The Accent Podcast's video: Ep 13: Tom Steyer Political Activist: on his life George Floyd COVID-19 running for President

For this Episode I interviewed Tom Steyer, political activist, environmentalist, philanthropist, and one of the most successful former financiers (and consequently a self-made Billionaire - yes, with "B"). Tom is a fascinating figure and has been involved in various endeavors over the years, therefore I am including his Wikipedia page for you to get to know him. In this interview we spoke about BLM protests, Tom's run for Democratic Presidential Nomination for 2020 Election, his childhood, lessons he learned from his parents, and philanthropy. Recently, Tom has been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to co-chair Task Force on Business and Job Recovery, whose purpose is to help re-open and re-build California's economy affected by COVID-19. Given his unique background, I asked Tom about the effect of COVID on markets and the economy, his view on Fed's action and his opinion on the CARES Act. ****** See Toms' Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Steyer Vist Tom's Website: https://www.tomsteyer.com ****** 00:35 George Floyd and Black Lives Matter 02:10 Structural Racism in USA 06:02 Co-Chair of Task Force for reopening California after COVID 08:10 There is no going back 11:01 Reconciliation of the struggling economy and booming markets 13:10 Grade CARES ACT and Federal Reserve’s response to COVID 15:33 Administration’s response to COVID too bad? 19:15 How fun was the Presidential campaign? 22:20 Those arguments on the stage – are they real? 24:33 Childhood in New York 25:20 Tom’s Mother and what he learned from her 28:50 Philanthropy is a Rich person writing a check – it is not sustainable 32:35 Financial and life advice