What David Rubenstein has said about Microsoft

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 14, 2026

David Rubenstein, American businessman, co-founder of private equity firm The Carlyle Group, philanthropist and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles, has been quoted on Microsoft once in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Rubenstein argues Microsoft benefited from luck when IBM chose not to own the PC operating system it hired Microsoft to provide.
“When IBM was looking for a software or operating system for its PC, they hired Microsoft to provide it”
My First Million: David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 30:03

Episodes

David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
My First Million · Sep 14, 2026 · 47 min
Sam Parr interviews Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein about building a $500 billion private equity firm, missing out on Amazon, historic documents and American history.

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