# Ben Gilbert

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Real Alpha has cut one moment of Ben Gilbert (Co-founder & co-host, Acquired) talking, from an interview on Acquired published May 18, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & co-host, Acquired
- On X: https://x.com/gilbert

## What Ben Gilbert said

- [A 1% fee quietly costs you a third of your retirement](https://realalpha.app/s/a-1-fee-quietly-costs-you-a-third-of-your-retirement/)
  Acquired · May 18, 2026 · 3 min
  > “If you invested $100,000 at age 25, and you got 7% market returns for 40 years, you'd end up with $1.5 million.” — Ben Gilbert · [1:21:12](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/?t=4872)

## The episode

- [Vanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio)](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/) · Acquired · May 18, 2026