The is a long, but REALLY interesting interview, with gem nuggets right to the very end.

Erik Prince (born June 6, 1969) graduated from Hillsdale College in 1992 and, after college, he joined the Navy and the U.S. Navy SEALs. After his service, he founded Blackwater, one of the most successful private security contractor organizations in history, and today he continues to pursue similar work across the globe.

Prince heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group and was chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group until 2021. Prince is the son of engineer and businessman Edgar Prince, and the brother of former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

His latest project is Unplugged, a phone, messaging application and VPN that is privacy focused and won’t collect or share customer data.

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