Heading into Memorial Day weekend, we whipped up the top pop-biz stories about legendary business leaders from the last year:#1. Dolly Parton launched a new album, a food brand, & 78th birthday… So we jumped into her $600M Dollywood conglomerate.#2. Bill Gates’ former assistant is now wealthier than him… It’s a lesson on risk, reward, and makin’ money.#3. Jony Ive designed the iPhone… and he just unveiled his next big (secret) thing.Share this episode with your buddy with your buddy who loves some inspo… or listen to it twice and then take on that next big thing.And if you crave more business storytelling from us? Check out our weekly deepdive show: “The Best Idea Yet” — The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks—-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. And today's leaders pod is the best one yet. Our top three business leader stories of the past year. Yetis, if you're listening to this pod, I am on a flight to France and Jack is swimming down in the Mad River freezing his butt off. For Memorial Day weekend, we curated three stories from last year.
on epic business leader profiles because these people changed how we think. Yeah, they really did. So after you finish this episode, send it to a buddy who'd be inspired by one of these business legends and then go enjoy a margarita moment by the grill. You earned it. Friday's the real Friday. Jack, what's on today's show? For our first story, we're going back to January 26th, 2024.
Country singer Dolly Parton just celebrated a new birthday, a new food brand, and a new album. Not too shabby. So we're looking at the billion-dollar business of Dolly Parton's Dollywood. For our second story, we're going back to July 8th. Bill Gates, for a long time, was the richest person in the world. But his former assistant at Microsoft is now richer than Bill Gates.
And it's a lesson for all of us in risk, reward, and money. And our third and final story is from September 24th. Johnny Ive is the greatest industrial designer of our time. He designed the iPhone. And after five years in secrecy, Johnny Ive just unveiled his next. Next big thing. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories, Jack.
Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Sam Altman. Okay, we looked at the data. Those are the three most common business names in news. Last year, the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about Elon every single day. We covered Warren Buffett six different times. And Sam Altman is in so many places, he's probably sitting next to you right now.
Whoa, Sam, what are you doing there?
But you also come to us, this pod, for stories no one else is whipping up. So there are three other names in business that we think you should know. Three business icons who don't get front page news treatment. Honestly, if we could grab brunch with three people in business right now, this, Jack, this is the group. We'd order eggs Benedict. We'd get sauce on the side.
And we would take notes the end. entire meal. So grab a pen, grab a paper, and take a seat at the table. Besties, these are our three top business leader stories from last year.
15 years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in the dorm. They had an idea to cause a cultural storm. It's the best one yet, but the best is the norm. Jack Nick.
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