Simon Jack en Zing Tsjeng onderzoeken hoe ‘s werelds rijkste mensen hun miljarden verdienden, en vervolgens beoordelen ze hen. Zijn ze goed, slecht of gewoon weer een andere miljardair? Good Bad Billionaire is hier om het gordijn op te lichten over de gedachten, motieven en geld van enkele van ‘s werelds rijkste individuen. Onder leiding van Simon Jack, zakelijk redacteur voor BBC News, en journalist, auteur en podcaster Zing Tsjeng, onderzoekt deze baanbrekende nieuwe serie de opkomst van een andere miljardair per week om de vraag te beantwoorden: zijn ze goed, slecht of gewoon weer een andere miljardair?
Van de tech-titanen van Silicon Valley en geheime CEO’s tot Wall Street-moguls, popsterren en sportlegendes, Simon en Zing komen erachter hoe deze miljardairs hun rijkdom vergaarden – vanaf het allereerste begin tot aan de top. Geen detail is te klein, geen verhaal te wild en geen zakelijke deal te schimmig om te ontrafelen. Hoe lanceerde Amazon-baas Jeff Bezos een van de grootste bedrijven van het internettijdperk? Hoe verdiende zesvoudig NBA-kampioen Michael Jordan een fortuin aan productendorsements met sportgigant Nike? Hoe kwam Rihanna ertoe om bij Jay-Z te tekenen en een schoonheidsproductenimperium op te richten? En hoe verdiende Chuck Feeney de titel ‘de James Bond van filantropie’?
Met afleveringen die Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, George Lucas en Kim Kardashian onderzoeken, schetsen deze verhalen een levendig beeld van zaken, ondernemerschap, kapitalisme en hoe onze wereld echt werkt. Maar het gaat niet alleen om hoe deze miljardairs hun geld verdienden; het gaat erom wat ze ermee hebben gedaan. Simon en Zing stellen elk van hen voor de rechter om erachter te komen: is deze miljardair een kracht ten goede of een agent van chaos? Of misschien ergens daartussenin…
How did the planet’s richest people make their billions? From celebrities and secretive CEOs to sporting legends and tech titans, Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng find out, and then decide whether they think they’re good, bad, or just another billionaire.
Ever wondered how Taylor Swift went from country singer to money-spinner? How Amazon boss Jeff Bezos came to launch one of the biggest corporations of the internet age? And how six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan made his fortune with Nike? Good Bad Billionaire is here to analyse the minds, motives and money of some of the world’s wealthiest individuals. No detail is too small and no story too wild to uncover.
Join us on a global journey, discovering all we can about some of the richest people on the planet. We hear about billionaires in Russia, China, New Zealand, India, Nigeria and the UK. In the United States, there are those who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and high street fashion.
Exploring the lives of Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, El Chapo, Narayana Murthy and Kim Kardashian, this podcast paints a vivid picture of business, entrepreneurship, capitalism and how our world really works.
In season two, we learn how the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Peter Jackson, Doris Fisher and George Soros came to join the billionaires’ club. We explore how Tiger Woods went from a child golfing prodigy to the world’s highest paid athlete, how a communist mime artist became the boss of fashion house Prada and how Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought an English football club. Find out how Mukesh Ambani became Asia’s richest person, and how Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in a post-apartheid South Africa.
Plus, we examine some of the biggest names behind the technology shaping our world – the founders of TikTok, Google, ChatGPT, Alibaba and Bumble.
But it’s not just how these billionaires made their money; it’s what they did with it next. Ultimately, Simon and Zing consider whether they think these people are a force for “good”, the opposite, or somewhere in between.
Join Simon Jack, business editor for BBC News, and journalist, author and podcaster Zing Tsjeng as this podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, ambition and moral responsibility, and invites you to make up your own mind: are they Good, Bad, or Just Another Billionaire?
New episodes released on Mondays.
There are now even more billionaires. How did the super-rich become so rich? Good, Bad Billionaire is coming back with season 2 to find out. New episodes released on Mondays from 29 July.
We’ll discover more about the lives of the people on the planet who have the most money, then Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng will decide if they think they are good, bad, or just another billionaire. Learn how the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Peter Jackson, Doris Fisher and George Soros came to join the billionaires’ club. Explore how Tiger Woods went from a child golfing prodigy to the world’s highest paid athlete, how a communist mime artist became the boss of fashion house Prada, and how the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought an English football club. Find out how Mukesh Ambani became Asia’s richest person, and how Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in a post-apartheid South Africa. Plus, hear about some of the biggest names behind the technology shaping our world – the founders of TikTok, Google, ChatGPT, Alibaba and Bumble.
It’s a global journey through huge amounts of cash – on our list are billionaires in the US, the UK, Italy, Mexico, China, New Zealand, India, South Africa Nigeria, and elsewhere around the world.
Join Simon Jack, business editor for BBC News, and journalist, author and podcaster Zing Tsjeng as Good, Bad Billionaire unravels tales of fortune, power, ambition and moral responsibility, and invites you to make up your own mind: are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?
