Money · Series
How They Made It
The messy, lucky and occasionally ridiculous beginnings of the world's biggest companies.
Episodes
- 1How Nintendo Started as a Playing Card CompanyHand-painted gambling cards, a love hotel, and the toy that saved a company from the brink.
- 2Palantir's Documented ControversiesA startup nobody would fund, a leaked email, and a city that never knew it was a test case.
- 3Societe Generale: From Napoleon III's Decree to the Kerviel Trading ScandalA bank created by an emperor's signature, nearly destroyed in four days by one trader's hidden fifty billion euros.