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Nov 2021
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The Alpha Maverick Chamath Palihapitiya

CNBC
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Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital founder & CEO, on Inflation in the U.S., why he’s not investing in China right now, and the “revolution in the capital markets.” 
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