Before a few days ago, I didn't know who Tomas Pederfi was,
and I was shocked to learn that he's 81 years old,
he's worth $80 billion, and he's built his $120 billion company,
Interactive Brokers, into one of the most efficient companies in the world.
So for example, in 2024, they generated $3.7 billion in profits on just $5.2 billion in revenue.
And I discovered Pederfi by reading this incredible profile about him that was written by Colossus,
and I actually...
Couldn't put it down and immediately called my friend Patrick who's the founder of Colossus and I told him that I wanted to make an episode on Petrify's incredible life story.
So that is what this episode is about.
I want to get right into the profile, which will be linked below and is written by Dom Cook.
And so Dom writes, I'm at the 108 million dollar Aspen house of Tomas Petrify.
Once inside, I find Petrify hunched over his chair.
His piercing eyes look up at me in confusion as I was introduced.
I thought we were doing this over Zoom, he said.
My stomach.
dropped.
Where have you come from?" he asked.
London.
That's crazy, he said, as if I'd come by boat.
To a man who has spent the past 60 years automating as much of his business as possible,