retirement: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/retirement/ Everyone on the record about retirement: 8 verbatim quotes from 3 people, April 2022 to July 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:12 +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 retirement Marc Rowan: Rowan claims an extra 1% return compounded over time produces 50-100% better retirement outcomes f https://minutesof.com/q/b2fbc471-b1c7-4c67-bc9d-f11a6ddf9416/ https://minutesof.com/q/b2fbc471-b1c7-4c67-bc9d-f11a6ddf9416/ “But if you look around the world, every place that private assets have been added to public portfolios, you've gotten better outcomes.” — Marc Rowan, Bloomberg Live Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:46:05 +0000 retirement Brad Gerstner: Gerstner cites 401(k) programs hold $13 trillion with $75 billion contributed annually as model https://minutesof.com/q/58097da2-3386-49e4-a1a0-9bde50f2e057/ https://minutesof.com/q/58097da2-3386-49e4-a1a0-9bde50f2e057/ “The four zero one k program in this country now has $13,000,000,000,000 in it. 75,000,000,000 is contributed annually.” — Brad Gerstner, Milken Institute Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:55:21 +0000 retirement Marc Rowan: Rowan argues retirement systems know their liquidity needs for ten years and should get paid for i https://minutesof.com/q/69be1527-0a25-4fb3-88a6-8682ba49f0a5/ https://minutesof.com/q/69be1527-0a25-4fb3-88a6-8682ba49f0a5/ “Liquidity liquidity is a risk to everyone but in differing degrees. So if you are a retirement plan or a retirement system, you know your liquidity requirements for the next ten years.” — Marc Rowan, Bloomberg Television Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:03:34 +0000 retirement Brad Gerstner: Gerstner calculates $5,000 compounded to age 60 yields $1 million in Invest America accounts. https://minutesof.com/q/5f593743-9bf3-41bf-a29c-9a186e87da0c/ https://minutesof.com/q/5f593743-9bf3-41bf-a29c-9a186e87da0c/ “5,000 compounded by the age of 60, you have a million dollars in your Invest America account.” — Brad Gerstner, Joe Lonsdale Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:32:55 +0000 retirement Marc Rowan: Rowan says Athene's new sales grew from $20 billion four years ago to over $60 billion this year. https://minutesof.com/q/7aad7e30-de81-4b7d-b560-3edc415c6fd9/ https://minutesof.com/q/7aad7e30-de81-4b7d-b560-3edc415c6fd9/ “Four years ago, we were 20,000,000,000 of new sales, then 30,000,000,000, then 47,000,000,000. This year, we'll do north of $60,000,000,000 of new sales, and it continues to be.” — Marc Rowan, Barron's Thu, 11 May 2023 15:16:29 +0000 retirement Marc Rowan: So in 2008, we started with a $16,000,000 equity investment. We ended the year at 330,000,000,000 https://minutesof.com/q/37064d25-fe93-451a-9e1e-ae46e302d09a/ https://minutesof.com/q/37064d25-fe93-451a-9e1e-ae46e302d09a/ “So in 2008, we started with a $16,000,000 equity investment. We ended the year at 330,000,000,000 and have become the largest provider of retirement products in The US.” — Marc Rowan, Barron's Thu, 11 May 2023 15:16:29 +0000 retirement Marc Rowan: Rowan says a $16 million equity investment grew into $270 billion AUM making it the largest retire https://minutesof.com/q/f9abb8ea-e00d-4e88-a82f-d29f36f3085c/ https://minutesof.com/q/f9abb8ea-e00d-4e88-a82f-d29f36f3085c/ “And what started out as a $16,000,000 equity investment has now morphed into 270,000,000,000 of AUM and the largest retirement services company in” — Marc Rowan, David Rubenstein Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:09:09 +0000 retirement