The Siberia Job | Based on a True Story | Stephen Kotkin and John Kleinheinz | Hoover Institution
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2023
- June 8, 2023
Hoover Institution | Stanford University
The Hoover Institution hosts The Siberia Job | A Book Event on Wednesday, June 7, 2022 at 5:00 pm PT in Hauck Auditorium.
Stephen Kotkin in conversation with John Kleinheinz to discuss the new book, The Siberia Job. Introduction by Condoleezza Rice.
PARTICIPANT BIOS
Stephen Kotkin is a Hoover senior fellow and a Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. In addition to conducting research in the Hoover Library and Archives for three decades, he is also founder of Princeton’s Global History Initiative. Kotkin’s research and publications encompasses geopolitics and authoritarian regimes in history and in the present, and he has also participated in numerous National Intelligence Council events over the years.
John Kleinheinz is the CEO of Kleinheinz Capital Partners, Inc., the investment advisor for the Global Undervalued Securities Fund, a global-macro themed hedge fund which at its peak managed $4 billion. He returned outside capital to investors in 2013 after a successful 20-year career. John continues to manage the Fund, which is active in a variety of areas including Japan, US energy/technology markets and private equity. He is also a lead investor in efforts to develop high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston.
Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and a Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A Texas businessman travels to the furthest reaches of post-Soviet Russia in search of the country’s new wealth ― and finds new dangers as well. Based on true events.
After the demise of the Soviet Union, the newly-established Russian government privatized its industry by issuing vouchers to all of its citizens, allowing them the chance to be shareholders in the country’s burgeoning businesses. The slips are distributed among the population and auctions are arranged where they can be exchanged for actual shares. For the country’s rural populations living in abject poverty, the vouchers appear to be little more than pieces of paper, totally separated from the far-off concept of potential future fortunes.
But for Texas businessman John Mills and his Czech companion, Petr Kovac, the seemingly-valueless chits suggest a lucrative potential, worth much more than what the current owners are willing to sell them for. They travel to the furthest, coldest reaches of the country to acquire vouchers for the country’s national oil company, Gazneft, roving from town to town with suitcases full of cash. But they quickly learn that the plan has complications ― for example, the fact that the auctions at which these vouchers are traded for actual shares have been planned at the most remote, inaccessible locations possible to deter outsiders from buying in. And when the Russian mafia and the oligarchs in charge of Gazneft catch wind of their successes, the stakes become suddenly more deadly.
A thrilling adventure inspired by true events, The Siberia Job charts a course through one of the most impactful periods in recent Russian history, whose reverberations continue to be felt in the present day.
I see Stephen Kotkin I click. Simple as.
Thank you Hoover Institution for my monthly dose of Prof Kotkin & an introduction by Connie Rice!! Wow!!
Stephen Kotkin should have a 10-hour long conversation on this exact same stage on the exact same subject, but this time with Bill Browder.
I kid you not, the 10 hours will fly by like 10 minutes.
God bless Stephen Kotkin.
Always love to hear a new Kotkin lecture he’s a Legend
As an adjunct to this conversation and book, it is worth reading "The Sale Of The Century" by Chrystia Freeland, who in the 1990's was the Moscow Bureau Chief for the Financial Times, but currently is Canada's Deputy Prime Minister.
Siberia Job on audio with the marvellous voice of Kotkin would sell.
I wish I lived near Stanford and could listen to these talks. This was a different role for Stephen as we normally see him as the person being interviewed. The book sounds interesting. The answer to the last question was marvelous!
Thank you and Muzle tov, professor Kotkin!
Kotkin just doesn't hold back, glad he was there to add a bit of context
What an absolutely terrific interview,
Stephen and Condi are such great Americans. I admire them both so much.
My family knew several important people in Russia at the time. One came over to Texas to give a speech about what was going on in Russia. He was a very educated man that was a member of Politburo and he was kind and sad and tried to explain how bad it was for the normal Russian citizen. This was at a higher educational institution in our town.No one understood the extent that he was speaking about. He earned an honorarium but was very informative . Robert Strouse was important during this time
I appreciate that he's up front about this being fiction. I can't tell you how many times I've read a memoir and thought to myself "How can he really remember what he had for breakfast that day? or "How could he really remember what he said to his taxi driver"?
I am intrigued by Siberia, and the Russian Chinese relationship. I will now find out some truths. Thanks! ... later... Wow, what a story, not at all what I expected, but did not disappoint!
I expected some revelations about how China is moving to take Siberia from Russia - this will be the next frontier. China is not a friend of Russia.
Very real and interesting turn of events in history from the 90's to the present 2023. Thank you Stephen Kotkin and John kleinheinz.
I love Kotkin. 😂
I was there in '95, babushkas were selling plastic bags on the street things were so bad.
Condi and Stephen, dreams do come true.
So glad I watched this - especially the 'director's cut' story about Russian Refuseniks at 54:15 - much appreciated levity in this grave situation
Terrific conversation!
Dr Kotkin gives us the details. By jove, he does! But then he's a great man.
Stephen Kotkin is simply the best 😂 buying the book this weekend
Excellent. What a team. What stories, especially how he got out the money, that is so creative and legal.
1000th Like! Love Stephen Kotkin and his books and presentations.
Very interesting!
Another great presentation with professor Kotkin, and I was interested to learn about Kleinheinz’s views.
Carpetbaggers in three-piece suits.
Did I just hear John say that after all that has happened during this last year and a half the financial sharks are again circulating the bones of Russia looking to make the investments that worked out so well (cough) in the 1990's.
Carpet bagging of highest order.
Clicked in the first millisecond after seeing the caption!!😅
Kleinheinz has balls of steel. His wife is going to murder him.
The way they gloss over how they ignored ethics and morals for money is quite telling.
every story i read about russia, by an american, is either one of a investor making a killing buying and flipping their assets, or a diplomat advising during the transition.
Where the third Stain Volume?
It may be ready for the Bicenntenial of the Russian Revolution in 2117.
It's just the murders and other things that would give me the .. yeah
Audio was my issue!!! IPOD’s!!! Anyway, good discussion.
20 minutes into this talk and I still have no clue what the plot of this book even is.
I wonder if he knew Bill Browder.
That was good
The whole scenario strikes me as legal yet ethically questionable.
Oh, finance and investment--exciting fiction book, he said,
Vultures 😊
Jeez....
Disappointing audio.
There are several plausible scenarios that major players in the international arena are likely aware of. If any of these scenarios come to fruition, it could result in an apocalyptic disaster that could surpass the devastation and loss of life seen in World War II. Professor Kotkin claims that China, the USA, and other global powers are stakeholders in the international arena and have much to lose if the Russian-Ukrainian conflict escalates, for example, with the introduction of nuclear weapons.
However, despite acknowledging the potential consequences, these central players have yet to take any preventative measures to avoid these catastrophic scenarios. This calls into question the validity of the assumption that they are rational actors and fully comprehend the responsibilities entrusted to them. In other words, their actions don't seem to align with the "noblesse oblige" reasoning that Professor Kotkin suggests.
Wow, just WOW! Nothing like a suggested video that opens with Condoleeza “the Butcher” Rice opening an event with a “fact or fiction themed monologue”.
Well she ought to know…👹👺🤡💀
Откуда коткин знает про мафию? Странно. А книга про мафию в сша и коррупцию в Белом доме? Очень было бы интересно всем. Учите китайский, пора уже.