Show Notes
Bill Perkins, hedge fund manager, high-stakes poker player, and author of the bestselling Die With Zero, sits down with Fortune Daily to challenge everything we’ve been taught about saving and spending money. Bill discusses:
How AI pushes executives into a “productivity trap”
The ideal age to give your kids their inheritance
Advice for the coming wave of young AI millionaires and billionaires
Whether dying with zero is still realistic in an era of longevity breakthroughs
What a 20-something should do with their last $100 each month
His take on Warren Buffett’s approach to wealth and giving, and why he thinks earlier philanthropy would have had a bigger impact
Plus, on today’s episode:
The Business of Sports: Fortune’s Most Powerful Woman Editor, Emma Hinchliffe, breaks down the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s ad for Novig, and what it says about celebrity, sports, and brand risk.
Anatomy of a Deal: Fortune News Editor Cat Gioino unpacks the joint press conference between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump, and what the unlikely pairing could mean for the city.
Read the articles mentioned:
Sydney Sweeney and Novig: https://fortune.com/2026/09/16/sydney-sweeney-novig-ad-sports-prediction-market-female-athletes-why-it-went-wrong/
President Trump and Mayor Mamdani Joint Press Conference: https://fortune.com/2026/09/21/trump-mamdani-press-conference-new-york-city-sunnyside-queens-housing-federal-funds/
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00:00 Bill Perkins
16:07 Sydney Sweeney
20:53 Trump and Mamdani
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