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Acquired

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Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.

#214

Ferrari

Ferrari is the pinnacle of luxury scarcity — across its entire 79-year history, the compan... more

13 Apr 2026

3 HR 59 MINS

3:59:20

13 Apr 2026

#213

Formula 1

Formula 1 is three competitions in one: a 200mph battle of the world's best race car drive... more

02 Mar 2026

4 HR 29 MINS

4:29:31

02 Mar 2026

#212

The NFL

The NFL is nearly synonymous with America today. Practically nothing is more quintessentia... more

27 Jan 2026

4 HR 17 MINS

4:17:18

27 Jan 2026

#211

Rolex

Rolex is a series of paradoxes. They sell obsolete and objectively inferior mechanical dev... more

03 Jan 2026

5 HR 00 MINS

5:00:10

03 Jan 2026

#210

Costco

Costco is not only Charlie Munger’s favorite company of all time (plus he’s on the board, ... more

02 Jan 2026

3 HR 02 MINS

3:02:14

02 Jan 2026

#209

10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)

Why has Acquired — seemingly against all odds — “worked”? It's a puzzling question: episod... more

15 Dec 2025

2 HR 47 MINS

2:47:37

15 Dec 2025

#208

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is… sugar water. And somehow it’s also America, Christmas, summertime, friendshi... more

24 Nov 2025

4 HR 04 MINS

4:04:28

24 Nov 2025

#207

Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe's breaks every rule of modern retail. They don't do e-commerce. They don't do d... more

27 Oct 2025

3 HR 28 MINS

3:28:21

27 Oct 2025

#206

Google Part III: The AI Company

Google faces the greatest innovator's dilemma in history. They invented the Transformer — ... more

06 Oct 2025

4 HR 04 MINS

4:04:50

06 Oct 2025

#205

Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan)

It’s finally here! Today we are releasing Acquired’s first “concert film” — the full video... more

01 Oct 2025

01 MINS

01:18

01 Oct 2025

#204

Google Part II: Alphabet

In its first six years from 1998 to 2004, Google built one of the greatest products of all... more

26 Aug 2025

4 HR 10 MINS

4:10:59

26 Aug 2025

#203

The Jamie Dimon Interview

We sit down with Jamie Dimon for a live conversation at Radio City Music Hall, covering th... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:59

16 Jul 2025

#202

Google Part I: Origins of Search

We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its or... more

30 Jun 2025

3 HR 38 MINS

3:38:05

30 Jun 2025

#201

The Steve Ballmer Interview

We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Cli... more

02 Jun 2025

2 HR 57 MINS

2:57:25