Dana White reveals people with money tried to get Joe Rogan fired
“In Rogan’s rise, he’s gone through some stuff personally too. I’ve had people call and say you gotta do this to Rogan”
“I’m like, don’t ever call me. Who the hell are you to call me and tell me who I’m going to fire?”
“Joe Rogan did the first 12 fights for us for free”
“When we bought this company, the only two who were any good on radio were me and Joe Rogan but nobody knew who I was”
“We’d get up at 3:00 in the morning, get dropped into East Coast markets, and do the same interviews over and over. Rogan and I did this for years”
“He’s been a key, instrumental part of this company. And for anybody, I don’t give a damn how much money you have, or sponsor, or whatever”
“Nothing’s happening to Joe Rogan. Loyalty. It’s the most important thing in the world to me”
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“When I look back at my life, I feel pain not because of suffering, but because of wasted time. I see how carelessly I lived, how often I ignored the quiet voice of my soul, how rarely I understood the value of a single moment. Only when death stood before me did I realize that life is not merely existence—it is a miracle. Every minute is a treasure, and in every breath, there is the possibility of happiness.”
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I know for a fact that @gautam_adani bhai & @Adaniports paid more than fair value for Karaikal Port
Why I know? Coz I was the damn banker for the Karaikal Port deal when some banks mandated us for debt recovery in 2015
I ran a super tight process, showed this deal to DP World, Adani Port, PSA among others and GRK Reddy blocked ( then promoter blocked every damn deal)
Some background
-Karaikal Port was started by Marg Group ( GRK Reddy)
-Port was over funded by 1000 cr ( basically Promoters greased a lot of PSU banks (before IBC Days in 2014 ) to over fund the port and took money out, so basically a 1000 cr Capex became a 2000 cr Capex ( and 1000 cr taken out by GRK Reddy- tell this with a lot of authority, since I have visited Karaikal port 15 times during the deal times)
- At 21 MTPA, @gautam_adani bhai paid 70 cr / ton which is far more then global average of the ports
- Banks took a hit because, GRK Reddy was delaying the takeover process for 5- 7 years ( else the deal would have been done by 2015 when I was running it, I got like 3 term sheets for similar value ~1,200 crs in 2015 itself)
- Finally after a lot of pressure from the Banks, GRK Reddy was removed and the deal got closed in 2023 ~1400 cr ( atleast 200-300 cr higher than fair value coz @gautam_adani bhai wanted the banks to recover some of their interest)
- Lastly if not for @gautam_adani bhai, there was not a single interested bidder for the Port and banks would have lost all the money
So , kindly request you to think 100 times before vilifying entrepreneurs, if you start vilifying entrepreneurs for likes and shares, there wont be any entrepreneurs left in India
Max RT so people know!