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Founders Notes: James J Hill

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James J. Hill Michael P. Malone It would always be a point of special pride to James J. Hill, and deservedly so, that the well-built and tightly capitalized GN, unlike its federally subsidized competitors, did not fail during the 1893 Panic. NOTE A well run business. I had lunch with Sam Zell David Senra And so the reason I bring that up is because like Sam Zell knows who James J. Hill is, Charlie Munger knows who James J. Hill is, Warren Buffett knows who James J. Hill is. This is who I actually heard like -- I think I was listening to them either talk or I was reading their shareholder letters, and they're like, hey, they always -- I think it might have been [indiscernible] actually. They talk about the operators that they really respect and admire. And they kept mentioning this James J. Hill, guys, who the hell is James J. Hill. And so I end up reading a biography on them. That was our episode 96, I think. But the reason I got to this part, I'm thinking about everything that's going on this book. I was like one thing that stuck out of my mind, and I hadn't read -- it says I read James J. Hill back in 2019. This quote from James J. Hill I never forgot. So I want to read it to you

James J. Hill Michael P. Malone It would always be a point of special pride to James J. Hill, and deservedly so, that the well-built and tightly capitalized GN, unlike its federally subsidized competitors, did not fail during the 1893 Panic. NOTE A well run business. I had lunch with Sam Zell David Senra And so the reason I bring that up is because like Sam Zell knows who James J. Hill is, Charlie Munger knows who James J. Hill is, Warren Buffett knows who James J. Hill is. This is who I actually heard like -- I think I was listening to them either talk or I was reading their shareholder…

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