Good Bad Billionaire Podcast
From celebs and CEOS to sport stars and tech titans, find out how the world's billionaires made their money, and then judge them. Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?
How did the planet's richest people make their billions? From celebrities and secretive CEOs to sporting legends and tech titans, Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng find out, and then decide whether they think they鈥檙e good, bad, or just another billionaire.
Ever wondered how Taylor Swift went from country singer to money-spinner? How Amazon boss Jeff Bezos came to launch one of the biggest corporations of the internet age? And how six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan made his fortune with Nike? Good Bad Billionaire is here to analyse the minds, motives and money of some of the world's wealthiest individuals. No detail is too small and no story too wild to uncover.
Join us on a global journey, discovering all we can about some of the richest people on the planet. We hear about billionaires in Russia, China, New Zealand, India, Nigeria and the UK. In the United States, there are those who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and high street fashion.
Exploring the lives of Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, El Chapo, Narayana Murthy and Kim Kardashian, this podcast paints a vivid picture of business, entrepreneurship, capitalism and how our world really works.
In season two, we learn how the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Peter Jackson, Doris Fisher and George Soros came to join the billionaires' club. We explore how Tiger Woods went from a child golfing prodigy to the world鈥檚 highest paid athlete, how a communist mime artist became the boss of fashion house Prada and how Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought an English football club. Find out how Mukesh Ambani became Asia鈥檚 richest person, and how Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in a post-apartheid South Africa.
Plus, we examine some of the biggest names behind the technology shaping our world 鈥 the founders of TikTok, Google, ChatGPT, Alibaba and Bumble.
But it's not just how these billionaires made their money; it's what they did with it next. Ultimately, Simon and Zing consider whether they think these people are a force for 鈥済ood鈥, the opposite, or somewhere in between.
Join Simon Jack, business editor for 91热爆 News, and journalist, author and podcaster Zing Tsjeng as this podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, ambition and moral responsibility, and invites you to make up your own mind: are they Good, Bad, or Just Another Billionaire?
New episodes released on Mondays.
Episodes to download
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Carlos Slim Hel煤: Telecom titan
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Mexican telecom company boss Carlos Slim Hel煤 was once the richest person on Earth
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Roman Abramovich: Premier League oligarch
Mon 4 Nov 2024
How Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich got rich, then got sanctioned
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Mukesh Ambani: Asia鈥檚 richest person
Mon 28 Oct 2024
How Indian multinational conglomerate boss Mukesh Ambani built Asia's biggest fortune
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Patrice Motsepe: Mining magnate
Mon 21 Oct 2024
How Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in post-apartheid South Africa
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Jack Ma: China's ecommerce CEO
Mon 14 Oct 2024
How Jack Ma brought ecommerce to China by creating online mega-platform Alibaba
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Yvon Chouinard: A $3 billion giveaway
Mon 7 Oct 2024
The founder of sporting apparel firm Patagonia made billions - then gave it all away
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Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneur
Mon 30 Sep 2024
How the woman who founded dating apps Bumble and Tinder was briefly a billionaire
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Aliko Dangote: Africa鈥檚 richest person
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Aliko Dangote started a cement business, and went on to become Africa鈥檚 richest person
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Sam Altman: ChatGPT and the AI revolution
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Sam Altman made a billion investing in tech start-ups, but made his name through AI
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Zhang Yiming: TikTok鈥檚 tech boss
Mon 9 Sep 2024
How Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billiondollar social media business
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotech
Mon 2 Sep 2024
How India鈥檚 first female self-made billionaire built a pharmaceutical empire
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George Soros: 'The man who broke the Bank of England'
Mon 26 Aug 2024
A hedge fund tycoon who became one of the most successful investors ever
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Jerry Seinfeld: The World鈥檚 Richest Comedian
Mon 19 Aug 2024
How a hit sitcom made a New York stand-up the richest comedian in history
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Peter Jackson: Lord of the Films
Mon 12 Aug 2024
A blockbuster tale: How the Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire
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Miuccia Prada: 鈥楿gly fashion鈥
Mon 5 Aug 2024
How a communist mime artist became the boss of one of the world鈥檚 biggest fashion houses
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Sergey Brin: Googling billions
Mon 29 Jul 2024
By founding Google, Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich
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Tiger Woods: Golf鈥檚 鈥榞olden boy鈥
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Golfing superstardom made Tiger Woods rich. Personal disasters nearly took it all away
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Mark Zuckerberg: Move Fast and Get Rich
Tue 26 Mar 2024
How one social media site birthed an empire. The story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.
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Richard Branson: Sky's the Limit
Tue 19 Mar 2024
From The Exorcist to 400 companies, how music sent the Virgin entrepreneur to space.
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Jim Ratcliffe: Man U Mogul
Tue 12 Mar 2024
He's spent a billion on Manchester United but how did Jim Ratcliffe become a billionaire?
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Bernie Ecclestone: Fast Money
Tue 5 Mar 2024
How the Formula One supremo won control of a sport, and how it all came crashing down.
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Gina Rinehart: The Other Iron Lady
Tue 27 Feb 2024
How a mining magnate amassed a $30 billion fortune to become Australia's richest person.
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Charles Koch: Dark Money鈥檚 Slick Operator
Tue 20 Feb 2024
How the oilman and his feuding family turned black gold into dark money.
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Taylor Swift: Swiftonomics
Tue 13 Feb 2024
From public feuds to private legal battles, how a country singer became a billionaire.
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Warren Buffett: The Oracle of Omaha
Tue 6 Feb 2024
How Warren Buffett became the richest investor ever after buying his first shares at 11.
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NR Narayana Murthy: India's IT Innovator
Tue 30 Jan 2024
The father of India's IT boom, and the father-in-law of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Rupert Murdoch: The Succession Prequel
Tue 23 Jan 2024
How a young man turned a failing Australian newspaper into a global media empire.
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El Chapo: Cocaine Kingpin
Tue 16 Jan 2024
The story of Mexican drug lord Joaqu铆n Archivaldo Guzm谩n Loera, better known as El Chapo.
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Jay-Z: A Business, Man
Tue 9 Jan 2024
How hip-hop鈥檚 first billionaire went from dealing grams to winning Grammys.
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Michael Bloomberg: Market Master
Tue 12 Dec 2023
Why being fired from Wall Street led to $96 billion and a failed presidential campaign.