One of funnier moments from Speed's World Cup run.
Two people ask for a selfie at Spain vs. France. He thinks randos. It's Ana Botín (Exec Chair of Banco Santander) and Juan Rigo (head of Mercadona, Spain's largest grocery chain).
Botín says "he's the Walmart of Spain and I'm the JPMorgan of Europe."
She pitches him to open a checking account at her US brand OpenBank with a juicy 4% deposit interest ("OpenBank like OpenAI").
Two billionaires and some of the "most important people in Europe" but Speed "has more followers" lol
Es muy complicado explicarle a un chaval qué se sentía ir al cine en 1993 a ver Jurassic Park y la impresión cultural y mercadotécnica que causó. Y el entusiasmo. A los pocos meses teníamos galletas, juguetes y libros de dinosaurios. No quiero sonar a viejo pero fue increíble.
That’s genuinely insane. My “favourite” UK-China comparison is Hinkley Point C vs the city of Shenzhen.
> 1980 Shenzhen SEZ announced
> 1981 Hinkley Point C announced
Today Hinkley Point C is still incomplete with yet more delays. Unit 1 expected to come online in 2030 (I highly doubt it).
In comparison Shenzhen went from a network of fishing villages with a GDP of $37 million to a mega city with a GDP of $557 billion. It has two operational nuclear power plants.
It is genuinely hard to describe the state of Britain if you have not visited newly developed parts of the world. Practically nothing has been built in Britain in the last 50 years, it isn’t just stagnating, it’s dying.
@AswathDamodaran Professor @AswathDamodaran think you have to amend and upload again your summary as the “Link to Story” comment section is currently referring to Tesla!
But great article nonetheless!