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Tycoons

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Inside the secret world where billionaires reshape nations, markets, and everyday life.

Explore how billionaire innovators and power players have shaped modern life, from technology and manufacturing to social media and retail. Across stories spanning the United States, Russia, and China, the series examines ambition, risk, influence, and the consequences of extreme wealth. Sign up to see how today’s tycoons help drive society while testing its limits.

Episode guide

3 episodes
1
1USA
These are the complex journeys of the billionaire tycoons--industrialists and entrepreneurs who yield just as much power as any elected leader. Musk, Gates, Ma, and more. These are the superpowers’ super-rich.
52 min
2
2Russia
An incredible story, told through the lives of Russia’s billionaire Oligarchs, of a country dominated by a dictator. From a bungled privatization of massive state-owned assets in the nineties, we explore how Putin has regained control of the powerful Oligarchs and how they’ve influenced the world.
52 min
3
3China
A story, told through the lives of China’s billionaires, of a country transformed into a global powerhouse. Capitalism was once a dangerous word but now China creates a new billionaire almost every day.
52 min
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