Good Bad Billionaire
A podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live
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50 Episodes
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Peter Thiel: Paypal mafioso
Published: 2/12/2024 -
Doris Fisher: Don’t mind The Gap
Published: 25/11/2024 -
Carlos Slim Helú: Telecom titan
Published: 18/11/2024 -
Roman Abramovich: Premier League oligarch
Published: 11/11/2024 -
Mukesh Ambani: Asia’s richest person
Published: 4/11/2024 -
Patrice Motsepe: Mining magnate
Published: 28/10/2024 -
Jack Ma: China's ecommerce CEO
Published: 21/10/2024 -
Yvon Chouinard: A $3 billion giveaway
Published: 14/10/2024 -
Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneur
Published: 7/10/2024 -
Aliko Dangote: Africa’s richest person
Published: 30/09/2024 -
Sam Altman: ChatGPT and the AI revolution
Published: 23/09/2024 -
Zhang Yiming: TikTok’s tech boss
Published: 16/09/2024 -
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotech
Published: 9/09/2024 -
George Soros: 'The man who broke the Bank of England'
Published: 2/09/2024 -
Jerry Seinfeld: The World’s Richest Comedian
Published: 26/08/2024 -
Peter Jackson: Lord of the Films
Published: 19/08/2024 -
Miuccia Prada: ‘Ugly fashion’
Published: 12/08/2024 -
Sergey Brin: Googling billions
Published: 5/08/2024 -
Tiger Woods: Golf’s ‘golden boy’
Published: 29/07/2024 -
Coming soon: Season 2
Published: 16/07/2024
Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng find out how the richest people on the planet made their billions, and then they judge them. Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?Good Bad Billionaire is here to lift the curtain on the minds, motives and money of some of the world's wealthiest individuals. Hosted by Simon Jack, Business Editor for BBC News, and journalist, author and podcaster Zing Tsjeng, this ground-breaking new series examines the rise of a different billionaire each week to answer the question: Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?From Silicon Valley tech titans and secretive CEOS, to Wall Street moguls, pop stars and sporting legends, Simon and Zing will find out how these billionaires made their riches - from the very start to the very top. No detail is too small, no story too wild and no business deal too shady for them to uncover. How did Amazon boss Jeff Bezos launch one of the biggest corporations of the internet age? How did six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan make a fortune from product endorsements with sports giant Nike? How did Rihanna come to sign with Jay-Z and to found a beauty product empire? And how did Chuck Feeney earn the title of 'the James Bond of philanthropy'?With episodes examining Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, George Lucas and Kim Kardashian, these stories paint a vivid picture of business, entrepreneurship, capitalism and how our world really works.But it's not just about how these billionaires made their money; it's about what they did with it next. Simon and Zing put each on trial to find out: is this billionaire a force for good or an agent of chaos? Or perhaps somewhere in between.... Join our hosts each week as they unravel tales of fortune, power, ambition and moral responsibility, and invite you to weigh in on the verdict: Good, Bad, or Just Another Billionaire?