Podcasts & Videos
Founders Podcast
The Founders podcast profiles Jakob Fugger, drawing lessons from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived on the ambition, nerve, and ruthless business genius that made history's first documented millionaire a timeless model for entrepreneurs.
Irvington Historical Society
The Irvington Historical Society hosts Greg Steinmetz in conversation about American Rascal, exploring how railroad tycoon Jay Gould built the Gilded Age's greatest fortune while becoming one of the most reviled — and consequential — figures in American business history.
Biographics
Biographics profiles Jakob Fugger — the subject of The Richest Man Who Ever Lived — exploring how this 16th-century German banker built a fortune exceeding nearly two percent of European GDP, stared down kings, helped trigger the Protestant Reformation, and became the world's first modern capitalist.
Founders Podcast
The Founders podcast draws lessons from American Rascal, examining how Jay Gould — called the smartest man in America by Vanderbilt and praised by Rockefeller — combined relentless self-education, financial brilliance, and tactical mastery to become the nineteenth century's most notorious robber baron.
