Acquired

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IKEA

Episode Date: November 18, 2024

IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally scaled, $50B annual revenue company with no direct c...

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Meta

Episode Date: October 28, 2024

Meta is a company everyone knows (literally, everyone). But, somehow, it’s also a company that few people feel they actually understand. Thei...

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Microsoft Volume II

Episode Date: July 22, 2024

In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world, again...

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Microsoft Volume I

Episode Date: April 22, 2024

Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the most valuable company ever created. The company tha...

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Hermès

Episode Date: February 20, 2024

In luxury, there’s Hermès… and there’s everyone else. Stewarded by one French family over six generations, Hermès sells the absolute pinnacle...

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Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)

Episode Date: January 22, 2024

Last year Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, overtook LVMH to become Europe’s most valuable company....

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Holiday Special 2023

Episode Date: December 18, 2023

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 a...

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Visa

Episode Date: November 27, 2023

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 mat...

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Charlie Munger

Episode Date: October 30, 2023

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’...

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Costco

Episode Date: August 21, 2023

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...

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Nike

Episode Date: July 25, 2023

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 ea...