Mohnish Pabrai’s Session with Divya Narendra at SumZero on June 10, 2025.                                                      

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:57) - Berkshire Hathaway: Greg Abel  (00:07:59) - Mag 7 (00:11:16) - Microsoft: Dinner with Bill Gates (00:16:45) - Investing in commodities (00:18:59) - Met Coal & Berkshire's investment in Burlington Northern Railroads (00:23:44) - Thermal Coal vs. Metallurgical Coal (00:26:28) - Learning from mistakes; Selling a stock (00:28:51) - Shipping and Offshore oil drilling businesses; Nobel & Valaris (00:32:09) - Challenges for the coal industry (00:36:11) - Investment in Turkiye -TAV Airports; Laguardia (00:38:25) - Indian Energy Exchange & National Stock Exchange (00:39:28) - Macroeconomic factors and impact on the portfolio (00:43:54) - Book recommendation; Buffett and Munger Unscripted (00:45:08) - Investing in global markets (00:46:06) - Portfolio concentration; Walmart & the Walton family (00:47:59) - Geopolitics The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Sessions at University of Nebraska Omaha on May 2, 2025 and Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing at Columbia Business School on March 25, 2025.

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:20) - Walmart vs The Nifty-Fifty (00:05:18) - Berkshire's 12 best decisions in 58 years; Ajit Jain (00:08:05) - Nick Sleep (00:12:06) - Learning from mistakes; Ferrari & Frontline (00:13:30) - Rules of becoming rich (00:16:15) - Walmart & the Walton Family (00:17:51) - Microsoft; Steve Balmer (00:23:21) - Coca-Cola (00:25:32) - Evolution of strategies (00:26:52) - Investment checklist  (00:30:36) - Circle of competence (00:33:28) - Macroeconomic factors; Saudi Aramco & Ferrari (00:40:47) - Learnings from Warren and Charlie (00:43:02) - Golf vs. Investing (00:44:50) - Identifying opportunities; Moody's Manual and The Japan Company Handbook (00:50:33) - Duan Yongping: Oppo & Vivo (00:53:53) - Economic moats (00:55:51) - Impact of leverage; The Founder's Podcast: IKEA (00:58:51) - Capitalism in investing; Amazon (01:00:33) - Value investing for technology businesses: Amazon (01:05:40) - Index investing (01:07:38) - Microsoft vs. Apple; Bill Gates (01:13:01) - When to exit an investment (01:19:31) - Selecting a stock (01:20:41) - Circle of competence; John Arrillaga (01:23:50) - Investing in Turkiye; Reysas & TAV Airports (01:28:02) - Investing in coal businesses (01:31:58) - You can identify great businesses only after you own them (01:33:42) - Portfolio concentration (01:39:26) - Investing is watching the paint dry (01:42:17) - Coca-Cola; Hetty Green from The Founder's podcast (01:47:36) - Hedging an investment (01:48:45) - Investing in commodities  The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Stig Broderson at the Investors Podcast on April 15, 2025.              

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:59) - Opportunity Cost (00:03:23) - Nifty-50 in early 70's; Walmart (00:06:54) - Advice to 40-year-olds; Long runway  (00:12:44) - Stoic philosophy by Marcus Aurelius: Adversity is a blessing (00:14:01) - Money vs happiness relationship  (00:19:47) - My mathematical game: The Dakshana Foundation; Chuck Feeney (00:25:25) - Dakshana's selection criteria (00:29:20) - Dakshana's operational model (00:34:22) - Business moats (00:36:24) - Circle of competence (00:37:50) - Warren's "Too Hard Pile" (00:41:33) - Selecting an investment manager The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai’s Session with Ashoka Investment Club on April 22, 2025.

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:47) - Charlie Munger's mental models; Poor Charlie’s Almanack (00:07:38) - Cloning is the best mental model (00:08:45) - Sam Walton & Family; Walmart (00:10:36) - Microsoft (00:13:31) - Bridge (00:14:51) - Pabrai Funds: Cloned model from the Buffett Partnerships (00:17:41) - Selecting a stock (00:19:12) - Macro-economic factors; D-Mart & Shrimp farming in India (00:23:32) - Circle of competence; John Arrillaga (00:24:38) - Commodity producers; Saudi Aramco (00:27:26) - Look for anomalies, Investing in Turkiye & Reysas (00:33:54) - Learning from mistakes; Satyam Computers (00:39:35) - Nifty-50 in the 1970s; Walmart The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai’s Talk with Shaan Puri at the My First Million podcast on March 27, 2025.

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:28) - Why the small investor has an advantage (00:02:51) - Investing $10K to make $1 Million (00:08:16) - Frontline (00:17:13) - Berkshire's 12 great decisions in 58 years (00:18:34) - Buffett's selection process: Moody's Manual (00:23:38) - Value Investor's Club (00:27:33) - The Japan Company Handbook (00:28:46) - Berkshire's investment in Japan (00:36:13) - Thou shall not use Excel (00:40:26) - Leverage: Rick Guerin (00:49:00) - Do not cut the flowers to water the weeds (00:51:21) - Costco (00:56:38) - My interactions with Charlie Munger & Warren Buffett (00:58:23) - Risk vs. Uncertainty (01:00:16) - Coca-Cola Icecek (01:01:42) - Warren's “Too Hard Pile” (01:03:01) - Circle of Competence: John Arrillaga (01:07:03) - Sam Walton: Walmart and Sol Price (01:12:18) - A power nap is good for productivity (01:15:39) - My owner's manual (01:21:52) - The Dakshana Foundation: A mathematical game (01:23:53) - Super 30: Model cloned by Dakshana (01:28:53) - Large inheritances cause more harm than good (01:31:35) - Mohnish’s Blackjack System (01:37:46) - Michael Burry (01:41:21) - Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: Titan Industries (01:44:26) - Starting early to lengthen your runway (01:47:02) - Macroeconomic factors (01:47:37) - AI in investing The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai’s Interview at The Money Mindset with Sonia Shenoy on February 15, 2025.

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:20) - I am a single-player game player (00:03:01) - My friendship with Buffett and Munger (00:04:52) - Lunch with Warren Buffett (00:10:39) - Rick Guerrin (00:13:29) - Lessons learnt from Warren; The Inner scorecard (00:18:12) - Marcus Aurelius; The stoic philosophy (00:22:06) - Wealth is lost, nothing is lost; Health is lost, something is lost; Character is lost, everything is lost (00:26:05) - Index Funds (00:29:23) - Nifty-50; Walmart (00:32:53) - Patience is the best skill in investing; Infosys & Microsoft (00:36:04) - Separate a signal from the noise (00:37:52) - Selecting a stock; Warren's too-hard pile (00:41:14) - Investing in Turkiye; Reysas (00:46:39) - Look for illusionary smoke in the market (00:50:46) - Follow your passion in life (00:52:43) - Give meaning to life (00:55:34) - Money doesn't bring happiness (00:59:28) - Key lessons in life (01:05:54) - Good parenting is a key responsibility  The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune on December 26, 2024.  

(00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:33) - Starting Without All Answers; Super 30 Model (00:05:08) - Dakshana’s breakthrough with NVS (00:09:19) - Helping Millions Through Innovation (00:13:38) - Infinite Vision: Arvind Eye Care (00:20:53) - Trust builds unbeatable business models; Costco & DMart (00:26:43) - Your deepest desire is destiny (00:29:59) - Cloning and trustworthiness are the best mental models (00:35:45) - Power of compounding (00:41:39) - Think small, scale later effectively (00:44:03) - Great entrepreneurs start with nothing (00:44:50) - Honesty is the most lucrative policy  The contents of this video are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be financial, legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation, or needs, and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.  

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana Scholars at JNV Lucknow on July 14, 2024. (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:32) - Adam Smith and David Ricardo  (00:04:03) - Success story of India’s shrimp industry  (00:09:24) - MSP and farm laws; India vs USA (00:14:37) - Japan’s rapid post-war development (00:20:01) - Givers, Takers, Matchers & Dakshana (00:26:13) - Rule of 72 (00:31:53) - Robert Caro: Relentless research, unrivalled narrative (00:33:35) - Dakshana's Mission: Empowering Underprivileged Students (00:37:31) - Secret to success: Focus (00:41:42) - Upanishads on true desire  The contents of this video are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be financial, legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation, or needs, and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.  

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview at the Capital Compounders Show on February 25, 2025.

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:53) - Move to Austin, Texas (00:09:52) - Age is just a number (00:11:27) - The Dakshana Foundation: A math game (00:15:57) - My 4 games – Bridge, Dakshana, Compounding & Golf (00:17:11) - Bridge with Warren & Charlie (00:21:46) - Bridge teaches probabilistic thinking (00:23:48) - Mosaic: Perspectives of Investing (00:24:44) - Cloning is the best mental model: Sam Walton & Bill Gates (00:31:29) - Sam Walton & Walmart (00:33:23) - Compounding  (00:35:16) - The crash of Nifty-Fifty in 1973-74; Walmart (00:37:02) - Fiat Chrysler (00:38:09) - The Waltons' ownership in Walmart (00:42:18) - Frontline & Reysas (00:46:11) - Portfolio concentration; Steve Ballmer at Microsoft (00:49:39) - Uber Cannibals The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Guest Lecture at Microsoft on November 15, 2024.

(00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:01:49) - Microsoft; Bill Gates (00:03:19) - The future of AI (00:04:27) - Value vs. Growth investing (00:08:58) - IPSCO  (00:13:13) - Reysas (00:15:47) - Starting with value investing (00:19:37) - My journey in investing; Introduction to Warren Buffett (00:22:45) - Cloning ideas: Walmart & Microsoft  (00:24:35) - Microsoft: Vijay Vashi (00:31:51) - Find out your passion: Poor Charlie's Almanac (00:35:42) - The Dakshana Foundation (00:40:12) - Bill Gates' introduction to Warren Buffett (00:44:15) - Reliability and Trust (00:47:33) - Somasegar at Microsoft  The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.