Chieftain Tank: NATO's Multi-Fuel Mandate and the Leyland L60 Engine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Chieftain was Britain's main battle tank from the 1960s into the 1990s, built to replace bot...
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Blackwater: Erik Prince's Swamp Startup, Nisour Square and Academi
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In late 1996 former Navy SEAL Erik Prince and co-founder Al Clark started Blackwater, inspired b...
19 Okt 18min
Blackstone: Schwarzman's BlackRock Regret, Hilton and the GLP Warehouses
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Blackstone began in 1985 when Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman left Lehman Brothers with $4...
19 Okt 22min
BlackRock and Larry Fink: A $90 Million Loss, Aladdin and $15.3 Trillion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!BlackRock manages $15.3 trillion as of 2026, and its story begins with a loss. In the 1980s Larr...
19 Okt 22min
Bellagio: Steve Wynn's Lake Como Boat Ride and the $1.6 Billion Desert Lake
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1992 Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts bought the Dunes Hotel for about $75 million, demolished it ...
19 Okt 21min
Bell Textron: Arthur Young's Bell 47, the Huey and the Tiltrotor Osprey
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Lawrence Dale Bell founded Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York in July 1935, building...
19 Okt 20min
BAE Systems: The Marconi Merger, Al-Yamamah Probes and the Yemen Contracts
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!BAE Systems descends from A.V. Roe, de Havilland, Supermarine, maker of the Spitfire, and Vicker...
19 Okt 23min
Arm Holdings: Apple's Newton, a Rogue China CEO and the Failed Nvidia Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Arm was founded in 1990 as a joint venture of Acorn Computers, VLSI Technology and Apple. Apple ...
19 Okt 21min
