by senior roles at the NFL and Providence Equity before joining IAC. He and Jo...
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In this episode of The World According to Boyar, Jonathan Boyar sits down with Bill Ackman, the legendary hedge fund manager and founder of Pershing Square, to discuss his latest big move involving Howard Hughes, his unfiltered views on politics, and his growing role as an activist investor. Ackman shares his thoughts on the Trump administration, deregulation, and why he believes reducing government inefficiency cou...
Join host Jonathan Boyar as he sits down with Kunal Kapoor, the dynamic CEO of Morningstar, in this episode of The World According to Boyar. Dive into the story behind one of the most influential firms in the financial services industry and discover how Kunal’s leadership has propelled Morningstar to new heights.
Kunal discusses Morningstar's mission to empower investor success through independent research and data-driven insi...
This week, I had the honor of interviewing Thomas Peterffy, the founder of Interactive Brokers, on The World According to Boyar podcast. Thomas’s life exemplifies the American Dream: When he came to the United States from Communist Hungary in 1965, virtually penniless and with no knowledge of English, he immediately began teaching himself computer programming while saving up for a seat on the American Stock Exchange. Using te...
The Interview Discusses:
- Bill Wilson’s rise from a data-driven marketer at Arista Records to helming a digital-first local media empire.
- The extraordinary experience of working with Clive Davis.
- How he utilized traditional radio as a “trojan horse” to build a digital media company.
- The competitive advantage of operating in smaller markets.
- Why a local content strategy is so differentiated in today&rsquo...
The Interview Discusses:
- Anthony’s amazing life story growing up from humble beginnings to becoming a major success on Wall Street.
- His theory on resiliency and how he was able to recover after being fired from both Goldman Sachs and the White House.
- Why he is investing in cryptocurrencies.
- How Bill Miller influenced his investment decision making
- How Warren Buffett cost him a lot of money
- His support of Israel
- And m...
The Interview Discusses:
- Growing up in Iran and how having a global upbringing has impacted him as an investor.
- Why he is more comfortable investing in the United States.
- How his grandparents fleeing Nazi Germany has impacted his investment decision making.
- His experience as an investor during the financial crisis and how he invests during uncertain times.
- What about the current geopolitical landscape scares him as an investor...
The Interview Discusses:
- His remarkable turnaround of Domino’s Pizza where he increased the share price by 23x.
- The opportunity he saw at Restaurant Brands that convinced him to invest $30 million personally in the company’s shares (and pledge to hold it for 5 years).
- The dynamics of working for a company controlled by private equity firm 3G.
- The importance of franchisee profitability for his turnaround plan.
- Tim...
The Interview Discusses:
- The rise and fall of GE.
- What could have been done to save General Electric.
- Who is to blame for GE’s demise.
- His in-depth interviews with both Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt.
- The fundamental error that Jack Welch made that tarnished his legacy.
- How GE capital almost filed for bankruptcy during the financial crisis.
- What Disney can learn from GE’s succession issues.
- The mistake GE made by se...
The Interview Discusses:
- How he turned around Callaway’s traditional business.
- How “off course” golf is now larger than “on course” golf.
- How Topgolf is increasing participation in traditional golf.
- The economics behind a Topgolf location and why scale matters.
- Why he does not believe a rising interest rate environment will impact the expansion of TopGolf.
- How he had the confidence to “bet the comp...
The Interview Discusses:
- The secret to success in the investment business.
- His investment thesis on both Home Depot & Diageo.
- Why investing through the covid crisis was harder than investing through the financial crisis.
- How covid has impacted Markel’s insurance operations.
- His thoughts on Berkshire Hathaway investing in Markel.
- His observations of Warren Buffett as a fellow board member at The Washington Post.
- H...
The Interview Discusses:
- Founding Ariel (which now manages more than $16 billion) at the age of 24.
- Surviving the stock market crash of 1987 and how he turned this setback into an opportunity to grow both his firm as well as his reputation.
- Why sitting on corporate boards such as McDonalds and Nike have made him a better investor.
- How his investment process has evolved overtime.
- How he constructs portfolios in terms of both di...
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