The Kombucha Billionaire Looking To Save The Industry From Itself | Forbes

[@DanielIles]

This dude has definitely tasted human blood.

[@handl3_me]

Agreed

[@daveobed]

😂

[@paulreed7698]

I have when I bite my lip or tongue

[@nzmanhdee6246]

His own

[@andrewgreenlaw5452]

Daniel Iles Fuking cryin

[@Stephenmusic92]

Sent by my boys Cody and Noel. 👏🏻

[@ilikedmyoldhandle]

Yeet me too

[@joshuab9574]

Gang

[@theone9831]

Sugar gay!

[@keryn4533]

Peace & Love SAME

[@whatevernevermind5960]

Me 2

[@MyGUNZ123]

"My humble beginnings " , I was raised in Bellaire.

[@randallselsby8582]

Trust fund baby...

[@akaleiki]

He was speaking more on the company, not his social class.

[@tayh8327]

@@akaleiki Doesn't sound like humble beginnings for a company either, raised in Bellaire, went to private school in Beverly Hills. Mommy and Daddy probably funded his business at the start too. Not knocking this guy, but people should call it for what it is, maybe a humble product but humble beginnings? Lol.

[@MiniM69]

Bel Air, damnit!

[@1986baldwinvic]

This is a story all about how...

[@wheezlin]

false alarm, he kinda lit. forbes did him mad dirty

[@AustenSummers]

What

[@-godsspeed-9159]

@@AustenSummers Forbes made him look creepy af meanwhile he is a pretty chill dude

[@torment6425]

chill doesnt pay the bills

[@maff3]

That guy has drunk so much kombucha he has turned into a living culture

[@keatmeister]

GOAT comment

[@mrtommypickelz3441]

Hands down best comment 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mahasina.k.5963]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@kristalraquel551]

The Savagery

[@SW-tj2ir]

😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@ninadganore]

-really hates materialistic culture
-Pulls out in a Lamborghini.

[@veksone77]

He never said he hated it. He said Eastern culture wasn't about materialism like where he was from.

[@mrs.s8855]

😆😂😂

[@markrobertson8521]

Just another billionaire who is ttying to make people think they are more righteous than they are. He is a slave to materialistic things just like all the other ones.

[@SW-tj2ir]

This whole interview was a contradiction

[@CarsonLoewen]

Ninad Ganore pretty sure he didn’t say that. Not sure why you used quotation marks when there was nothing to quote

[@gabbyj7946]

They really did him so dirty. GT is such a nice and laid back guy

[@maboo736]

gj56 How? He answered every question himself and in his home?

[@melinoe7006]

@@maboo736 editing can make a big difference. The ambiance makes him look so weird but after watching cody and noel's video, gt seems like a nice guy

[@UdoADHD]

GT Dave: Couldn’t have done it without my humble beginnings
Also GT Dave: I grew up in Bel-Air and went to private school in Beverly Hills. Then my parents sent me to India.

[@LordsofMedia]

Now he is no longer humble. He's on top of the world and an obvious narcissistic psycho. Humility isn't for a god.

[@PARCE93]

Positively Udo I think that by “humble” he might have meant that he had to go to a third world country to start his business & that’s the most he has ever struggled.

[@ElementRewind]

Bro.... this just clicked for me. When I watched this the first time I was like “woah he went to India to meet Sai Baba...” THE INDIAN SAINT SAI BABA? THE SAI BABA WHO DIED IN 1918?!?!?!?! Make it make sense. How in the world did this man meet Sai Baba? Vampire confirmed.

[@LordsofMedia]

@@ElementRewind Sai Babi Junior. The rapper and bacteria culturist.

[@janakakumara3836]

@@ElementRewind Hey may have been referring to "Satya Sai Baba", who died in 2011.

[@scottmead854]

"eastern way of living... not materialistic... helping people..."
DUDE, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS MATERIALISTIC

[@Asf-bj4rw]

He said that while being surrounded by expensive art like tf

[@siafaalvin2209]

To be fair (sort of), he was describing his experience in India. He didn’t say that HE was necessarily about dat life - and he’s clearly not.

[@trejaymusic]

In all fairness he could be referring to the philosophical idea of materialism, given the fact that he is clearly some genre of hippie, and is a fan of easten thought, it seems fair to assume he may be speaking philosophically not personally. Otherwise he's definitely a hypocrite haha

[@richavocado8795]

Scott Mead the irony

[@ghanamafia7199]

Lol....Everything he wore was TOM FORD and Gucci....

[@Evan858]

Dave: When I invented Kambucha-
China, 2000 years ago: Okay

[@paytoncollins4629]

GT Dave precedes China, he is an ancient being

[@sophie__4472]

He’s immortal

[@gratuitous1]

Russia

[@emilyholmes9058]

kombucha* ponky!

[@Evan858]

@@emilyholmes9058 i never learned how to read or write apparently. ):

[@cookiecrisps4119]

I sense a hint of sugar gayness and a tad of reptilian vibe.

[@artsyjoe94]

Blayse: ahaha ha

[@Mattreyu199]

He's a gay sentient wax sculpture.

[@iloveharrypotter2222]

CookieCrisps SuGaR gAy

[@IZZY-eo3dp]

🤣

[@matheus9BX000K]

Accurate

[@manikaaa7822]

i feel really bad for him after watching cody & noel’s video. he’s a really sweet, inspiring, funny, and cool guy! hope people realize that this video doesn’t portray him correctly. love your kombucha!! although please stock your fridge with actual food :)

[@paganiluv9552]

Doesn't portray him correctly? He's the one speaking and answering the questions. It's straight from the source, out his mouth.

[@manikaaa7822]

Pagani Luv his words are fine, actually very inspirational. i’m talking about the environment he’s in and the weird actions(pacing & lemon cutting) they made him do which made him look kind of evil and scary

[@bloodgirl2610]

Forbes did him so dirty

[@alaaddintimez1887]

@@paganiluv9552 ur a fool if u believe everything you watch. Clearly there are some presentational elements that are being manipulated by the producer to make him come off as creepy. Watch the video by Cody Ko and you will see this guy acts nothing like this in person. He said they asked him to do certain things just for production.

[@daviddaaannggg]

How a video is edited makes a huge difference. Pay attention to how eery the music and sound design is in this video. Also he was given direction to do certain things for the video like pace around or cut the lemons etc.

[@trugangsta4real]

This is so LA- Speaking the values and saying all the buzz words, but living NONE of it.

[@Nemo-un5rr]

Exactly-I’m from LA.

[@theone9831]

*tweets political nonsense after the video*

[@ghanamafia7199]

Gurrrrrl.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Not sure how you can deduce that from a heavily edited 4 min video, but OK.

[@daltonfries3931]

@Rising Sun tf are you talking about

[@mariareginaa_]

Came back here after watching the new video where he invited Cody and Noel over to the lair. Actually such a real cool guy. Forbes totally misrepresented him in here.

[@refridgalator]

I know, the editing makes it seem like he's not very smart.

[@ArtisticEventing]

yeah totally he was all smiles and sweetness in their second video he's a very nice dude!

[@Svend632]

These comments are way more interesting than the video 😂😂

[@ethanklingler]

Who’s here from Cody ko?

[@Jewelstravel]

Ethan Klingler Watchung this before I watch his video

[@jeger679]

Haha straight from there :D

[@webuser5950]

4 minutes later and I still don’t know what kombucha is

[@henryludgate1051]

Web User the video wasn’t called “what is kombucha”

[@treasurevalleysalsa]

It's fermented tea. You're welcome.

[@spacecake8_781]

Best comment

[@vincentvangro]

Its a spoiled tasting nasty smelling drink made by fermentation

[@lotuskayj]

Fermented tea. Helps with digestion, can calm or give you energy depending on the ingredients and herbs used. His brand is the most basic of them all, he claims to have started it but he didn’t. He just popularized it in America.

[@israelgomez7048]

What was the point of this video? I learned nothing from it, other than the fact that the dude was a trust fund kid that sells kombucha. I find his statement that he was raised with an eastern way of living, away from the materialistic LA lifestyle completely ironic and laughable, as we see him driving a lambo and living in an expensive house. I have nothing against him being rich (good for him), but why did they make a video just showing him rather than anything about the kombucha making process?

[@itsmohdiii3689]

Israel Gomez facts

[@Abetek2410]

Israel Gomez I agree that it should’ve been about the process of the kombucha, however, this video was posted by Forbes and Forbes reports on business people making change in the world. Most all of their articles are on the people behind the process not the actual process

[@nesiansoulallstars]

Agreed!!! His entire life style is materialistic 😂

[@barnsnoble3105]

Israel Gomez maybe they realized how absurd and contradictory this guy was.

[@foreverhilaryy]

Because making kombucha is actually really easy and this guy would be out of business if people found that out

[@lil_boyJohn]

Cody and Noel have united us once again

[@breannagonzalez303]

FORBES DID GT DIRTY

[@heavensstapler8671]

He's like a movie villain wow

[@laneythelame]

He is the next marvel villain

[@logangoff8471]

@@laneythelame This is actually just the first trailer for the first villain of Phase 4.

[@laneythelame]

@@logangoff8471 agreed

[@obi-wankenobi_26]

Lex luthor

[@readerrabbit6690]

"Humble beginnings"
Grew up in Bel Air and went to private school in Beverly Hills.
OK

[@LuxuryBeatsMusic]

readerrabbit6690 LOL FR FR

[@airlebron7467]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@veksone77]

He was talking about his company not his life

[@Qum89]

readerrabbit6690 😹😹😹

[@larame4950]

Who is here after Visiting the Kombucha Lair? Bc they did our boy dirty here

[@dibidibidis2896]

They should change the title to Noel's "Ken doll flexing on us for 4 minutes straight"

[@DeezNutsInYourMouth101]

😂😂

[@error404blah]

Ever seen the movie "American Psycho"?

[@handl3_me]

Yes, yes, you're so right

[@timothybryce1948]

Yea someone needs to switch out this music with the paino music at the beginning lol

[@collinkee1082]

Holy cow this is scary

[@ilaydaile]

yall really did him dirty hes so funny

[@thesmileyeffect]

Kudos to the editing team behind this video...because the sound matches the visuals. Very gripping.

[@tarisaimunodawafa3465]

Yes, but of course! It's a video about a guy who insist on every thing being "perfect"

[@gtrjoe68]

@@tarisaimunodawafa3465 starting to think every time I hear the word perfectionist there's normally a spoiled brat behind that quote.

[@Kurups101]

@@gtrjoe68 yeah i've always laughed at that word - every time a college admission or job hire asks the question 'tell us about a flaw of yours' this is usually the go to back door compliment they choose because they can't come up with a single negative quality. the ego is blinding. Even moreso is the true fact of what a real perfectionist,at least in the clinical definition (i think) is nothing pretty whatsoever and usually is catastrophic, think someone who berates themselves no matter what good they do & usually end up mentally lashing themselves into an alcohol/drug fueled isolated depression

[@tarisaimunodawafa3465]

@@gtrjoe68 Especially in this context. "I'm a perfectionist" = "I can't stand seeing things not going my way or how I feel the world should unfold, after all, only I know the best way things should be."
Come to think of it, a subliminal superiority complex is probably lurking below the surface.

[@jialx]

"people only care about making money"
This video: the Kombucha billionaire...

[@screeniedtv2076]

Gucci belt Lamborghini etc.

[@mo-hammadabunaser1367]

@Sven Niles no. Just no. Maybe he has good intentions but he definitely is materialistic.

[@tayh8327]

So what? He didn't say he doesn't care about money, it's just that it isn't the *only* thing he cares about, he cares about his product as well.

[@Kurups101]

@@tayh8327 i mean, if you care about your product because you care about your profits - is it the product or the profits you truly care about? I'm not saying i know what this guys motivations are - im just asking the question to ask it

[@dontgiveafuckist]

Y'all did my man GT dirty with this one

[@celeste9473]

Forbes did him dirty, he’s actually a chill and sweet guy❤️

[@Babar079]

Holy botoxomoly! 😐

[@lamar3448]

Babar Tariq 🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅

[@afelipe1288]

Owww lol

[@AmnestyAu]

Who's here after Cody's "Visiting the Kombucha Lair" Video? GT is the real G

[@garichar]

Nothing says eccentric like petting a floppy-eared bunny while doing the thousand-yard stare.

[@dudeonyoutube]

Dr Evil

[@andreamitchell4758]

you know that bunny had it's kidneys removed so that it can't pee on his $50k Burberry suit
he has his assistants hook it up to a dialysis machine daily

[@jcsmith9210]

Hahahahaha

[@jcsmith9210]

Hahahaha OH MAN THIS POOR GUY THESE COMMENTS ARE VICIOUS AF HAHAHAAHAH

[@antoniovaldez4774]

I used to work for this guy in Vernon, he's actually really humble , he never gave me bad vibes.

[@muertefin]

Antonio Valdez me too .. I used to work in Vernon

[@vincentvangro]

So you're a creepy gay guy too?Cool

[@DeezNutsInYourMouth101]

- boy toy

[@texasbeaver8188]

@@vincentvangro Being gay and named GT isn't that great you know

[@Evan858]

I'd like to formally state that after watching Cody and Noel's premiere with Dave, I would die for him. My last comment was obviously a joke just to tease, he's awesome

[@helenamarie4337]

I'm lowkey in love with the guy after the new cody ko video 😄

[@martinsozols]

this video did him dirty
why not show how humble he actually is?

[@DirtyyDom]

Although he has good taste I'd find it insincere to talk down on materialism while my belt buckle is essentially an expensive logo.

[@HoustonRay]

"I learned about selflessness from Eastern cultures, so I decided to bastardize the concept and profit off of it."

[@foreverhilaryy]

Houston Ray and steal a healing drink they used to make and sell it as my own here in the states. Can’t forget that

[@Sarah-re7cg]

Houston Ray this comment 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@spicynoodlesarefire]

THANK YOU! That's exactly what I was thinking. He is really not giving credit to the society or people who really started kombucha.

[@FFKonFire]

lmao that's why we are taking the bus, and he's whipping around in his lambo
that's capitalism for you my friend, no matter what it takes, if you are a winner, your a winner.. if you are not, you are not

[@aBirdAndHisBoy]

Houston Ray
Utter lies: he's the ONLY big company saying true to quality kombucha

[@SophiaNormantas.]

👍🏼for GT. 👎🏼for Forbes editing.

[@henryaudubon]

Forbes, I'm sure you can do better than this.

[@eddiecollins2510]

WE THOUGHT WRONG #GTDaveiscool 😉

[@sqwale7]

It's not about how he looks . It's about his demeanor, something about his human interactions screams I can't empathize with other humans, I'm not violent but hurting you won't lose me sleep

[@cyberpunk9763]

He looks like an average introvert with OCD

[@paulryan2128]

empathize *

[@Bullish_Lauren]

Empathize and lose*

[@Hades-tw4ql]

the word is contempt

[@Seeker0fTruth]

sqwale7 I think you mean empathize, but yeah I agree with you

[@n.n.3910]

Forbes did our man dirty
He has a great sense of humor, overall very intelligent
Thank God for Cody’s video

[@JoaquinBrodniak]

the music doesn't help

[@rgg9337]

Forbes did this guy dirty.

[@anon.person1609]

Cody Ko got nearly a million for reaction to this while this has 200k LOL

[@br3akstuff]

Forbes is losing and Cody is winning.

[@derekwilliams6267]

Came here after Cody and Noel’s newest video . . . You guys did my boy GT Dave dirty

[@1jesus2music3duke]

“Where everything was about physical appearance.”
Almost didn’t hear that sentence through the makeup.

[@LitoGeorge]

Ironic isn't it? It seems this guy is projecting everything he finds distasteful.

[@hunain1838]

Honestly they should fire whoever directed this. They did him dirty in this 🤣

[@ondrej1031]

Companies entered just to make money. Says while being in his multimillion dollar villa in LA driving Lamborghini. Gurl okay.

[@matthewmorris5128]

Andrew Urgosik he makes money providing a legit good product while these other companies are trying to make money by giving less value in their product

[@223costa]

So he's not supposed to enjoy his success 🤔

[@JCB576]

Entering a space for the sole purpouse of making money is waay different than having a positive impact on the world and earning in the process money

[@hunggarchristian]

R/whoosh

[@tayh8327]

Andrew Urgosik must be some underage kid triggered at other adult's success. Most likely wanted to vote for Hillary last election but was too young, he probably despises capitalism as well after realizing the most money he could make is in his GTA V video game.

[@averylarsen8964]

forbes u betta be jokin! u did this man so wrong

[@dazedandconfused3350]

Forbes did him so dirty lol

[@demstaincanada]

"I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip."

[@Below-Zero.]

@Bogdan Radu Wash your face.

[@Stian_95]

Funny how he acts as a totally different guy in the video Cody Ko uploaded of him and Noel visiting and walking around the mansion

[@krac3x438]

he kinda looks like a serial killer, especially at 1:05

[@shuchi2262]

Yes!!!!

[@amillionmoneytips]

Wow, I was thinking the same thing...

[@gs-nq6mw]

Looks exactly the guy from "7 psychos and a schin tzu"

[@Amornature]

He sure does smh

[@shake4259]

Exactly

[@carsonkidd9375]

Who else is here after cody’s new vid and realizes this video is straight cap 🧢

[@aestriol]

Yall hating on my boy GT, go watch Cody Ko's latest video where he meets the man himself 👌

[@RajSachdeva]

I am not doubting his success but eastern way of living ......

[@Ishaq_Vally]

What do you mean by this comment. This guy just looks weird though.
Lol, those silver tipped shoes and his dressing and mannerisms are so weird.

[@CashMoneyKC1]

He’s saying an eastern way of living is about your purpose and giving back to the world not about material things like his Hermès, lambo, and mansion in the hills. He can’t add that in because it’s one or the other. It’s like saying I’m a Buddhist monk but I drive a Ferrari lol

[@goodreason6462]

@@CashMoneyKC1 So we can't give back to the world without also having nice things? ... K

[@missionpupa]

Steve jobs had the same principles after he left India, their material success was only a product of their spiritual pursuit.

[@tayh8327]

@@missionpupa Steve actually already had the same principles before he went to India, it just reinforced it.

[@yazdansyed8319]

This is all a lie #GtDaveagangster

[@DrNJ-km3tt]

Ay Forbes why you made my boi gt Dave look dirty 😔

[@javajava8856]

He speaks like a valley girl. Every sentence sounds like a question.

[@saintpoli6800]

Ed Gein Yes?

[@timprimedibiase3138]

Hes Creepy as hell

[@adaora2851]

Dave: When I invented Kambucha-
Manchuria: Am I a joke to you?

[@alexgriffin8399]

THEY BROUGHT THE FUCKIN LEMONS

[@mikejuan949]

I will never drink GT Living Foods Kombucha ever again

[@baileyfreeman9609]

Same

[@andreamitchell4758]

@Brisk Kik thats not skin

[@kuntsiecandace3777]

Check Cody Ko and Noel ‘ s new video. I bet you’ll change your mind.

[@AdamTopCommenter]

bruh GT Dave is my hero tho

[@3GTDave]

Mike Juan see comment on main thread

[@actblue-m5i]

*finishes video and scrolls down to make witty comment about his appearance/vibe* ...
nevermind thats been covered already

[@Lizestechreviews]

“The humble beginnings I’ve experienced in my life”
1 minute later - “I grew up in bel air, went to a private school is Beverly Hills, I went to a trip to India very early on”

[@elinorchavdarova9906]

They did our boi Gt Dave dirty

[@alexaf.3158]

He looks 20 years older here than he does in the new Cody&Noel video.

[@axelgustafsson3350]

Cmon guys dont hate on GT. He is such a sweetie

[@resa574]

You mean a vampire

[@boogiedownbronx73]

dude looks like he walked off the set of Gotham

[@handl3_me]

Agreed

[@DeezNutsInYourMouth101]

😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@saintpoli6800]

He’s lowkey Harvey Dent

[@JPS-sc1zn]

New vid w cody and noel shows that gt is actually rlly chill. this vid made him look bad

[@hadleyhubbard3174]

Y'all Forbes made u look like scary, super chill guy. Sent by Cody and noel

[@lilah8791]

Wow Forbes really did him dirty

[@demstaincanada]

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost.

[@ninthcloud6331]

Lol 😂 you posted the exact lines I was hoping to read!

[@jcsmith9210]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@Jahu-qs2us]

Forbes: "So GT, we wanna make you look like a psychpathic maniac. Are you fine with that?"

[@adyr940]

Just watched Cody's new premiere. GT Dave is actually a really cool guy. Forbes did him dirty man.

[@emilye7710]

*i wonder how much steel I could get from this*

[@kaustavsood2107]

I'd get sick of living in this house within an hour... Congrats to him though.

[@timothybryce1948]

Yea looks like an upscale version of solitary confinement lol

[@MissCleOh]

Cody Ko and Noel brought me here ✌🏾

[@SuperMicklovin]

Just came back from Codys new video and the dude seems pretty chill. Forbes you made this dude look like a sociopath

[@Michael_McMaster]

Ikr

[@Hhhhhhhhhttttt]

Turns out he's a normal human 🤪

[@keviar245]

dave your kombucha has too much sugar in it. add a reduced sugar variety.

[@donovan8690]

Try Brew Doctor Kombucha

[@williamlee7119]

Flame Houndz brew dr not as good, just compared two days ago

[@donovan8690]

William Lee Personally I love Brew Dr, I recommend the flavor spiced apple, it’s great for you

[@AbbyUwU]

He’s the living embodiment of everything he detests in life 😂

[@User61918]

He doesn’t detest materialism or wealth

[@kenziei7710]

Cody and Noel brought all of y’all here don’t lie

[@_Kmf_03]

He kinda looks like a PS2 Steve-O

[@dre1260]

ITS A HEALTH DRINK

[@peninaromero8787]

😂

[@afloatingbiscuit2430]

Anyone here from Cody’s video?

[@maevescadoobert3320]

I know he did not just say he INVENTED kombucha.......I have no words.....

[@OSOIRISHO]

This is the dude version of Taylor from billions.

[@laurentarcher6142]

Dan O'reilly facts

[@MichaelBrown-pq7li]

Glad you are not MATERIALISTIC anymore!!! LOL

[@Wacaque]

Feels like a pretty lonely guy. No fam at the house no workers at the factory just a fury cat.

[@jcsmith9210]

It’s a bunny

[@alyssarushton6890]

Why they makin him look psycho

[@thezombiemacarena]

Ya'll did GT Dave d i r t y
tmg got his back

[@tracec270]

Interesting to see how two videos (This one and Cody Ko’s) can show you two completely different perspectives on the same person, one through the lens of a media outlet and one through a casual vlog channel. Never trust the media folks.

[@Liz-liz8]

I’m waiting for this to blow up after the Cody and Noel video

[@victoriawindsor8023]

This billiinaire serial killer man would play a great villian in a movie. he looks like he would kill you slowly, laugh while you are in pain and then drink your blood while watching you die 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@rodthagod4808]

Glad we got the GT version of dave #blessed