Adam Foroughi is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Applovin, one of the most underdiscussed but incredible businesses. Applovin has a market cap of $160BN, the company does $5.48BN in revenue and has an astonishing $10M EBITDA per head. The margins; 80%+. There is almost no other business in the world like it.
AGENDA:
00:00 – Why Winning (Not Fear) Drives the Best Founders
04:30 – When Money Stops Mattering: The Real Founder Motivation
07:15 – $83M CEO Payday: The Truth Behind the Headlines
10:45 – The Hidden Cost of Being a CEO: What No One Tells You
13:00 – Down 92%: How Do You Not Lose Your Mind?
17:00 – Layoffs: AI Revolution or COVID Hangover? Will the Layoffs Work?
24:30 – Why Most Companies Can't Build a Culture of A-Players
29:30 – What % of Applovin Code is AI? What Will it Be in 5 Years Time?
33:30 – Building on OpenAI: Opportunity or Existential Risk?
40:00 – The Dark Side of Short Sellers & Market Manipulation
50:00 – Do Great Founders Doubt Themselves?
52:00 – TikTok, Meta & The Future of Recommendation Engines
53:30 – The Path to a $1 Trillion Company: What Needs to Happen?
56:00 – Stock Buybacks: How to Do Them and When They Go Wrong?
59:00 – Is the SaaS Model Breaking? What Happens Now?
