Chai with Pabrai

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Oct 2026

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Mohnish Pabrai is the founder and Managing Partner of the Pabrai Investments Funds, the founder and CEO of Dhandho Funds, and the author of The Dhandho Investor and Mosaic: Perspectives on Investing. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

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October 12, 202633 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Knowledge Inside podcast on August 19, 2026 - Episode 2

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Knowledge Inside podcast on August 19, 2026 - Episode 2. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:54) - My journey in investing; Introduction to Warren Buffett (00:05:07) - Starting small in investing; The rule of 72 (00:08:08) - Spend less than you earn! (00:09:23) - My father's entrepreneurial skills; Early advantage for starting my businesses (00:14:37) - Entrepreneurs don't take risks (00:17:09) - Take calculated risks; Jeff Bezos & Amazon (00:19:06) - Learnings from Charlie Munger & Warren Buffett; Consistency & Equality of humanity (00:22:48) - Success is happiness (00:23:36) - The Dakshana Foundation; a mathematical game (00:27:39) - Find your passion early in life; My owner's manual 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. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

October 5, 20261 hr 5 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Knowledge Inside podcast on August 19, 2026 - Episode 1

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Knowledge Inside podcast on August 19, 2026 - Episode 1. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:41) - BCD Tofu House (00:03:09) - Advancement in South Korea (00:04:33) - Spend less than you earn! (00:05:57) - Memory businesses: Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron (00:10:08) - Micron vs. SK Hynix (00:12:19) - The declining population of South Korea; Hyundai (00:14:50) - Investing in S&P vs. Berkshire Hathaway (00:17:47) - My investment checklist; Leverage, Business moats & Management teams (00:20:18) - Hyundai vs. MasterCard (00:22:26) - Investing in Turkey; Reysas (00:26:16) - When to sell a stock; Nifty-50 in 1960s-70s: Walmart (00:31:55) - IKEA (00:35:46) - Recognise the anomaly; Burger King (00:41:42) - Impact of AI (00:42:42) - Discovering Reysas (00:46:32) - Buffett's investment in American Express in Apple (00:54:26) - Yong Ping Duan: Founder of Oppo & Vivo (00:56:41) - Rick Guerin; Leverage (00:58:18) - Avoid leverage and chasing other's dreams (01:00:21) - Learning from my mistakes; Ferrari 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. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

September 9, 202647 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Copenhagen Business School Investment Club on August 25, 2026

Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Copenhagen Business School Investment Club on August 25, 2026. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:43) - Checklist for an aspiring fund manager (00:03:00) - Evaluating the company's management team (00:03:56) - Micron; Oligopolistic market situations; Coke & Pepsi (00:08:31) - The 1973-74 Nifty-Fifty crash; Walmart & The Walton Family (00:13:57) - Investing in Turkey; Reysas (00:24:33) - Kaspi (00:29:00) - Portfolio concentration; The Walton Family & Bentonville, Arkansas (00:32:59) - Constellation Software Services (00:34:12) - Reysas Logistics & Reysas REIT (00:39:15) - Do your own analysis; Jeff Bezos and Amazon (00:43:45) - Learning from Charlie Munger 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. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

August 27, 202645 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with New Money on July 21, 2026

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Brandon van der Kolk at New Money on July 21, 2026. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:35) - Investing in Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares (00:03:02) - Berkshire Hathaway: Handling a trillion-dollar portfolio (00:06:19) - Berkshire's investment in Google (00:09:36) - The gold rush: Memory businesses; Micron (00:12:36) - Kaspi (00:16:19) - Your deepest desire is your destiny; Finding stocks on Value Investors Club (00:22:15) - Invest in your highest conviction bets (00:25:50) - How to decide about investing in a stock; Adobe vs. Kaspi (00:28:44) - SpaceX; Elon Musk (00:32:54) - The too hard pile (00:35:59) - Evaluating the management; NVR (00:39:55) - Focus: The most important mental model (00:41:20) - When to exit from a position; Impact of business moats 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. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

August 3, 20261 hr 40 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Lecture, Q&A with students of Peking Univ. (Guanghua School of Mgmt.)–Dec. 3, 2020

Professor Jiang Guohua's Students "Compounding with the Spawners" (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:04:41) - Choices for an investor (00:09:58) - The Path to Multi-Baggers (00:13:35) - Spawners (00:30:40) - The $50 Billion Rule (00:33:57) - Pabrai Spawning rules (00:36:46) - Set it and forget it (00:42:58) - Conglomerates vs. Spawners in Emerging Markets (00:43:52) - Fake Spawners (01:06:27) - Core traits of Spawners (01:19:12) - CMGI (01:22:54) - When wealth is lost (01:25:24) - Costco; Seritage (01:29:18) - Entrepreneur's Advantage (01:33:07) - Leverage and Debt

July 30, 20261 hr 27 min

The Kolkata Value Hunters Club; Q&A with Mohnish Pabrai

Knowledge Speakers Series May 12, 2021 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:04:03) - Value vs Growth Investing (00:29:23) - Investments in India (00:38:25) - Learnings from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger (00:43:19) - Dakshana Foundation (00:48:18) - Impact of COVID on businesses (00:52:03) - Indian hotels business (00:56:28) - What's a great business? (00:58:17) - How to select Best Value Proposition? (01:07:58) - Unicorns in India (01:12:57) - Mohnish's schedule (01:17:31) - Death and Rebirth business (01:23:03) - India's growth and market

July 30, 20261 hr 1 min

London Business School (LBS) MBA students Q&A on May 19, 2021

This event was sponsored by the LBS Investment Management Club and the LBS Indian Students Club (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:47) - Changes in our Economy post-COVID (00:08:21) - Entrepreneur's Advantage (00:15:11) - Advise to New Investors (00:19:37) - Inner Scorecard (00:24:09) - Evaluating Management (00:30:42) - Investment in Graftech (00:38:56) - Portfolio Construction (00:43:46) - Mumbai Real Estate (00:49:27) - Impact of Exchange Rate on Investments (00:52:51) - Learnings from Nick Sleep

July 30, 202653 min

Value Investing Masterclass with NUS MBA students at NUS Business School

NUS MBA Finance Club, NUS Business School January 19, 2022 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:43) - Captive Finance Company (00:13:38) - Funeral Business (00:22:49) - Investment in IPSCO (00:26:53) - High Uncertainty, Low risk; High returns (00:27:32) - Silicon Valley Bank (00:34:46) - Power of compounding (00:36:01) - Value investing is not dead (00:38:30) - Investing as treasure hunt (00:42:58) - Lessons from Warren Buffett (00:45:43) - Investment in Alibaba and China (00:48:28) - Chuck Akre; 3-legged stool

July 30, 20261 hr 7 min

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A Session with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A Session on Value Investing with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai on June 16, 2022. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:00) - Approaches to Value Investing (00:05:07) - The Multibaggers approach (00:08:54) - McDonald's 60+ years of compounding (00:15:50) - Chuck Akre's Three-Legged Stool (00:16:49) - Global Multibaggers (00:21:11) - Choose your focus (00:36:29) - Is Value Investing dead now? (00:49:18) - Venture Capital Investing vs. Public Equities (00:54:01) - Passive Index Investing (01:00:07) - Handling Drawdowns

July 30, 20261 hr 18 min

Mohnish Pabrai Lecture at Peking University (Guanghua School of Mgmt) - Oct 14, 2016

Prof. Jiang Guohua's Value Investing Course "The Quest for 10-100 Baggers"

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