Podcast Episodes

Renaissance Technologies

Season 14 Episode 3

Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no one at RenTec would consider themselves an “investor”, at least in any traditional sense of the word. It’d rath…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Hermès

Season 14 Episode 2

In luxury, there’s Hermès… and there’s everyone else. Stewarded by one French family over six generations, Hermès sells the absolute pinnacle of the French luxury dream. Loyal clients will wait years…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)

Season 14 Episode 1

Last year Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, overtook LVMH to become Europe’s most valuable company. And the pull for Acquired to finally tackle healthcare (18…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Holiday Special 2023

Season 13 Episode 5

Ben has some big news. Actually, double big news! On what has become a holiday tradition here at Acquired, we cozy up to the fire to do our annual review of the show “in public”. We reflect on what c…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Visa

Season 13 Episode 4

To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock, how many of you know Visa? Great, all of you. Now, how many of you know how it started? Or, for that matter, who started it? Who runs and governs it? Where is it …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Charlie Munger

Season 13

We sit down with the legendary Charlie Munger in the only dedicated longform podcast interview that he has done in his 99 years on Earth. We’ve gotten to have some special conversations on Acquired o…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

Season 13

We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three parts and seven+ hours of covering the company, we thought we knew everything but — unsurprisingly — Jensen …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

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

Season 13 Episode 3

It’s a(nother) new era for Nvidia.

We thought we’d closed the Acquired book on Nvidia back in April 2022. The story was all wrapped up: Jensen & crew had set out on an amazing journey to accelerate th…

Published on 2 years ago

Costco

Season 13 Episode 2

Costco is not only Charlie Munger’s favorite company of all time (plus he’s on the board, natch), it’s an absolutely fascinating study in how seemingly opposite characteristics can combine to create …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Nike

Season 13 Episode 1

Nike — it’s perhaps the most iconic and most prolific brand of the modern era. On any given day, swooshes adorn the feet of more people on earth than any other footwear company — by a long shot.

If yo…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago