#21 - David Friedberg – The Network State Podcast

Balaji

Alright. Well, David, welcome to EmeraSafe Podcast. I think now we're at two or four, maybe three or four because I do a ton to actually I was actually on All In a while back. That's right. And Sax and I have been friends for a while, and Sax sometimes quotes me, and I sometimes quote Sax. Is your first visit out to Singapore? No.

David

Is my first visit to Singapore.

Balaji

What are your reactions? What do you think?

David

Mean, someone told me a statistic that 4,000 family offices have been opened in like the last ten years or so in Singapore.

Balaji

Underestimate, probably. Yes.

David

Right. Incredible. And so I've met with a number of folks from that community, and then, obviously, there's a lot of business in the region that operates from here, capital in the region that moved through here. Beautiful city, wonderful people, amazing place.

Balaji

And it's very well run. It's near everything. And if you saw my tweet on this, maybe you have some thoughts on this. London has already given up the crown to Dubai. And I think Tokyo and Hong Kong, the capital of capital in APAC, is now Singapore. And now maybe NYC is succeeded by Miami. There's, like, a little Miami boomlet, like, a few years ago, and now it's like that was, like, the that was, like, the GPT one Yeah. You know, before

David

the Aspirational Miami is Palm Beach. I think everyone would aspire for Palm Beach. They might settle for Miami.

Balaji

For sure. Sure. Sure. Yeah. You know, you know, the specific geography. I think

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