#391 Jimmy Iovine
You grow up in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn. You drop out of college. Your dad is your best friend but you don’t want to work the docks like him. ...
#390 Rare Steve Jobs Interview
I've read this interview probably 10 times. It's that good. Steve Jobs was 29 when the interview was published and with remarkable clarity of thought ...
#389 The Founder of Jimmy Choo: Tamara Mellon
When Tamara Mellon’s father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: “Don’t let the accountants run your business.”...
#388 Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters: All of Them!
(I fixed the audio and uploaded a new episode!) "To read Jeff Bezos’s shareholder letters is to get a crash course in running a high-growth internet b...
A conversation on focus and finding your life's work
My friend Patrick O’Shaughnessy asked me to come to New York and record a conversation. Patrick had just finished listening to episode #383 "Todd Grav...
#387 Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine
Jim Simons never took a single class on finance, wasn’t interested in business, and didn’t start trading full time until he was 40. The company he fou...
#386 Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
Akio Morita was a visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony. Born as the first son and fifteenth-generation heir to a 300-year-old sake-brewing fa...
#385 Michael Dell
This is one of the most extraordinary founder stories you will ever hear. Michael Dell started his company with $1000 when he was 19 years old. The re...
#384 Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
Because of the podcast I get to meet a lot of super successful people. I'm always asking them "Who is the smartest person you know" and "Who do you th...
The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig
Daniel Ludwig was the richest man in the world and no one knew his name. I've read almost 400 biographies of history's greatest founders and this book...