Episodes (Page 3)
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Jiro Ono, world's greatest sushi chef, rose to top profession after starting work at 9 to avoid homelessness
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Enzo Ferrari emerges as history's greatest obsessive, with hundreds of thousands of analyzed words distilled into core principles
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Colin Chapman revolutionized F1 design as 'mad scientist,' Bernie Ecclestone built F1 business into premier sport, Dietrich Mateschitz disrupted with Red Bull
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Leonardo Del Vecchio overcame orphanhood and poverty by learning trade, starting factory work at 14, rising to factory manager at 18
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Michelin brothers transformed a failing French tire factory by focusing on creating demand for driving rather than just selling tires
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Michele Ferrero transformed a family pastry shop into a $40 billion privately-held chocolate empire through obsessive focus on product differentiation and quality
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Jimmy Iovine grew up in rough Brooklyn circumstances and entered the music industry by sweeping floors at a recording studio, eventually meeting John Lennon
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At age 29, Steve Jobs articulated the upcoming technological revolution and why personal computers are humanity's greatest tool for augmenting human capability
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Tamara Mellon transformed a high-end shoe company into a billion-dollar brand while navigating tension between creative and financial priorities
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Jeff Bezos's shareholder letters provide a masterclass in building customer-obsessed, high-growth internet businesses through clear thinking and ferocious intelligence
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy and the host conducted an off-the-cuff conversation on focus and finding your life's work, inspired by the Todd Graves Raising Canes episode
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Jim Simons founded Renaissance Technologies, the world's greatest money-making machine, generating over $100 billion in profits despite having no finance background or interest in business
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Akio Morita co-founded Sony after rejecting a traditional path as heir to a 300-year-old sake-brewing family, instead forging his legacy in post-war Japanese electronics
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Michael Dell started his company with $1000 at age 19 and grew it to $25.3 billion in revenue by 1999 while maintaining profitability every single quarter
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Ken Griffin founded Citadel 35 years ago and Citadel Securities 23 years ago, earning reputations as a 'Winner' and 'Killer' among peers and super-successful entrepreneurs
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Daniel Ludwig became the world's richest person while remaining virtually unknown to the public, building over 200 companies operating in 50+ countries
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Todd Graves built Raising Canes by following Charlie Munger's maxim to find a simple idea and take it seriously
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Michael Ovitz founded Creative Artists Agency 50 years ago with five young men in a run-down office, eventually building the most powerful agency in the world
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Mediocrity becomes visible only when passion shows up to expose it; there is no ceiling on how far you can push your profession with the right mindset
Michael Ovitz
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Alex Morris compiled 30+ years of Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings (1700+ questions) into a 450+ page book presenting Buffett and Munger's best ideas in their own words