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

Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no one at RenTec would consider themselves... more

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

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

Ben has some big news. Actually, double big news! On what has become a holiday tradition here at Acquired, we... more

To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock, how many of you know Visa? Great, all of you. Now, how many of... more

We sit down with the legendary Charlie Munger in the only dedicated longform podcast interview that he has done in... more

We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three parts and seven+ hours... more

It’s a(nother) new era for Nvidia.We thought we’d closed the Acquired book on Nvidia back in April 2022. The story... more

Costco is not only Charlie Munger’s favorite company of all time (plus he’s on the board, natch), it’s an absolutely... more

Nike — it’s perhaps the most iconic and most prolific brand of the modern era. On any given day, swooshes... more

Nobody’s perfect — including Porsche. Despite that phrase appearing in their famous 1983 magazine advertisement, they managed to get damn-close... more

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped by the Acquired studio for an Eats delivery, so we broke out the cameras and... more

Today we bring you two absolutely incredible stories. The first is Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works division — the elite team... more

We sit down with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek live in Stockholm at Spotify’s amazing HQ studio (check out the video... more

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame)... more

Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Sega went from... more

In the 1980’s Nintendo was on top of the world, with the NES achieving over 90% market share of home... more

7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer and his Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi join us again to discuss their latest research... more

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the... more

You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy... more

We tell the full history of LVMH, and how Bernard Arnault turned a $15m investment in a bankrupt French textile... more

The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to explore the nation’s... more

Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our... more

Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!) of the internet’s best... more

The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquired could uniquely add... more

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the... more

We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during which we ask... more

We kick off ACQ Sessions with the-behind-the-scenes story of All-in, from the world’s greatest moderator himself Jason Calacanis. ACQ Sessions... more

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim:... more

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at... more

We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while less-well-known, is also... more

Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one. We’ve waited... more

This episode is a first for Acquired: we’re joined by a sitting US Congressman (from Ben’s home state of Ohio!),... more

We kick off Season 11 with the incredible story of the retail “granddaddy of them all” Walmart, and its founder... more

When Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Brent Beshore asked us to give a talk at their incredible Capital Camp conference, we knew... more

We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”, why it’s so important and... more

We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time —... more

For the final act of the Arena Show, we’re joined by Brooks CEO Jim Weber to tell the amazing story... more

We did an Arena Show!! This evening was so big and so special, we had to split it into two... more

By 2012, NVIDIA was on a decade-long road to nowhere. Or so most rational observers of the company thought. CEO... more

We sit down once again with one of the world’s very best strategy thinkers, 7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer —... more

He wears signature leather jackets. He can bench press more than you. He makes cars that drive themselves. He’s cheated... more

We hear a lot these days about hedge funds becoming venture firms, and venture firms becoming hedge funds. But a... more

Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture... more

We sit down with two of the most talented and respected people in Hollywood — Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt... more

We sit down with perhaps the only person besides Marc Andreessen who’s had a major influence on each of the... more

The Peloton journey has been one seriously wild ride. From can’t raise money to one of Tiger Global’s first venture... more

Not only is Taylor Swift the biggest music artist of our generation by nearly every metric (it’s not even close!),... more

Season 9 ends at the beginning — with the man who changed Hollywood forever and wrote the blueprint for A16Z’s... more

Note: This episode was published on Dec 14, 2021, approximately a year before FTX’s subsequent meltdown. The apparent negligence, fraud... more

You've heard us talk about him every episode for the past two years... but until now most of you have... more

When does a creator become a company? Who says that media companies — or venture firms — have to be... more

Of our 65+ sources for the TSMC episode, one stood above the rest: a wonderful Knowledge Project episode with Brinton... more

We bring the epic saga of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller to a close (for now) with two of... more

We sit down with the one & only Michael Mauboussin to dive deep into his incredible body of work: untangling... more

It's time. We dive into the *original* American capitalist mega winner, Standard Oil, and its legendary founder John D. Rockefeller.... more

It's time. We dive into the unbelievable history behind the quietest technology giant of them all — and as of... more

We sit down with the one and only Kevin Rose to talk about his journey from pioneering Web 2.0 with... more

Alright, backstory's out of the way, and Acquired is rolling three hours deep on the venture firm that changed the... more