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Ben Gilbert
FollowCo-host of the Acquired podcast on company histories
The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Ben Gilbert, updated daily.
7 days ago
Sep 14
The Home Depot: The best-performing stock in the S&P 500 since IPO (Audio)
Home Depot's founding story is like an Avengers movie… if the Avengers got fired, went broke, and stacked empty paint cans ten feet high to look legitimate.
Acquired
6 weeks ago
Aug 10
Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
In 1984, the Walt Disney Company was worth more dead than alive.
Acquired
3 months ago
Jun 22
The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney pioneered synchronized-sound cartoons, invented the IP flywheel, and built the modern theme park — turning a twice-failed Kansas City animator into the most powerful brand in…
Acquired
4 months ago
Jun 2
What Acquired's hosts learned from studying the greatest companies in history — WorkOS
What do Hermes, Ferrari, Apple, and Google have in common? They leaned into what made them weird.
WorkOS
4 months ago
May 18
Vanguard
Jack Bogle invented the index fund, gave the company away to its customers, and built Vanguard into the world's largest fund manager — saving everyday investors over $1 trillion in fees.
Acquired
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