Good Bad Billionaire

How did the richest people make their billions? New eps include: Khaby Lame, MrBeast and Gautam Adani. Let us know if you think they're good, bad or just another billionaire.

World Service,110 episodes

Episodes

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Jack Dorsey: Twitter squared
Jack Dorsey founded a social media behemoth, but made more cash from card payments
19 Oct 2026,41 mins
Khaby Lame: The King of TikTok
The story of Khaby Lame's billion-dollar shrug
12 Oct 2026,40 mins
Gautam Adani: The multiple mogul
Gautam Adani’s businesses span almost every part of life in India
05 Oct 2026,44 mins
Nelson Peltz: Junk bond activist
Nelson Peltz made his money via some contentious methods, but fame came via his daughter
28 Sep 2026,45 mins
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: The billionaire royal
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal built his fortune betting against the crowd
21 Sep 2026,39 mins
Sheryl Sandberg: Chief operator
As COO of Facebook, then Meta, Sheryl Sandberg is a rare billionaire employee
14 Sep 2026,39 mins
Lord Sugar: From entrepreneur to Apprentice
Lord Sugar built a fortune, conquered television, and became Britain’s best-known boss
07 Sep 2026,45 mins
The Batista brothers: Meat and money
How Brazilian brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista built the world’s largest meat empire
27 Jul 2026,39 mins
Tao Huabi: Crispy chilli godmother
Tao Huabi went from childhood poverty in China to building a chilli oil empire
20 Jul 2026,35 mins
Sir Paul McCartney: The rich one - Live at Crossed Wires
How Paul McCartney became the UK's first billionaire rock star
13 Jul 2026,42 mins
Reed Hastings: Netflix’s co-founder and media disruptor
How Reed Hastings took Netflix from rental DVDs-by-mail to global streaming giant
06 Jul 2026,43 mins
Roger Federer: The billion-dollar backhand
How tennis legend Roger Federer became one of the most marketable athletes in history
29 Jun 2026,37 mins
Luana Lopes Lara: Prediction market payout
Luana Lopes Lara is now the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire
22 Jun 2026,45 mins
MrBeast: The business of going viral
From pranks to philanthropy: how MrBeast built a billion-dollar media empire
15 Jun 2026,46 mins
Cristiano Ronaldo: Football's first billionaire player
How Cristiano Ronaldo went from childhood poverty to record-breaking footballer
08 Jun 2026,43 mins
Steven Spielberg: Directing dreams and deals
How Steven Spielberg became the most commercially successful movie director ever
01 Jun 2026,42 mins
Beyoncé: The business of Queen B
How Beyoncé went from talent show tween to music mogul
01 Jun 2026,44 mins
Trailer
Simon and Zing are back with another batch of billionaires
27 May 2026,2 mins
Toto Wolff: Mercedes's billion-dollar F1 boss
How Toto Wolff became the most successful boss in Formula One
02 Mar 2026,45 mins
Ronnie Screwvala: The cable guy
How Ronnie Screwvala changed the viewing habits of India
23 Feb 2026,39 mins
Larry Ellison: Winning the database wars
Larry Ellison is one of Silicon Valley’s most combative and controversial billionaires
16 Feb 2026,46 mins
Elizabeth Holmes: From CEO to criminal
As a new film is released about Elizabeth Holmes, hear about her Silicon Valley dream
09 Feb 2026,47 mins
Peggy Cherng: Engineering a fast-food fortune
How Peggy Cherng used engineering and orange chicken to create a fast-food empire
02 Feb 2026,38 mins
Ben Francis: UK’s youngest billionaire
How Gymshark's Ben Francis went from pizza delivery boy to the UK’s youngest billionaire
26 Jan 2026,45 mins
Elon Musk: You decide!
It’s time to hear what you, our listeners, think of Elon Musk
23 Jan 2026,16 mins
Lucy Guo: The woman training AI
How Lucy Guo went from college dropout to training the AI you use today
19 Jan 2026,41 mins
David Geffen: The Hollywood power broker
How David Geffen, the man behind your favourite music and movies, conquered Hollywood
12 Jan 2026,47 mins
Sara Blakely: Shaping the world with Spanx
How Spanx reshaped celebrity style and made Sara Blakely a billionaire
05 Jan 2026,42 mins
Guy Laliberté: Cirque du Soleil’s clown turned CEO
How Guy Laliberté reinvented the greatest show on earth
05 Jan 2026,41 mins
Elon Musk: Money, memes and Mars
How Elon Musk became the richest person on the planet
01 Dec 2025,55 mins