A speech and Q&A with billionaire value investor and founder of Fairfax Financial Holdings, Prem Watsa. In this speech, Prem discusses starting Fairfax and coming to Canada. Prem also talks about long term investing, Fairfax’s culture and principles.
Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
Video Segments:
0:00 Introduction
7:36 Coming to Canada
9:25 First job
ESG + Quants – A Match Made In Heaven?
12:03 Buying an insurance company
15:15 Turning the company around
17:13 Culture and principles
26:33 Start of Q&A
26:56 What can Canada do to keep investing in successful businesses?
29:09 Where are you today on global growth?
30:52 Advice for Donald Trump?
32:34 What determines if Fairfax will get involved in restructuring?
35:28 How do you balance short term vs long term?