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Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal spend months researching a single company, then tell its full story and strategy in one long episode — from founding and financing to the deals and decisions that decided whether it worked. The show is built as a conversational audiobook about why some companies compound for decades while most do not.

Ben Gilbert · David Rosenthal

2024 episodes

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Acquired is hosted by Ben Gilbert · David Rosenthal. Browse 218 episodes. Each card shows whether an in-depth read or transcript is available. Read Chinese and English side by side when matching versions are available. New reads are reviewed before publication.

IKEA
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AcquiredEpisode 2024-11-18

IKEA

Transcript · 143 min readFree to read
Meta
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AcquiredEpisode 2024-10-28

Meta

Transcript · 286 min readFree to read
Hermès
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AcquiredEpisode 2024-02-20

Hermès

Transcript · 184 min readFree to read