# James Litinsky

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Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of James Litinsky (Founder, Chairman & CEO, MP Materials) talking, from an interview on All-In published Jul 23, 2025.

- Role: Founder, Chairman & CEO, MP Materials
- About: Founded MP Materials and JHL Capital Group, and leads MP as chairman and CEO.

## What James Litinsky said

- [The DoD deal protects MP from below-cost magnet pricing](https://realalpha.app/s/the-dod-deal-protects-mp-from-below-cost-magnet-pricing/)
  All-In · Jul 23, 2025 · 3 min
  > “Mercantilism, straight up mercantilism, because the Chinese will sell magnets for below the cost of raw materials.” — James Litinsky · [5:55](https://realalpha.app/v/9WkGNe27r_Q/?t=355)
- [MP and DoD split risks they can and cannot control](https://realalpha.app/s/mp-and-dod-split-risks-they-can-and-cannot-control/)
  All-In · Jul 23, 2025 · 3 min
  > “the goal, I don't speak for them, ask them, but I think their goal was we're going to take the things off the table that you can't control.” — James Litinsky · [12:20](https://realalpha.app/v/9WkGNe27r_Q/?t=740)
- [MP plans to train workers as it adds thousands of jobs](https://realalpha.app/s/mp-plans-to-train-workers-as-it-adds-thousands-of-jobs/)
  All-In · Jul 23, 2025 · 3 min
  > “A maintenance worker can, an electrician, they can make six figures today.” — James Litinsky · [10:06](https://realalpha.app/v/9WkGNe27r_Q/?t=606)

## The episode

- [Winning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase Lochmiller](https://realalpha.app/v/9WkGNe27r_Q/) · All-In · Jul 23, 2025