Mohnish Pabrai – Why Cloning is the Ultimate Investing Strategy
In a world obsessed with originality, there’s a widely misunderstood yet powerful tool that many overlook: cloning. While innovation is celebrated, cloning—replicating a successful model and executing it well—has built some of the greatest businesses in history. Yet, for some reason, many people resist it.
As Mohnish Pabrai put it in his conversation at Schroders’ The Value Perspective Podcast:
“One of the weird, unusual things about humans—and I still do not know why this is the case—is that most humans have a strong aversion to cloning… They almost think it is like copying.”
But the reality is, some of the most successful companies and investors have thrived by cloning. Microsoft, for example, built its…
