Inside Florida’s home insurance meltdown
Florida owns a massive property insurance company that’s been gobbling up policies while rates rise and some private insurers leave the state. A deal struck by the state legislature last year aims to ...
18 Dec 202336min
How Modelo became America’s #1 beer. And it’s not what you might think.
Last summer, a Mexican beer overtook the longtime favorite Bud Light as America’s best-selling beer. It happened amid a customer boycott against Bud Light for a marketing campaign featuring transgende...
11 Dec 202332min
ABC and ESPN made Disney into an entertainment powerhouse. It’s now at a crossroads.
The Disney we know today came about in a series of game-changing deals led by CEO Bob Iger. But before the entertainment juggernaut bought properties like Pixar and Marvel, Disney, and former CEO Mich...
4 Dec 202332min
The fight to lead the world’s largest hedge fund
Ray Dalio founded the firm that became the world’s largest hedge fund more than 40 years ago. For years, he promised to retire. Rob Copeland, author of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and...
27 Nov 202335min
The Failed Deal that Led to WeWork’s Downfall
Once a “unicorn”, WeWork has filed for bankruptcy. The co-working company was once valued at $47 billion, but it’s had a rocky few years, including a failed IPO (it later went public through a special...
20 Nov 202340min
How Occidental Petroleum beat an oil giant in a high stakes acquisition
Back in 2019, an unlikely deal took Wall Street and the oil industry by surprise. Occidental Petroleum, commonly called Oxy, acquired Anadarko for $38 billion, beating out oil supermajor Chevron. But ...
13 Nov 202336min
The inside story of how Google went public
Google’s path to going public was rather untraditional from the start. The IPO included secret meetings at Denny’s, an infamous Playboy interview and something known as a “dirty” Dutch Auction. The li...
6 Nov 202337min
How 90s cool kid Marc Jacobs changed the fashion business
When luxury behemoth LVMH tapped Marc Jacobs to lead Louis Vuitton back in 1997, it also acquired the designer’s eponymous label. Hear how the double deal set a new precedent in the industry and helpe...
30 Okt 202336min
