XPO Executive Chairman Brad Jacobs on building billion-dollar companies

Brad Jacobs, managing partner at Jacobs Private Equity and Executive Chairman of XPO, Inc., joins Goldman Sachs’ Matt McClure in this Goldman Sachs Talks to discuss Jacobs’ career building several multi-billion dollar companies and takeaways from his book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars.

Record date: 1/25/2024

Chapters –
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Investment philosophy
4:46 Exogenous hurdles
6:04 Team management
8:39 Mentors
9:58 Maintaining quality
11:20 Electric meetings
14:00 M&A philosophy
16:15 Direct involvement
17:30 Quick integration
19:40 Defining success
21:10 Core motivations
22:27 Moving on
24:08 AI & tech
25:10 Key Advice
27:42 Conclusion