# Acquired

A podcast by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.

Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/acquired

## Latest episodes

- [Seinfeld](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/ad49a6f8e895) (2026-10-19, 231 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/96a5f313/515377c5.mp3
- [The Home Depot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/f969937522a4) (2026-09-14, 216 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/8ecb4ed4/568b6b7a.mp3
- [Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/dbbc70a9cd88) (2026-08-10, 273 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/4bcdc326/22e5d62f.mp3
- [The Walt Disney Company](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/c19ef3328685) (2026-06-22, 272 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/04eefe71/39c635fd.mp3
- [Vanguard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/cb01a34a9940) (2026-05-18, 229 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/ee9d0817/c12627bd.mp3
- [Rolex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/a072f61ec2a9) (2026-05-03, 292 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/7bea4e45/0aa48fa3.mp3
- [Costco](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/9dedfb295a9b) (2026-05-02, 174 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/fcf31c71/acf1c31d.mp3
- [Ferrari](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/996939cdb0eb) (2026-04-13, 232 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/9ca1df08/e400ba0d.mp3
- [Formula 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/ee0ab544cf8c) (2026-03-02, 259 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/93e7bac7/9d4b12b6.mp3
- [The NFL](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/540ccba5834d) (2026-01-27, 249 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/87d6503d/b2af8272.mp3
- [10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/0828b4cdc7e0) (2025-12-15, 158 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/0f470567/18269289.mp3
- [Coca-Cola](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/4d3960d26aa2) (2025-11-24, 234 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/95f9fcf7/68ea94eb.mp3
- [Trader Joe’s](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/24c83cabc198) (2025-10-27, 198 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/8d72cb9c/19650029.mp3
- [Google Part III: The AI Company](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/0e4ac82db8a8) (2025-10-06, 237 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/701dc613/9f822931.mp3
- [Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/8cdb69bf3746) (2025-10-01, 2 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/6f730593/d29fa674.mp3
- [Google Part II: Alphabet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/7eb6267e8870) (2025-08-26, 243 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/8296b628/7f670b87.mp3
- [The Jamie Dimon Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/3ff828194ee5) (2025-07-16, 61 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/621b1ddd/5b08fc34.mp3
- [Google Part I: Origins of Search](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/b55d4c6c2503) (2025-06-30, 210 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/d927288f/d5b2a4ff.mp3
- [The Steve Ballmer Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/d44b276ae842) (2025-06-02, 169 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/6a598848/caeda411.mp3
- [Epic Systems (MyChart)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/fc09d57d99e8) (2025-04-21, 227 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/da990430/4c8bb4df.mp3
- [Indian Premier League Cricket](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/1f1c4dd85c73) (2025-03-24, 258 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/c5d05bfb/3bc12ad7.mp3
- [TSMC Founder Morris Chang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/cbf2d97497ad) (2025-01-27, 168 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/9a264053/327df5d5.mp3
- [Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/c4f3ab601fda) (2024-12-16, 225 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/65646a4e/4312fe62.mp3
- [IKEA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/9db6b887aee2) (2024-11-18, 193 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/51775457/5b90483f.mp3
- [Meta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/7a401e20fc27) (2024-10-28, 371 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/e7afa25f/df59e4a6.mp3
- [Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/961d81420a4c) (2024-09-30, 138 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/5e2176c1/21583c01.mp3
- [The Mark Zuckerberg Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/5fc4df657db0) (2024-09-18, 82 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/edc5c37f/ed90b432.mp3
- [Chase Center + Summer Update](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/0799eb8b58ca) (2024-08-08, 22 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/db73bbc2/d569819b.mp3
- [Microsoft Volume II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/62f017c1a798) (2024-07-22, 282 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/54402842/6376d479.mp3
- [Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/ebf6c7028d58) (2024-06-04, 187 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/d666b03b/9d34db72.mp3
- [Microsoft Volume I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/f01c745748cd) (2024-04-22, 257 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/9096dcf8/9f4e0983.mp3
- [Renaissance Technologies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/7539d88241b7) (2024-03-18, 181 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/fb475478/8b97c4da.mp3
- [Hermès](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/d114aa59432c) (2024-02-20, 241 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/2955b2d1/eddac77d.mp3
- [Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/ace2c062ff5a) (2024-01-22, 216 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/79c99c63/252e4ab9.mp3
- [Holiday Special 2023](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/80f6e5e12501) (2023-12-18, 130 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/d8b4b416/a0d7e492.mp3
- [Visa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/a5337b903704) (2023-11-27, 217 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/e6dc5879/6c10261a.mp3
- [Charlie Munger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/cc4f95022490) (2023-10-30, 67 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/c100f364/6ce4bb67.mp3
- [NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/394b8a3a90fc) (2023-10-16, 84 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/f7c6423c/8aafaefd.mp3
- [Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/035957eaa533) (2023-09-06, 168 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/d24a9a1c/c02fb7eb.mp3
- [Nike](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/1bc22b8b0e50) (2023-07-25, 235 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/0e9e01b4/8e365040.mp3
- [Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/a33c8551b25f) (2023-06-27, 196 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/ac97c21d/a169f6b6.mp3
- [Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/610f5ba7a04b) (2023-06-13, 91 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/fa52efad/b2335129.mp3
- [Lockheed Martin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/0870060a6d1b) (2023-05-30, 211 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/8575303c/3721964e.mp3
- [Spotify CEO Daniel Ek](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/56d72b911c9d) (2023-05-18, 92 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/dbac46e7/fe7c29a7.mp3
- [Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/97dc9426930b) (2023-04-26, 129 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/29d247e0/61e4c958.mp3
- [Short: The Death of Sega](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/cb5b2cb85d74) (2023-04-18, 62 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/c298df87/4bdf3f6a.mp3
- [Nintendo: The Console Wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/f4e8992877e2) (2023-04-11, 191 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/d4795154/5889c3ae.mp3
- [Hamilton Helmer & Chenyi Shi on How to Build an AWS-Like Second Business](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/6346b54782f3) (2023-04-04, 84 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/5e462b9f/7e641cd2.mp3
- [Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/9a42c00842c0) (2023-03-29, 193 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/a17248f3/0065823c.mp3
- [Nintendo's Origins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1050462261/fc88fc5d45a6) (2023-03-16, 200 min): audio https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/5b04d0f9/6651c330.mp3

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