Tony Robbins and Christopher Zook on 'the holy grail of investing' and the game-changing era of defense tech – Fortune

Tony Robbins and Christopher Zook on ‘the holy grail of investing’ and the game-changing era of defense tech  Fortune

Since around 2015, the pace of innovation and the manufacturing capabilities of our adversaries has forced the U.S. and allies to wake up to reality. In their new book, The Holy Grail of Investing, Tony Robbins and Christopher Zook argue that private markets — long reserved for institutions and the ultrawealthy — are at the cusp of democratization, opening to everyday investors for the first time. In the excerpt below, from the book’s chapter on space and defense, the authors make the case that a new generation of founder-led companies is transforming a defense industry built for a different era. “Game changer” is a buzz word thrown around far too often these days.

Yet those are the words that came to mind when I read a recent Wall Street Journal article. “Elon Musk’s revolutionary Starship aims to reach Mars, but it may sooner redraw the map of earth by fundamentally changing the geography of war.” While SpaceX is known for its Starlink satellite network and catching skyscraper size rocket boosters with giant robotic chopsticks, using the Starship heavy rocket to launch and store military equipment into orbit was more than a novel concept. Imagine troops being able to call down what they need, anywhere in the world and at incredible speed. A shipment from the stars would never be more