Joe Lonsdale
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You know, it's good if they know who you are, but one of my favorite signs on the old defense secretary Rumsfeld, he had a sign on his desk and it said, if nobody is angry at you, you might not be doing much.
Oh, totally.
Okay.
Totally.
At what age did you subscribe to that?
Pretty young, actually.
I was a pretty obnoxious kid.
Were you?
Oh, yeah.
I had all sorts of opinions.
I always have.
Who were your parents?
My parents were awesome.
My mom passed away a long time ago.
My dad's not doing well, which is sad, but they're amazing people.
My father was very competitive.
He was one of eight kids.
He brought them all out to California.
He was our chess coach when we were little for fun.
He was a chemical engineer.