Episode
The Real Reason Insiders Stay Rich During Recessions
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- May 21, 2026
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Summary
In this solo episode of Going Public with Ross Mandell, Ross breaks down one of the most important wealth-building lessons in finance: real wealth is often created before a company goes public. Ross explains how founders, early investors, private placement participants, venture capitalists, and insiders can make life-changing money before the average public investor ever gets access to a stock. From private shares to IPOs, Ross shows how the path from idea to public company can create enormous wealth for the people who understand the process early. This episode dives into the difference between buying a stock after an IPO and owning equity before the company goes public. Ross discusses how major private companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could become some of the biggest IPO opportunities in history, and why early access to private market deals can be one of the most powerful ways to build wealth. Ross also explains how capital formation works, why companies raise money before going public, how liquidity events create wealth, and why the public markets often reward those who understood the opportunity long before Wall Street and retail investors caught on. If you’re interested in IPO investing, private placements, pre-IPO shares, SpaceX IPO, OpenAI IPO, Anthropic IPO, venture capital, stock market investing, capital raising, and how the rich get rich before the public market, this episode gives you Ross Mandell’s direct insight into how wealth is really created. In This Episode, Ross Covers: How real wealth is created before an IPO Why founders and early investors make the biggest returns The difference between public stocks and private shares How private placements and pre-IPO investing work Why SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could become historic IPOs How cap…