How did the richest people on the planet make their billions?
World Service,·61 episodes
LeBron James is the first active NBA basketball player to become a billionaire
19 May 2025,·48 mins
Investor Masayoshi Son became notorious for making huge bets on technology companies
12 May 2025,·44 mins
Telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa escaped kidnap to become Zimbabwe’s first billionaire
05 May 2025,·42 mins
Ike Perlmutter, the CEO who reinvented Marvel
28 Apr 2025,·46 mins
How Disney star Selena Gomez became a billionaire beauty entrepreneur
21 Apr 2025,·47 mins
Orlando Bravo failed to become a tennis pro, but private equity made him a billionaire
14 Apr 2025,·46 mins
Vince McMahon turned professional wrestling into a global phenomenon
07 Apr 2025,·48 mins
How did Markus Persson create Minecraft, the most successful computer game ever?
31 Mar 2025,·46 mins
By reinventing reality TV, John de Mol made television history and a billion dollars
31 Mar 2025,·41 mins
How a blocked vacuum cleaner led to a billion-dollar idea for inventor James Dyson
24 Mar 2025,·46 mins
Martha Stewart, the homemaker who sold perfection to America
17 Mar 2025,·51 mins
Revisiting the story of Chuck Feeney, a billionaire who gave it all away
17 Feb 2025,·38 mins
A brief update after Taylor Swift's Eras tour ended, and another chance to hear her story
03 Feb 2025,·53 mins
How Peter Thiel made his fortune from huge tech companies then renounced Silicon Valley
25 Nov 2024,·47 mins
How American businesswoman Doris Fisher and her husband founded a clothing empire
18 Nov 2024,·43 mins
Mexican telecom company boss Carlos Slim Helú was once the richest person on Earth
11 Nov 2024,·46 mins
How Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich got rich, then got sanctioned
04 Nov 2024,·41 mins
How Indian multinational conglomerate boss Mukesh Ambani built Asia's biggest fortune
28 Oct 2024,·45 mins
How Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in post-apartheid South Africa
21 Oct 2024,·40 mins
How Jack Ma brought ecommerce to China by creating online mega-platform Alibaba
14 Oct 2024,·43 mins
The founder of sporting apparel firm Patagonia made billions - then gave it all away
07 Oct 2024,·48 mins
How the woman who founded dating apps Bumble and Tinder was briefly a billionaire
30 Sep 2024,·42 mins
Aliko Dangote started a cement business, and went on to become Africa’s richest person
23 Sep 2024,·39 mins
Sam Altman made a billion investing in tech start-ups, but made his name through AI
16 Sep 2024,·46 mins
How Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billiondollar social media business
09 Sep 2024,·47 mins
How India’s first female self-made billionaire built a pharmaceutical empire
02 Sep 2024,·34 mins
A hedge fund tycoon who became one of the most successful investors ever
26 Aug 2024,·46 mins
How a hit sitcom made a New York stand-up the richest comedian in history
19 Aug 2024,·37 mins
A blockbuster tale: How the Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire
12 Aug 2024,·46 mins
How a communist mime artist became the boss of one of the world’s biggest fashion houses
05 Aug 2024,·40 mins
