Good Bad Billionaire
How did the richest people on the planet make their billions? New episodes include: Sir Paul McCartney, Roger Federer, MrBeast, Luana Lopes Lara, Beyoncé, Cristiano Ronaldo and Steven Spielberg.Make up your minds whether you think they are good, bad or just another billionaire. In each episode, BBC Business Editor Simon Jack and journalist and author Zing Tsjeng analyse the lives of the super-rich, and try to understand what motivates billionaires like Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey.New season: From singing superstar Beyoncé, to footballing legend Cristiano Ronaldo, Simon and Zing will rate their wealth, power, le...
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Episodes (110)
The Batista brothers: Meat and money
Aug 3, 2026
Tao Huabi: Crispy chilli godmother
Jul 27, 2026
Sir Paul McCartney: The rich one - Live at Crossed Wires
Jul 20, 2026
Reed Hastings: Netflix’s co-founder and media disruptor
Jul 13, 2026
Roger Federer: The billion-dollar backhand
Jul 6, 2026
Luana Lopes Lara: Prediction market payout
Jun 29, 2026
MrBeast: The business of going viral
Jun 22, 2026
See Good Bad Billionaire live!
Jun 17, 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo: Football's first billionaire player
Jun 15, 2026
Steven Spielberg: Directing dreams and deals
Jun 8, 2026
Beyoncé: The business of Queen B
Jun 1, 2026
Trailer
May 27, 2026
The Lee family (from Inheritance: Samsung): Part three
Apr 29, 2026
The Lee family (from Inheritance: Samsung): Part two
Apr 29, 2026
The Lee family (from Inheritance: Samsung): Part one
Apr 29, 2026
Toto Wolff: Mercedes's billion-dollar F1 boss
Mar 9, 2026
Ronnie Screwvala: The cable guy
Mar 2, 2026
Larry Ellison: Winning the database wars
Feb 23, 2026
Elizabeth Holmes: From CEO to criminal
Feb 16, 2026
Weekend listening: The Interface
Feb 14, 2026
Peggy Cherng: Engineering a fast-food fortune
Feb 9, 2026
Ben Francis: UK’s youngest billionaire
Feb 2, 2026
Lucy Guo: The woman training AI
Jan 26, 2026
Elon Musk: You decide!
Jan 23, 2026
David Geffen: The Hollywood power broker
Jan 19, 2026
Sara Blakely: Shaping the world with Spanx
Jan 12, 2026
Guy Laliberté: Cirque du Soleil’s clown turned CEO
Jan 5, 2026
Elon Musk: Money, memes and Mars
Dec 8, 2025
Luciano Benetton: Famous fashion to cultural controversy
Dec 1, 2025
Tyler Perry: Homeless to Hollywood entrepreneur
Nov 24, 2025
Lakshmi Mittal: King of steel
Nov 17, 2025
Michael O’Leary: Ryanair’s cost-cutting king
Nov 10, 2025
Diane Hendricks: Building a fortune
Nov 3, 2025
John Fredriksen: Tanker king
Oct 27, 2025
Evan Spiegel: Snapchat fratboy
Oct 20, 2025
Tatyana Kim: Russia’s online retail queen
Oct 13, 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Muscles, movies, money
Oct 6, 2025
Coming soon: More tales of the mega-rich
Sep 19, 2025
Encore - Film Stories: George Lucas and Peter Jackson
Sep 8, 2025
The dead billionaires: What do you think?
Aug 27, 2025
Hetty Green: The 'witch' of Wall Street
Aug 4, 2025
Sam Walton: Walmart’s founder
Jul 28, 2025
Howard Hughes: Eccentric aviator
Jul 21, 2025
Henry Ford: Putting the world on wheels
Jul 14, 2025
John D Rockefeller: The first billionaire
Jul 7, 2025
Coming soon: Good Bad Dead Billionaire
Jun 23, 2025
Eike Batista: Golden grifter
Jun 2, 2025
LeBron James: King of the court
May 26, 2025
Masayoshi Son: High-tech gambler
May 19, 2025
Strive Masiyiwa: Connecting a continent
May 12, 2025