McDonnell Douglas: The Unbuilt DC-10 Twin, the MD-11 and Express Scripts
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!McDonnell Douglas joined two empires built by men with parallel lives. James Smith McDonnell and...
19 Okt 21min
Martin Marietta: Titan Missiles, Driveway Sealant and a Pac-Man Defense
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Martin Marietta was born in 1961 from the merger of the Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore, bu...
19 Okt 18min
Maersk: A Star on the SS Laura, the NotPetya Attack and a 0.6% Tax Rate
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Maersk's seven-pointed white star dates to 1886, when Danish captain Peter Mærsk Møller, aboard ...
19 Okt 20min
MTV: The Buggles Launch, David Bowie's Challenge and the Final Music Feed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981, cutting from Apollo 11 moon landing footage to a mutating...
19 Okt 20min
MGM Resorts: Kirk Kerkorian's Hilton Regret, Mandalay Bay and an $18B Bid
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!MGM Resorts traces back to a regret. In 1970 Kirk Kerkorian, who had just bought the Metro-Goldw...
19 Okt 23min
Lockheed: A $40,000 Bankruptcy Sale, a Hidden Factory and the 1971 Bailout
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Allan Loughead and his brother Malcolm founded the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 19...
19 Okt 25min
Klarna: Kreditor's Erlang Engine, a $46B to $6.7B Drop and an AI Bot
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Klarna started in 2005 as Kreditor, founded by Stockholm School of Economics students Sebastian ...
19 Okt 20min
KKR: The Bear Stearns Bootstrap, Oregon Pension Money and the $109 RJR Bid
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!KKR began at Bear Stearns in the 1960s and 1970s, where senior corporate finance banker Jerome K...
19 Okt 27min
