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Good Bad Billionaire Episodes

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    Martha Stewart: The original lifestyle influencer

    Martha Stewart, the homemaker who sold perfection to America

  2. Strive Masiyiwa: Connecting a continent

    Telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa escaped kidnap to become Zimbabwe鈥檚 first billionaire

  3. John de Mol: Big Brother鈥檚 daddy

    By reinventing reality TV, John de Mol made television history and a billion dollars

  4. Markus Persson: Minecraft maker

    How did Markus Persson create Minecraft, the most successful computer game ever?

  5. Aliko Dangote: Africa鈥檚 richest person

    Aliko Dangote started a cement business, and went on to become Africa鈥檚 richest person

  6. Zhang Yiming: TikTok鈥檚 tech boss

    How Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billiondollar social media business

  7. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotech

    How India鈥檚 first female self-made billionaire built a pharmaceutical empire

  8. George Soros: 'The man who broke the Bank of England'

    A hedge fund tycoon who became one of the most successful investors ever

  9. Jerry Seinfeld: The world鈥檚 richest comedian

    How a hit sitcom made a New York stand-up the richest comedian in history

  10. Peter Jackson: Lord of the Films

    A blockbuster tale: How the Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire

  11. Miuccia Prada: 鈥楿gly fashion鈥�

    How a communist mime artist became the boss of one of the world鈥檚 biggest fashion houses

  12. Sergey Brin: Googling billions

    By founding Google, Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich

  13. Tiger Woods: Golf鈥檚 鈥榞olden boy鈥�

    Golfing superstardom made Tiger Woods rich. Personal disasters nearly took it all away

  14. Warren Buffett: The Oracle of Omaha

    How Warren Buffett became the richest investor ever after buying his first shares at 11.

  15. Jim Ratcliffe: Man U Mogul

    He's spent a billion on Manchester United, but how did Jim Ratcliffe become a billionaire?

  16. Taylor Swift: Swiftonomics

    From public feuds to private legal battles, how a country singer became a billionaire.

  17. Oprah Winfrey: Queen Of All Media

    How Oprah became the richest African American of the 20th Century and queen of all media.

  18. George Lucas: Box Office Billions

    How George Lucas became a billionaire filmmaker despite directing just six movies.

  19. Rihanna: Turning Beauty into Billions

    How pop star Rihanna became the richest person from Barbados in all of history.

  20. Michael Jordan: Most Valuable Player

    How basketball's biggest superstar became the world's first athlete billionaire.

  21. Bill Gates: Software Hardman

    The story of the Microsoft boss who was the richest person in the world for over a decade.

  22. Yvon Chouinard: A $3 billion giveaway

    The founder of sporting apparel firm Patagonia made billions - then gave it all away

  23. Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneur

    How the woman who founded dating apps Bumble and Tinder was briefly a billionaire

  24. Warren Buffett: The oracle of Omaha

    How Warren Buffett became the richest investor ever after buying his first shares at 11

  25. Vince McMahon: Wrestling's ringmaster

    Vince McMahon turned professional wrestling into a global phenomenon

  26. Viktor Bout: Merchant of death

    How Viktor Bout made billions selling weapons to just about anyone who wanted them

  27. The dead billionaires: What do you think?

    Your verdicts on Rockefeller, Ford, Hughes, Walton and Green

  28. Taylor Swift: Swiftonomics

    From country songs to private legal battles, how Taylor Swift became a billionaire

  29. Tatyana Kim: Russia鈥檚 online retail queen

    How Tatyana Kim went from English teacher to head of Russian鈥檚 largest online retailer

  30. Sir Richard Branson: Sky's the limit

    From The Exorcist to 400 companies: How music sent Sir Richard Branson into space

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