Good Bad Billionaire

by BBC World Service

Category

Entrepreneurship

Frequency

Updated weekly

Language

English

How did the richest people on the planet make their billions? Find out with the Good Bad Billionaire podcast - now with a chance for you to have your say. Make up your minds whether you think they are good, bad or just another billionaire. Latest episodes: Luciano Benetton and Elon Musk. In each episode of Good Bad Billionaire, BBC Business Editor Simon Jack and journalist and author Zing Tsjeng analyse the lives of the super-rich, and try to understand what motivates billionaires like Kim Karda...

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Recent Reviews

They are asking the wrong question.

@subatomicray•3/29/2026

The proper question is whether or not the systems that enabled the creation of billionaires are good or bad.

Please do Chuck Feeney

all the nicknames are taken009•2/19/2026

Do an episode on Chuck Feeney

There are no good billionaires

Littleworldcunningly•11/28/2025

Every billionaire represents the disenfranchisement of all working people. No matter how much they make a performance of altruism, they are still the symbol of the suffering of millions. Philanthropy is just an illusion meant to distract. And, yes, this includes the beloved Taylor Swift.

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Vandetta_37•11/14/2025

So good!!!!!!

Costco

Downtown LR•7/28/2025

The Sam Walton story incorrectly states that they bought Costco.