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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 as a founder, operator, or investor.

#201

TSMC Founder Morris Chang

We flew to Taiwan to interview TSMC Founder Morris Chang in a rare English interview. In f... more

27 Jan 2025

2 HR 54 MINS

2:54:56

27 Jan 2025

#200

TSMC (Remastered)

We dive into the unbelievable and unlikely history behind the quietest technology giant of... more

21 Jan 2025

2 HR 27 MINS

2:27:50

21 Jan 2025

#199

Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)

M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Double Mint, Ben’s Rice, Pedigree, Whiskas, VCA, Banfield… all... more

16 Dec 2024

3 HR 53 MINS

3:53:12

16 Dec 2024

#198

IKEA

IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally s... more

18 Nov 2024

3 HR 22 MINS

3:22:28

18 Nov 2024

#197

Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg)

Here it is: the complete video of the most unbelievable night of Acquired’s nine-year life... more

30 Sep 2024

2 HR 26 MINS

2:26:04

30 Sep 2024

#195

The Mark Zuckerberg Interview

Mark is the iconic founder CEO of our time. At Chase Center on September 10, 2024, he did ... more

18 Sep 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:05

18 Sep 2024

#194

Chase Center + Summer Update

Summer greetings from Acquired! Two items for this “mini-episode”: 1--Tickets are [now ava... more

08 Aug 2024

21 MINS

21:53

08 Aug 2024

#193

Microsoft Volume II

In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft b... more

22 Jul 2024

4 HR 51 MINS

4:51:31

22 Jul 2024

#192

Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)

Starbucks. You’d be hard pressed to name any brand that’s more ubiquitous in the world tod... more

04 Jun 2024

3 HR 13 MINS

3:13:13

04 Jun 2024

#191

Microsoft Volume I

Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the ... more

22 Apr 2024

4 HR 22 MINS

4:22:43

22 Apr 2024

#190

Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no on... more

18 Mar 2024

3 HR 06 MINS

3:06:53

18 Mar 2024

#189

Hermès

In luxury, there’s Hermès… and there’s everyone else. Stewarded by one French family over ... more

20 Feb 2024

4 HR 07 MINS

4:07:33

20 Feb 2024

#188

Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)

Last year Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, overt... more

22 Jan 2024

3 HR 42 MINS

3:42:27

22 Jan 2024

#187

Holiday Special 2023

Ben has some big news. Actually, double big news! On what has become a holiday tradition h... more

18 Dec 2023

2 HR 16 MINS

2:16:38

18 Dec 2023

#186

Visa

To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock, how many of you know Visa? Great, all of you. Now, ho... more

27 Nov 2023

3 HR 43 MINS

3:43:05

27 Nov 2023

#185

Charlie Munger

We sit down with the legendary Charlie Munger in the only dedicated longform podcast inter... more

30 Oct 2023

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:46

30 Oct 2023

#184

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three... more

16 Oct 2023

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:08

16 Oct 2023

#183

Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)

It’s a(nother) new era for Nvidia. We thought we’d closed the Acquired book on Nvidia back... more

06 Sep 2023

2 HR 53 MINS

2:53:55

06 Sep 2023

#182

Costco

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

21 Aug 2023

2 HR 59 MINS

2:59:55

21 Aug 2023

#181

Nike

Nike — it’s perhaps the most iconic and most prolific brand of the modern era. On any give... more

25 Jul 2023

4 HR 00 MINS

4:00:44