S1 E6: The Banker Who Sold David Bowie Bonds
David Bowie: ground-breaking musician; artistic shape-shifter; style icon; and ... savvy financial player? We dive into “Bowie Bonds” with the man who created them and unpack their impact on the music...
13 Mars 202329min
S1 E5: Ketchup Wars: 3G’s Takeover of Kraft and Heinz
When Brazilian private investment firm 3G took over Kraft and Heinz, they thought they had a perfect plan. The Closer digs into where it went wrong and who got hurt. It's the story of Ketchup, the evo...
6 Mars 202339min
S1 E4: How Amazon Disrupted The Drug Business With The Help of a Scrappy Startup
A scrappy startup wanted to help people sort their medications, and in the process took on some of the titans of Big Pharma, and won. But that success made it a target for a tech behemoth obsessed wit...
27 Feb 202333min
S1 E3: The Inside Story of Facebook’s Biggest Acquisition
An exec at the center of Whatsapp’s $19 billion sale explains how the deal finally came together and the dispiriting conflict that roiled the companies after the deal closed. We go inside the story of...
20 Feb 202336min
S1 E2: The Failed Deal That Doomed WeWork (no, not the one you're thinking of)
WeWork’s failed IPO was a stunning failure that played out in daily – at times, hourly – headlines around the world. But before that disaster there was another deal that fell through in private, putti...
13 Feb 202341min
S1 E1: The Deal That Made The World's Biggest Airline
The 2013 merger between American Airlines and US Airways created the world’s largest airline. But it also marked the ascent of one of the American labor movement’s most visible faces. To sign up for...
6 Feb 202338min
Introducing The Closer
The inside story of the deals that changed the world, as told by the people who know how it all went down. The Closer, out now. Landmark deals can change everything. They can transform how we live. ...
30 Jan 20232min
