Billionaire Founder Stories

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Minecraft Billionaire Markus Persson. We explore how Markus built Minecraft from the ground up, combining coding, creativity, and relentless experimentation, and turned it into one of the most successful games in history.

Steam Billionaire Gabe Newell. Gabe Newell, a former Microsoft engineer, asked a different question: What if games lived online, and creators could reach the world instantly? Here, we explore how Gabe Newell co-created Steam

Pearl Abyss Billionaire - Kim Dae-il. Black Desert’s success didn’t just make money, it launched Pearl Abyss / Valve into a global phenomenon with millions of players in more than 150 countries

Drone Billionaire Frank Wang - DJI Drones. Frank Wang, a young engineering student from China, went from building unstable drone prototypes in his dorm room to founding DJI, the company that would dominate the global drone industry.

YouTube Billionaires (Comic Art Recreation). Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim: three friends, one idea, a mega-billion dollar empire. They weren’t famous. They weren’t rich. They just followed their idea. This is the true story of the young entrepreneurs who built YouTube

Snapchat Billionaire Evan Spiegel. The story of Evan Spiegel, who co-founded Snapchat while still a young student, challenging one of the core assumptions of the internet: that everything must be permanent.

Tik-Tok Billionaire Founders. Zhang’s premise: Content should find you, not the other way around. AI could level the playing field for unknown creators. Attention itself is the new economy This approach turned TikTok into one of the fastest-growing platforms in history.

Pinduoduo Billionaire. Colin Huang didn’t just build another shopping app, he reimagined how people buy together.

Elon The Loop Billionaire - Tunnel Boring Machine. Elon Musk's Boring Company focuses on Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) designed for higher speed, Smaller-diameter tunnels, which reduce excavation costs, and allow continuous mining

Gree Billionaire Yoshikazu Tanaka. Yoshikazu Tanaka saw an opportunity: mobile social networking and gaming combined. As a young entrepreneur, he founded Gree, a platform that let users play, connect, and share content online.


Episode Date
Tesla vs. Lithium Americas Follow the Money
Jan 18, 2026
Glencore vs China Moly Follow the Money
Jan 17, 2026
Follow the Money 'Propose a City' Contest
Jan 17, 2026
ExxonMobil vs. Occidental Follow the Money
Jan 17, 2026
YouTube Mega-Billionaires 5-Story Podcast
Jan 14, 2026
Call of Duty Billionaire Vince Zampella
Jan 14, 2026
Elon Musk The Loop Billionaire
Jan 14, 2026
Tesla Billionaire Elon Musk
Jan 14, 2026
SnapChat Billionaire Evan Spiegel
Jan 14, 2026
Pearl Abyss Billionaire Founder
Jan 14, 2026
TikTok Billionaire Zhang Yiming
Jan 14, 2026
Steam Billionaire Gabe Newell
Jan 14, 2026
Minecraft Billionaire Markus Notch Persson
Jan 14, 2026