What Bill Perkins has said about Personal finance

2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 2, 2026

Bill Perkins, American hedge fund manager and author of Die With Zero, has been quoted on Personal finance 2 times in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on November 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Perkins said he should have concentrated more of his money in his fund when young because maximizing risk at that age makes sense.
“I was very young and maximizing risk at that age is probably the way to go”
My First Million: $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 4:12
Perkins said that, knowing what he knows now, he would have gone into equities rather than commodities because the market is larger.
“I would have went into equities. It's just much bigger”
My First Million: $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 11:29

Episodes

$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich
My First Million · Nov 2, 2026 · 1 h 23 min
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr talk with trader and Die With Zero author Bill Perkins about energy trading, time bucketing, ego, health, and his $15 million Ernie Barnes painting.

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