US podcaster Lex Fridman revealed on Sunday that he will interview Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month.
Fridman said he will be visiting India for the first time and hence he is excited to meet the people here and experience the country's culture.
Who is Lex Fridman?
Lex Fridman, 41, is a research scientist and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. He began hosting the Lex Fridman Podcast since 2018. He also has a first-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
I will be doing a podcast with Narendra Modi (@narendramodi), Prime Minister of India, at the end of February.
— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) January 18, 2025
I've never been to India, so I'm excited to finally visit and experience many facets of its vibrant, historic culture and its amazing people as fully as I can.
The list of personalities interviewed by Fridman include US president-elect Donald Trump, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, historian Yuval Noah Hariri, actor Matthew McConaughey, filmmaker Oliver Stone, writer Mohammed El-Kurd, rapper Kanye West and physicist Lisa Randall.
Born in Tajikistan on August 15, 1983, when the country was part of the erstwhile Soviet Union, Fridman's family moved to Chicago when he was aged 11. He completed his BS and MS in computer science as well as PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Drexel University.
What is Lex Fridman's net worth?
Lex Fridman's net worth is around $8 million as of 2024, according to Celebrity Net Worth.com. He began working at Google in 2014 and a year later, he enrolled at Masschusetts Institute of Technology as a research scientist.
Modi's first podcast
In his podcast debut with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Modi emphasised on how mission-driven leadership is important in politics and pointed out how Mahatma Gandhi united the nation by connecting with the people. He said it important that political leaders should have a mission and not personal ambitions.
