Grubstakers

Boy Howdy it's Episode 167 of Grubstakers where we profile Chinese billionaire Ma Huateng, creator of Tencent, the largest social media and game company you've never heard of. A de facto arm of the st...

2 Jun 20201h 14min

New episode on Nick Kroll’s father Jules Kroll. Full episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-166-37650803

29 Mai 20204min

Episode 165 is out. The subject is Harold Hamm; the Okie billionaire who made his fortune innovating horizontal drilling, causing earthquakes, and who is the right-hand man to Trump for his energy ind...

27 Mai 20201h

Final part of our 3 part series on Citi Bank on Patreon now! Full episode here :https://www.patreon.com/posts/37090443

14 Mai 20204min

This week we talk about DIY asshole Bernie Marcus, the man who says he built his $6.6 billion Home Depot fortune from scratch. We discuss the weird lies behind his origin story, his abuse of his worke...

14 Mai 20201h 29min

Part 2 of our profile on Sanford I Weill and his role at Citigroup we will take a longer look at Citi group in our last part of this trilogy. This episode covers Sandy Weill’s children and their misde...

5 Mai 20201h 15min

The first part of our 3 part series exploring the saga of Citigroup, the first American bank to become too big to fail. We follow the career of its billionaire CEO Sandy Weill: a rich kid from Brookly...

29 Apr 20201h 9min

Enter Joe Lewis: reclusive restaurateur-turned super villain currency speculator. Joe Lewis (the businessman; not the boxer) made billions betting against sovereign currencies, and nearly lost a billi...

21 Apr 20201h 19min