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Bill Gross

Former Cofounder, PIMCO

Search every verified Bill Gross interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Bill Gross, cofounder of Pimco, appeared at the third annual Bill Gross Business Plan Competition at Caltech on April 16, 2026. The competition, hosted by Caltech’s chief innovation officer Fred Farina, featured ten finalist teams selected from over 70 applications. Gross spoke about his own experience as a Caltech student, describing a presentation he gave in a class called E10 as one of the most valuable things he learned at the school. He said that "the ability to take your idea, crystallize it into a story and tell it to the world is really, really powerful." During the event, Gross also discussed his views on entrepreneurship, stating that it "unlocks human potential" and that forming a company with shared equity enables people to "feel like owners" and accomplish things "like never ever before." He added that the tools available to entrepreneurs today, including AI and other technologies, are "better than ever before." The competition also included a trailer for a new podcast, "Einstein Suite," which Gross co-hosts with Fred Farina, described as a series of conversations at the intersection of science, art, and culture filmed in the room where Albert Einstein stayed while at Caltech.

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