Bill Gross on His Asperger's Diagnosis and its Advantages

Mar.01 -- Even after one of the most storied careers in financial markets, Bill Gross has a few surprises left. Bill Gross, portfolio manager at Janus Henderson Group spoke with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker in Newport Beach, California, about being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, the autism-spectrum disorder, politics and if there will be another bond market king.

[adarshvarma]

This man has healed my bitterness. I have always been named the "weird, retarded kid" throughout my school life. The constant bullying and ridicule shattered my self confidence, and I grew more doubtful of myself following my diagnosis of ASD. Today, I am viewing it as my strength, and I am excelling.

[Mnnyquintero]

Being autistic is not such a taboo anymore, many people develop abnormal behaviors which can be controlled and taken advantage for. I admire gross for his courage to admit this

[billwaterson]

Man, not to detract from the wonder of Bill, but Erik is on point as a host. Hes got an honest interest in the interview. Very well done.

[Duncangafney]

It was pretty much never diagnosed pre about 1990-95. I found out I was at age 44 in 2015. Never had a clue before then, but by god it explains a lot about my life.

[abrahamgomez]

I live alone and I am a loner all my life. I have a mild case of Asperger's. I think it has helped me have alot of insight and intuition.

[stevekirkbride]

My grandson Dylan is an aspie .... and watched part of this video with me ....feeling grateful to everyone involved with this brilliant interview.

[peterrudden]

Brilliantly modest and honest. A genuine and wonderful gracious interview. So pleased I found it.

[livingwithdisabilityhealing]

Oh my goodness !!!
I absolutely love how he described Asperger's not from the textbook ...from his own personality and character he developed and Built, through life, without knowing that he had Asperger's.
Freaking Awesome!!!!

[robertfeinberg]

I'm glad to hear of a fellow Asperger.

[tedsterrett]

It's good to see that you are doing well Mr. Gross sir! You have a lot of us praying for you! Thank you for being a source of inspiration and blessing to many... God Bless you!

[blackbeard]

Fascinating - I think the interviewer did a particularly good job here. He was gentle around a sensitive and emotional subject for Bill Gross and many of us living with Asperger's, myself included.

[aGuyNamedErc]

He has a great perspective. I just figured it out not terribly long ago at the age of 40. I'm kinda glad I didn't know before. I think I'd have leaned on it too much as a crutch and excuse to stay in my comfort zone.

At the same time, I'm glad I finally figured out the puzzle of me. Everything makes more sense now, am less critical of myself, and in turn have less anxiety in general.

[ScribblebytesWorldwide]

I never used to talk about my Asperger's, only now since starting my channel I've been comfortable touching on it. I thought it was a strange thing, but now I understand its importance as we evolve. NTs have ruined the world, time for us to fix it.

[FAA-DPE]

Only found out i have it at 54 years old. Sure explained so much.
If only my parents and teachers would have know this when i was in first grade and utterly terrified and completely shut down.

[DanS]

What an excellent interview! Bill Gross, you are courageous, and you are wonderfully enlightening!

[supaipai]

I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and Dyslexia when I was a kid and was in Special Education all of my school years, but never felt like I belonged there. Now that I am 32 I find myself not being able to keep the jobs I get ether from being to slow, missing social ques, being misunderstood, people not liking me or they are afraid of myself or my Smarts getting myself in trouble. It's been so hard for myself that there are days I feel like giving up and putting the monopoly board away. I know i am on the Autistic Spectrum and the only thing i know i can do is get the paper work together so I can get a safety net so I don't end up on the streets at this point. I consider myself a hard worker and on time but those things I think don't matter anymore. The best thing I can do is continue to work on my own business and keep investing when I can and pushing that as far as i can go! I feel like Elon Musk when he talked about no one would give him a job or hire him.

[john-danson]

Gross used knowledge from 6 heroes and applied one moral judgement kingpin. Bill re-created the modern Bond market from nothing at Pacific Life in the late 60's. A true hero of applied financial research. His condition allowed him to monitor markets for patterns. The wealthy were always grateful for their annual 5%. A shame the market volatility ruined the efficacy of the formulas. I was there for a month at Pimco when he was still around, a very robotic company, which had outgrown Bill's vision. It was a great pleasure to see a hero face to face.

[stuomsen]

Bill Gross is amazing! So much respect.

[pootersnacks]

I'm 44 and i learned today that this is why my life has been so unusual but wonderful at the same time .. I am not sure where to go from here but it feels so good to know what this is.

[marionmoon]

Very interesting to know more about Aspergers as my grandchild has it.