compounding: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/compounding/ Everyone on the record about compounding: 12 verbatim quotes from 4 people, November 2023 to July 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:52 +0000 Scott Bessent: Bessent projects $1,000 Trump account seed could grow to $5,000 at age 18 and $300,000 to $500, https://minutesof.com/q/11d54a94-7c2d-4b7b-81ad-47230afe5f14/ https://minutesof.com/q/11d54a94-7c2d-4b7b-81ad-47230afe5f14/ “They could then roll it into an IRA that could be between 300 and $500,000 at retirement.” — Scott Bessent, CBS Mornings Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:00:31 +0000 compounding David Friedberg: Friedberg states Koch Industries scaled 9,000X by building a compounding advantage through it https://minutesof.com/q/f0131fd1-99bc-4434-b612-afe70dbd69f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/f0131fd1-99bc-4434-b612-afe70dbd69f7/ “And you've scaled 9,000 X. You've built a compounding advantage in your business. Right. As is the case with all successful capitalists, you build a compounding advantage.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000 compounding David Friedberg: Friedberg describes Koch Industries' 9,000X scaling as algorithmic compounding through contin https://minutesof.com/q/4d5e6c49-6cb6-4dbc-ba69-76e40fb3d3ad/ https://minutesof.com/q/4d5e6c49-6cb6-4dbc-ba69-76e40fb3d3ad/ “The success at Coke Industries is built on an algorithm, your principles, and you've been able to adapt that algorithm and as a result scale your business, generate cash, reinvest that cash, generate more cash, reinvest that cash and so on. And you've scaled 9,000 X. You've built a compounding advantage in your business.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:30 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner projects that adding $750 yearly to the initial $1,000 grows to $1 million by age 55. https://minutesof.com/q/c3f6b06c-394d-4a26-894d-ebd4531f5a6f/ https://minutesof.com/q/c3f6b06c-394d-4a26-894d-ebd4531f5a6f/ “If you start with a thousand bucks and add just $750 a year, it's 50,000 at 18, it's 200,000 at age 30, and it's a million dollars at age 55.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:01:23 +0000 compounding Howard Marks: Marks cites math where consistently staying between 27th and 47th percentile for fourteen years https://minutesof.com/q/e287effc-d7fc-41e0-8067-5fa0ca1d9d07/ https://minutesof.com/q/e287effc-d7fc-41e0-8067-5fa0ca1d9d07/ “So solidly in the second quarter for fourteen years in a row. But interestingly, as a result, for the fourteen years overall, they were in the fourth percentile.” — Howard Marks, The Investor’s Podcast Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:45:06 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner projects $1,000 with $750 annual additions grows to $50,000 at 18 and $1 million by ag https://minutesof.com/q/476ca62e-7ea9-4115-b11e-65a7c6cbfa7d/ https://minutesof.com/q/476ca62e-7ea9-4115-b11e-65a7c6cbfa7d/ “if they start with $1,000, and an employer or mom and dad or a philanthropist adds just $750 a year, that's $50,000 at the age of 18.” — Brad Gerstner, Prof G Markets Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:48 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner projects that $1,000 seed plus $750 annually grows to $50,000 by age 18. https://minutesof.com/q/32425a67-ceb5-4819-8b88-ac5bfa276110/ https://minutesof.com/q/32425a67-ceb5-4819-8b88-ac5bfa276110/ “If we do this, $7.50 a year, it's $50,000 at age 18 when they can first touch it,” — Brad Gerstner, Bloomberg Live Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:44:40 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner projects Invest America accounts would grow to $50,000-$60,000 by age 18 through S&P 5 https://minutesof.com/q/433a7652-4e35-4118-8696-2ae501a4ee28/ https://minutesof.com/q/433a7652-4e35-4118-8696-2ae501a4ee28/ “So by the time you're an eight you're 18 years old, you will have an account in the S and P five hundred that's worth upwards of 50 to $60,000.” — Brad Gerstner, CNBC Television Mon, 05 May 2025 18:29:26 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner says Invest America accounts compound to $175k at 30 and $1M at 50. https://minutesof.com/q/e1b9e3f2-f289-49c3-b7d2-26858c2fe86a/ https://minutesof.com/q/e1b9e3f2-f289-49c3-b7d2-26858c2fe86a/ “At 30, you have $175,000. And at 50, you have a million dollars. But most importantly, your entire life, you have hope. Right? Your entire life, we tackle the problem of hopelessness in this country.” — Brad Gerstner, Summit Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:01:32 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner projects Invest America accounts would grow to $175k at age 30 and $1 million at 55. https://minutesof.com/q/48b69fd4-dd69-4c79-b424-f3f6cf78d7ff/ https://minutesof.com/q/48b69fd4-dd69-4c79-b424-f3f6cf78d7ff/ “At the age of 55, everybody has a million bucks based upon the compounding that's occurred for the last seventy five years in the S and P 500.” — Brad Gerstner, iConnections Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:38:34 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner calls investing in technology for the next two decades the biggest cheat in all invest https://minutesof.com/q/4bdc8c2d-7e56-486a-90fd-bcd6cd919eac/ https://minutesof.com/q/4bdc8c2d-7e56-486a-90fd-bcd6cd919eac/ “I think the biggest cheat in all of investing is investing in technology for the next two decades. It will outcompound non tech.” — Brad Gerstner, iConnections Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:38:34 +0000 compounding Brad Gerstner: Gerstner details Invest America accounts would grow tax-free with $750 annual additions from em https://minutesof.com/q/88058515-0922-4df0-bdea-4f87264fb588/ https://minutesof.com/q/88058515-0922-4df0-bdea-4f87264fb588/ “If you start with a thousand and you only have an addition of $750 a year, okay, families can contribute to that. Tax free. Correct.” — Brad Gerstner, Bloomberg Podcasts Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:00:53 +0000 compounding