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Oprah Winfrey: Queen of all media
How Oprah became the richest African American of the 20th Century, and queen of all media
George Lucas: Box office billions
How George Lucas became a billionaire filmmaker, despite directing just six movies
Viktor Bout: Merchant of death
How Viktor Bout made billions selling weapons to just about anyone who wanted them
Bernard Arnault: The wolf in cashmere
French entrepreneur Bernard Arnault vies with Elon Musk to be the world's richest person
Kim Kardashian: Breaking the internet
From leaked sex tape to business mogul, how Kim Kardashian leveraged fame for money
Michael Jordan: Most valuable player
How basketball superstar Michael Jordan became the world's first billionaire athlete
Denise Coates: Ultimate gambler
How Bet 365 boss Denise Coates gambled it all to become the world's highest paid woman
Sam Bankman-Fried with Michael Lewis
The spectacular rise and fall of the FTX crypto empire, with special guest Michael Lewis.
Bill Gates: Software hardman
Bill Gates was the richest person in the world for more than a decade
Patrick Soon-Shiong: Cures for cash
Why was biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong sued by his brother... and Cher?
Michael Bloomberg: Market master
How did being fired from Wall Street lead Michael Bloomberg to a $96 billion fortune?
Jay-Z: A business, man
How hip-hop’s first billionaire, Jay-Z, went from dealing grams to winning Grammys
El Chapo: Cocaine kingpin
The story of Mexican drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo
Rupert Murdoch: The Succession prequel
How Rupert Murdoch turned a failing Australian newspaper into a global media empire.
NR Narayana Murthy: India's IT innovator
The father of India's IT boom, and the father-in-law of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Warren Buffett: The oracle of Omaha
How Warren Buffett became the richest investor ever after buying his first shares at 11
Taylor Swift: Swiftonomics
From country songs to private legal battles, how Taylor Swift became a billionaire
Charles Koch: Dark money’s slick operator
How oilman Charles Koch and his feuding family turned black gold into dark money
Gina Rinehart: The other Iron Lady
How Gina Rinehart amassed a $30 billion fortune to become Australia's richest person
Bernie Ecclestone: Fast money
How Bernie Ecclestone won control of Formula One, and how it all came crashing down
Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Man U mogul
He's spent big on Manchester United, but how did Sir Jim Ratcliffe become a billionaire?
Sir Richard Branson: Sky's the limit
From The Exorcist to 400 companies: How music sent Sir Richard Branson into space
Mark Zuckerberg: Move fast and get rich
How one social media site birthed an empire. The story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.
Tiger Woods: Golf’s ‘golden boy’
Golfing superstardom made Tiger Woods rich. Personal disasters nearly took it all away
Sergey Brin: Googling billions
By founding Google, Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich
Miuccia Prada: ‘Ugly fashion’
How a communist mime artist became the boss of one of the world’s biggest fashion houses
Peter Jackson: Lord of the Films
A blockbuster tale: How the Lord of the Rings director became a billionaire
Jerry Seinfeld: The World’s Richest Comedian
How a hit sitcom made a New York stand-up the richest comedian in history
George Soros: 'The man who broke the Bank of England'
A hedge fund tycoon who became one of the most successful investors ever
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Beer, brewing and biotech
How India’s first female self-made billionaire built a pharmaceutical empire
Zhang Yiming: TikTok’s tech boss
How Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billiondollar social media business