Scott “thought it was a joke” before Newsom’s real offer

In this brief segment, co-host Scott Galloway discusses being appointed to the University of California Board of Regents and his uncertainty about the confirmation process. He says California governor Gavin Newsom reached out to him directly by text, adding he did not know how Newsom had obtained his phone number and that he initially assumed the message was a joke. Asked whether he is nervous about potential scrutiny in a confirmation hearing, Galloway says he has never been through a process like this before and cannot predict how it will go.

Galloway frames the appointment as a form of public service tied to his own experience in the UC system. He says that, when he “reverse engineers” the parts of his success that were not entirely within his control, they lead back to the University of California and the “generosity of California taxpayers” and the university’s leadership. He tells his co-host that serving UC is the only board role he has actively wanted.

The exchange focuses on the personal circumstances of the offer and the speaker’s stated motivation for accepting, rather than detailing specific policy positions or forthcoming decisions by the board.

• Scott Galloway says he was appointed to the University of California Board of Regents.
• He says Gavin Newsom contacted him by text to ask him to serve.
• Galloway says he initially thought the text was a joke.
• He says he has not previously been through a confirmation hearing and is unsure what to expect.
• He credits UC and California taxpayers with being “transformative” in his life and says it is the only board he has wanted to join.