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Bernard Arnault: 1949–1997

Morning folks and welcome to today's episode called Bernard Arnault: 1949–1997. Hand on heart, this has been one of my favourite stories to ...

Chamath Palihapitiya: Lofty Ideals, Calculated Moves

Morning folks and welcome to today's episode titled Chamath Palihapitiya: Lofty Ideals, Calculated Moves- and it is a very interesting story...

Jesse Livermore: The Best Trader Ever?

I wanted to dig into Livermore’s story ever since I came across him in the episode we did on short sellers — and what a story this is. He be...

Tony Hsieh: The Man Who Sold Happiness

Hsieh sold his first company when he was just 26 years old for $265 million. He then built Zappos into an online retailing giant, taking it ...

The Richest Man in the World You've Never Heard Of

This is the amazing story of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi (tsoo-TSOO-mee) — who, for four years straight from 1987–1990, was ranked the richest person ...

Mark Cuban - The Lucky Billionaire

I’m being a bit flippant here because this is a guy who worked hard for his money – he became a millionaire at 31 and then proceeded to buil...

Sam Waksal: The Improbable Rise, Fall & Redemption

2001 was Sam Waksal’s year. Seven years after discovering Erbitux — the so-called wonder drug — everything seemed to be falling into place. ...

Jeff Bezos: 1964-1999

It was the autumn of 1996. Jeff Bezos had just raised eight million dollars, putting Amazon’s valuation at around sixty million. Revenue tha...

Sandy Weill: Building and Breaking the World’s Largest Bank

Welcome to today’s episode called Sandy Weill: Building and Breaking the World’s Largest Bank . Throughout my twenties, Weill was a constant...

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