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Good Bad Billionaire
How did the richest people on the planet make their billions?
World Service,·49 episodes
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Encore - Taylor Swift: SwiftonomicsA brief update after Taylor Swift's Eras tour ended, and another chance to hear her story53 mins03 Feb 2025
Peter Thiel: Paypal mafiosoHow Peter Thiel made his fortune from huge tech companies then renounced Silicon Valley47 mins25 Nov 2024
Doris Fisher: Don’t mind The GapHow American businesswoman Doris Fisher and her husband founded a clothing empire43 mins18 Nov 2024
Carlos Slim Helú: Telecom titanMexican telecom company boss Carlos Slim Helú was once the richest person on Earth46 mins11 Nov 2024
Roman Abramovich: Premier League oligarchHow Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich got rich, then got sanctioned41 mins04 Nov 2024
Mukesh Ambani: Asia’s richest personHow Indian multinational conglomerate boss Mukesh Ambani built Asia's biggest fortune45 mins28 Oct 2024
Patrice Motsepe: Mining magnateHow Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in post-apartheid South Africa40 mins21 Oct 2024
Jack Ma: China's ecommerce CEOHow Jack Ma brought ecommerce to China by creating online mega-platform Alibaba43 mins14 Oct 2024
Yvon Chouinard: A $3 billion giveawayThe founder of sporting apparel firm Patagonia made billions - then gave it all away48 mins07 Oct 2024
Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneurHow the woman who founded dating apps Bumble and Tinder was briefly a billionaire42 mins30 Sep 2024
Aliko Dangote: Africa’s richest personAliko Dangote started a cement business, and went on to become Africa’s richest person39 mins23 Sep 2024
Sam Altman: ChatGPT and the AI revolutionSam Altman made a billion investing in tech start-ups, but made his name through AI46 mins16 Sep 2024
Zhang Yiming: TikTok’s tech bossHow Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billiondollar social media business47 mins09 Sep 2024
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotechHow India’s first female self-made billionaire built a pharmaceutical empire34 mins02 Sep 2024
George Soros: 'The man who broke the Bank of England'A hedge fund tycoon who became one of the most successful investors ever46 mins26 Aug 2024
Jerry Seinfeld: The World’s Richest ComedianHow a hit sitcom made a New York stand-up the richest comedian in history37 mins19 Aug 2024
Peter Jackson: Lord of the FilmsA blockbuster tale: How the Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire46 mins12 Aug 2024
Miuccia Prada: ‘Ugly fashion’How a communist mime artist became the boss of one of the world’s biggest fashion houses40 mins05 Aug 2024
Sergey Brin: Googling billionsBy founding Google, Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich47 mins29 Jul 2024
Tiger Woods: Golf’s ‘golden boy’Golfing superstardom made Tiger Woods rich. Personal disasters nearly took it all away40 mins29 Jul 2024
Mark Zuckerberg: Move fast and get richHow one social media site birthed an empire. The story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.56 mins26 Mar 2024
Richard Branson: Sky's the limitFrom The Exorcist to 400 companies: How music sent Richard Branson into space48 mins19 Mar 2024
Jim Ratcliffe: Man U mogulHe's spent big on Manchester United, but how did Jim Ratcliffe become a billionaire?48 mins12 Mar 2024
Bernie Ecclestone: Fast moneyHow Bernie Ecclestone won control of Formula One, and how it all came crashing down50 mins05 Mar 2024
Gina Rinehart: The other Iron LadyHow Gina Rinehart amassed a $30 billion fortune to become Australia's richest person50 mins27 Feb 2024
Charles Koch: Dark money’s slick operatorHow oilman Charles Koch and his feuding family turned black gold into dark money38 mins20 Feb 2024
Taylor Swift: SwiftonomicsFrom country songs to private legal battles, how Taylor Swift became a billionaire53 mins13 Feb 2024
Warren Buffett: The oracle of OmahaHow Warren Buffett became the richest investor ever after buying his first shares at 1154 mins06 Feb 2024
NR Narayana Murthy: India's IT innovatorThe father of India's IT boom, and the father-in-law of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak53 mins30 Jan 2024
Rupert Murdoch: The Succession prequelHow Rupert Murdoch turned a failing Australian newspaper into a global media empire.52 mins23 Jan 2024
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