Peter Jackson: Lord of the Films

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

• 46 mins

Jerry Seinfeld: The World’s Richest Comedian

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

• 37 mins

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

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

• 46 mins

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotech

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

• 34 mins

Zhang Yiming: TikTok’s tech boss

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

• 47 mins

Sam Altman: ChatGPT and the AI revolution

Sam Altman made a billion investing in tech start-ups, but made his name through AI

• 46 mins

Aliko Dangote: Africa’s richest person

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

• 39 mins

Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneur

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

• 42 mins

Yvon Chouinard: A $3 billion giveaway

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

• 48 mins

Jack Ma: China's ecommerce CEO

How Jack Ma brought ecommerce to China by creating online mega-platform Alibaba

• 43 mins

Patrice Motsepe: Mining magnate

How Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in post-apartheid South Africa

• 40 mins

Mukesh Ambani: Asia’s richest person

How Indian multinational conglomerate boss Mukesh Ambani built Asia's biggest fortune

• 45 mins

Roman Abramovich: Premier League oligarch

How Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich got rich, then got sanctioned

• 41 mins

Carlos Slim Helú: Telecom titan

Mexican telecom company boss Carlos Slim Helú was once the richest person on Earth

• 46 mins

Doris Fisher: Don’t mind The Gap

How American businesswoman Doris Fisher and her husband founded a clothing empire

• 43 mins

Peter Thiel: Paypal mafioso

How Peter Thiel made his fortune from huge tech companies then renounced Silicon Valley

• 47 mins

Encore - Taylor Swift: Swiftonomics

A brief update after Taylor Swift's Eras tour ended, and another chance to hear her story

• 53 mins

Encore - Chuck Feeney: All duty

Revisiting the story of Chuck Feeney, a billionaire who gave it all away

• 38 mins

Martha Stewart: The original lifestyle influencer

Martha Stewart, the homemaker who sold perfection to America

• 51 mins

Sir James Dyson: Sucking up the cash

How a blocked vacuum cleaner led to a billion-dollar idea for inventor James Dyson

• 46 mins

John de Mol: Big Brother’s daddy

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

• 41 mins

Markus Persson: Minecraft maker

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

• 46 mins

Vince McMahon: Wrestling's ringmaster

Vince McMahon turned professional wrestling into a global phenomenon

• 48 mins

Orlando Bravo: Tech dealmaker

Orlando Bravo failed to become a tennis pro, but private equity made him a billionaire

• 46 mins

Selena Gomez: Actress, singer, beauty mogul

How Disney star Selena Gomez became a billionaire beauty entrepreneur

• 47 mins

Ike Perlmutter: Marvel’s empire builder

Ike Perlmutter, the CEO who reinvented Marvel

• 46 mins