#396 The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari
I've read hundreds of thousands of words about Enzo Ferrari. For this episode I distilled down his most important ideas into 1 hour. Ferrari was truly one of history's greatest obsessives. Episode sp...
30 Heinä 202557min
#395 How Geniuses and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
Those on the margins often come to control the center. That maxim ties together the three remarkable people profiled in this episode: Colin Chapman, known as “the mad scientist of F1”, did more to in...
22 Heinä 20251h 4min
#394 An Orphan Who Built An Empire: Leonardo Del Vecchio and The Founding of Luxottica
Your dad dies before you’re born. Your mom can’t afford to take care of you. You grow up without a family and in an institution. You learn a trade and start working full time at the age of 14. You wor...
13 Heinä 20251h 7min
#393 The Marketing Genius of the Michelin Brothers
Your family asks you to take over a failing factory in a remote part of France. This “family business” comes with a stack of unpaid bills, a small team of workers who haven’t been paid in months, and ...
3 Heinä 202554min
#392 Michele Ferrero and His $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire
You take over the family pastry shop and transform it into one of the most valuable privately held businesses in the world. Your father dies young. Your uncle does too. Everyone is relying on you and ...
23 Kesä 202554min
#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. You’re determined to “do something special.” You g...
13 Kesä 202557min
#390 Rare Steve Jobs Interview
I've read this interview probably 10 times. It's that good. Steve Jobs was 29 when this interview was published, and with remarkable clarity of thought Steve explains the upcoming technological revolu...
4 Kesä 202540min
#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.” Little did he know that over the next fifteen yea...
26 Touko 202555min
