Interview with Investor Kyle Bass

Kyle Bass is an investor.

Memoirs & Mentorship

Max Raskin: I want to start with the Fontainebleau Hotel. You grew up hanging out there?

Kyle Bass: I was born in Hollywood (Florida) and my father was the general manager of the hotel when it was privately owned. He was there from '66 until 1980 then it was sold to Hilton we moved to Dallas. So, for the first 10 years of my life, I was there. We went to the hotel every weekend.

This was the place where the gangsters, Hollywood, and finance would all hang out together in some symbiotic normalcy. And I've read a lot about it now, and I've seen all the photos that we had, and the answer is yes, but no. If I was there from 10 to 20, I would've really been able to answer yes. But I have fond memories of catching tadpoles by the pool and jumping off the diving platforms as a kid.

MR: Did your dad know these guys? Did he know Sinatra? The gangsters?