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From our Patreon episode 121 about Ruja Ignatova and the multibillion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-121-ruja-32103968

It's the podcast crossover people have been clamoring for: Struggle Session and Grubstakers join forces to comment on the richest fictional billionaires. In this episode we look at whether certain fictional billionaires are good, what their offscreen activities might be, and whether they should be executed to a permanent end. Part 2 drops on the Struggle Session feed Wednesday December 4 (tomorrow!). Our thanks to the Struggle Session hosts for joining us. Check 'em out: Struggle Session podcast: https://soundcloud.com/strugglesesh Follow their hosts on twitter: Leslie Lee III @Leslieleeiii Jack Allison @JackallisonLOL

Teaser from our Patreon episode on the Bolivian Coup where we strategize ways in which Bernie Sanders could avoid the same fate. For the full episode, visit https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

This week we’re covering the man formerly known as the Bill Gates of Japan Masayoshi Son. The world record holder for largest drop of net worth (70 Billion) the man who for 3 days was richer than Bill Gates, the early investor of Ali Baba, Uber and WeWork (oops!) The current owner of ARM chips, Boston dynamics, and a big believer in what will kill us all the singularity. We discuss how his investments in start ups have devastated the start up market. His way of judging a company is seeing if their CEO’s eyes have a certain fire in them. Lastly, we cover his Vision Fund the 300 year, 100-billion-dollar plan, which includes money from Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund seems to us this vision is to own Asia in all the worst ways. Enjoy!

From the Patreon episode on John C. Malone, the story of how Ticketmaster learned to stop worrying and love the bot. For the full episode, visit https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers. Please visit. Andy just got fired and could use the money. Please.

This week we're discussing a relatively obscure billionaire heir to a cable fortune named Gary Magness. He won an oscar for producing the movie Precious and is currently in court fighting to not have to return $80 million he stole as part of a Ponzi scheme but what we're most interested in is his connection to the episodes we did on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). His father Bob Magness was on the board and a major shareholder in a BCCI subsidiary named Capcom Financial which was linked to Saudi Arabian intelligence and to at least $1.3 billion in assets stolen out of the main vehicle of BCCI. His father never was prosecuted never had to return the money he made and now some of that money belongs to Gary. Now Gary spends his Saudi intelligence money buying his daughter a pop music career. We live under the most efficient economic system possible. Here's a copy of the 1992 Kerry Committee report on Capcom Financial the first and last investigation the US government conducted into this: https://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/21capcom.htm

Originally posted on May 23rd 2019, but you all have been so wonderful we decided to release this on the free side. No more free treats this month, because you'll spoil your dinner and vomit on our windows again. If you like our show rate and subscribe, and if you dislike it let us know by giving us a low rating, unsubscribing and telling everyone you know about the show and why you don't like it. Our second Patreon episode, which ends our trilogy on Bill Gates. We cover the Windows 95 launch, how Bill Gates handled the 2001 United States v. Microsoft Corporation antitrust lawsuit, and how Microsoft lawyers suppress the modern day Bill Gates/Paul Allen's of the world to maintain their monopoly.

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Originally posted on May 16th 2019, but you all have been so good we decided to give you a free treat! Part 2 of the Bill Gates episode now on the free side! if this post gets 666 hits or more we'll release part 3 on the free side too. On our first Patreon episode we continue the saga of Bill Gates from this week’s freeloader (not you) episode. We learn about what a horn-dog he is and frankly all feel gross as a result. We also talk IBM and all kinds of fun 90's dirt. Thank you for subscribing! Love ya!

We cover the lifestyle and misdeeds of Dan Snyder the owner of the Washington Redskins. He was the youngest owner at the age of 34, and it didnt work out well. This year the team is 1-8 a abysmal record contributed by Dan Snyder being a bit of a worm and weasel. We are joined by Joel Walkowski co-host of the Hold my Bread podcast. We didnt have time to discuss all of the mistreated players, but this story on Trent Williams should show you what they think of their talent. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/redskins/2019/11/08/trent-williams-washington-redskins-cancer-bruce-allen/2517544001/ Follow Joel on twitter @theWALKOWSKI

This week it's the $2.8 billion president of Chile Sebastián Piñera. We discuss the protests, his accomplished family, how he won friends and influenced people at home and abroad (laundering money for a dictator's inner circle with the blessing of the CIA), and more! The audio's a little screwy at the beginning and we are deeply sorry. As penance we will make Yogi, who had nothing to do with the production or editing of this episode, read one thousand audio engineering books.

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In this 3 part special series we explore the bank of credit and commerce international, or BCCI, the forgotten banking scandal of the century. We discuss this worse than Watergate scandal and the reasons why it's been hushed up including its links to Iran-Contra, the CIA, the Mossad, weapons trafficking, global terrorism, and yes, Jeffrey Epstein

This week's patreon teaser is quite dark. Learn some of the crimes proliferated to make Isable Dos Santos a billionaire For the full episode, check out www.patreon.com/grubstakers https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2013/08/14/how-isabel-dos-santos-took-the-short-route-to-become-africas-richest-woman/#16711e4045f5

This week we cover the model T madman Henry Ford. Find out all about how he hired thugs to act as an independent police crew to keep his staff on task, the literal giant wooden melting pot turning native garb into suits while holding American flags and last but least his terrible relationship with his son. The outro is an interview with Ford and Edison. Check out Anders Lee on Twitter @andersleehere His podcast @PodDamnAmerica It has been over 2 months since I spoke to my friends across the mountains. As kids we set up a string between cans to talk to each other, but even that was cut. Thankfully I am paid in Microsoft points to help me support my family. When will this war end. When will all wars end. -Lakshmi Govinda 2019

On this episode we cover the misdeeds of Ukrainian Billionaire Igor Kolomoisky. His efficiency knows no bounds he once sent armed to cease physical control of UKRNAFTA. His story includes and pissing matches with Putin about who is more corrupt. Thanks for reading this stickers are on the horizon, and we will be filming Andy licking the Wall street bull soon stay tuned. CORRECTION: The first version of this episode had Sean saying Asst. Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met directly with Dmytro Firtash to ensure the election of Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko. Though there was a meeting where Firtash got one of Poroshenko's main opponents in the race to drop out it was not true to say the Nuland met with him directly. We edited the episode to remove this claim. The Andrew Cockburn article mentioned is a good read on how the US role played out: https://harpers.org/blog/2015/08/undelivered-goods/

On this Patreon episode we get into why "the King of Good Times" Vijay Mallya partied too hard, and committed too many party fouls. For the full episode, check out www.patreon.com/grubstakers https://sevenpillarsinstitute.org/the-case-of-vijay-mallya-and-kingfisher-airlines/

"It wasn't only real estate that Lampert signed over to himself. In 2014, Sears sold Land's End, a clothing brand, to a consortium that was two-thirds controlled by ESL. Today, the brand has a rough market value of $314 million. In 2016, Sears sold Craftsman brand tools to Black & Decker for $900 million. The profits were used to pay off debt, including to Lampert. In 2017, Die Hard batteries were put up for sale. And this year, Lampert has made a $400 million bid for Kenmore appliances, the crown jewel of what remains at Sears, along with an $80 million bid for Sears Home Improvement stores. So the leadership of the Sears empire—Lampert—is gradually selling off bits and pieces of it, mostly to Lampert. The cash generated from those deals in large part serviced Sears's debt, the payments on which also went to Lampert. And now, having put Sears into bankruptcy, the top creditor—Lampert—stands to gain from the final fire sale." https://prospect.org/economy/sears-gutted-ceo/

Political donations can get you lots of things, like the 43rd president promoting your Dell televisions in a statement about national security. For the full Michael Dell episode, visit https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

This week on Grubstakers we're discussing the billionaire who made a killing in the US gun market, Gaston Glock. Hear all about how this Austrian former Hitler Youth member got a government subsidized start building his glock 17 in Austria then plied police officers all across the United States with booze and prostitutes in order to get them to switch over their standard issue firearm to his brand. There's also tax dodging, a family feud, attempted murder, constant spree killings in the USA, and so much more. Our primary source for this ep was the book "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun" by Paul Barrett

In this teaser for our Patreon episode on Giovanni Ferrero, the Nutella guy, we look into the world coco trade. For the full episode, check out https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

This week we're joined by Brad from hedgeclippers.org to discuss billionaire "activist investor" Daniel S. Loeb. Hear how he built his hedge fund fortune from small time message board pump and dumps to being one of the big players extorting companies into laying off workers and asset stripping themselves in order to give him a payday. We also discuss how in 2002 Dan Loeb was traveling in Cuba and hit a child with his car and nobody knows what happened to the child. So Dan Loeb's attorneys if you're reading this: please just tell us where the kid is. For more information on Hedge Fund and Private Equity billionaires check out http://hedgeclippers.org/ The economist Jang-Sup Shin is actually a "he" not a "she" as Sean refers to them but here is his piece on how regulatory changes have made activist investors like Dan Loeb predatory value extractors. Also the shark in formaldehyde is by Damien Hurst not Jeff Koons so sorry about that one too: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/08/hedge-fund-activists-coopted-shareholder-democracy.html

Teaser for the latest patreon ep on The Vatican. For more, visit https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers and give us a little $5 money kiss.

This week we look at the Mahfouz family, the billionaire family behind the first bank in Saudi Arabia, but also we look at the Saudi role in the September 11th attack in general. The Mahfouz family funded Al Qaeda, but they were certainly not the only Saudi Billionaires to do so: in 2002 the golden chain list revealed 18 Saudi businessmen with a combined net worth of $85 billion who had been giving money Osama Bin Laden. The Saudi connection into the attacks continues into various levels of the government, where employees for the ministry of Islamic affairs and the embassy in Washington served as handlers for the hijackers helping them get acclimated in the USA in the lead up to the attacks. Why was all of this covered up by the Bush administration and subsequent presidents? Why isn’t this the scandal of the century? Was all that tower 7 stuff a distraction from the very real conspiracy and cover up carried out right in front of all our faces? We try to wrestle with all those questions and more this week on Grubstakers. Politico long piece going into more detail about some of the accusations against the Saudi government: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/saudi-arabia-911-lawyer-214996 There are also allegations that two Saudi government agents carried out a "dry run" of the attacks on US soil in 1999: https://nypost.com/2017/09/09/saudi-government-allegedly-funded-a-dry-run-for-911/

New episode on former billionaire diamonaire fugitive Nirav Modi diamond heir legacy child, Wharton college dropout, and as always, a billionaire with a brother who does him no good. Learn all about how he defrauded the Punjab National Bank of an alleged 1.8 Billion Dollars. The amount varies depending on the source, because they don’t know how much this Modi family has defrauded the banks of India. Whilst this fraud he was also selling fake diamonds to manufactures around the world as well as close friends, and including Canadian Paul Alfonso who has a lawsuit out for Nirav due to his fiancé leaving him because of being duped for two hundred thousand dollars. All that and more right here on Grubstakers.

The episode this week describes the hottest new trend in companies that have no conceivable way to make money: launching IPOs and letting the founders dump that problem onto the general investing public. Early 2000s nostalgia is in so we're bringing back dot com pump and dumps. Welcome to the life of Billionaire Adam Neumann and his "company" WeWork, which is cooking its books so blatantly that even the financial newspapers owned by other billionaires have been pointing it out. We explore his humble origin story growing up the rich kid in a Kibbutz on stolen land, his meager start doing business out of the Tribeca apartment his parents paid for, and how the WeWork IPO later this month will solidify him as a billionaire even when the company inevitably crashes and burns. One thing we forgot to mention on the episode: the Brooklyn landlord Joshua Guttman, who gave Adam Neumann the space to start his first company Green Desk, has been linked to numerous mysterious arson fires at his properties. Everything here seems to be on the up and up! https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/nyregion/18landlord.html

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This week we are joined by Matthew Dagher-Margosian to have an in-depth look into the Hong Kong protests, as well as a profile on Chinese billionaire Li Ka-Shing (profile begins at 52 minute mark) After the episode Matthew Dagher-Margosian graciously sent us an additional bonus audio on the triads and their involvement on the protests. Links to the journalists and activists Matt mentioned on our show as well as his information below. Asia Art Tours: Asiaarttours.com Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37MGjfMHBkusWRESbxn5pA Podcast (The Arts of Travel): https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/the-arts-of-travel (also on iTunes and Spotify) Hong Kong Folks to Follow: @rosemarieho_ @HongKongHermit @wilfredchan @promiseli_ @hyjpang @maryhui Good Web Articles to follow or follow up on chuangcn.org/2019/06/anti-extradition-translations/ https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hong-kongs-fight-for-life https://crimethinc.com/2019/06/22/hong-kong-anarchists-in-the-resistance-to-the-extradition-bill-an-interview https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/hong-kong/article/3016815/hong-kong-protest-city/index.html https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/hong-kong-protest-china-carrie-lam-umbrella-movement-extradition-bill-xi-jinping https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/blog/tycoons-the-men-who-rule-hong-kong-100416 Literature- Land and the Ruling Class- Alice Poon A Concise History of Hong Kong- John Carroll https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235956977_Neoliberalism_and_Privatization_in_Hong_Kong_after_the_1997_Financial_Crisis Between Colonizers: Hong Kong's Postcolonial Self-Writing in the 1990s - Rey Chow

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Today on Grubstakers we're talking Naval Ravikant. He's known for creating AngelList, getting a bunch of money from Uber, and having one hell of a dumb brother. He was also on Rogan which makes him one of those dumb guy's smart billionaires. We also talk Epstein some more, because that shit continues to be wild.

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This episode has some Epstein death discussion at the start but it is mainly focused on one of the richest Canadian families, the Irvings. We're joined by YouTuber donoteat who helps guide us through understanding the chillingly medieval power held over the eastern seaboard of Canada by these secretive old money oil canucks. American listeners will get to learn that there is a kleptocracy known as New Brunswick right on the border with the US state of Maine. If there's editing problems with the ep sorry I gotta sleep tweet at our twitter account and I'll fix it tomorrow. donoteat can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/donoteat01 https://twitter.com/donoteat1

A snippet from the bonus GT Dave episode where we discuss his unique marketing strategy and the greatest tragedy in Kombucha history. For more of this kind of bullshit, check out https://www.patreon.com/grubstakers

This week we cover the raspberry pi billionaire who has been convicted of too much partying. Building a sex dungeon in his house unbeknownst to his wife and making a profit by being in the right place at the right time as a computer chip manufacturer. All that and more right here on Grubstakers.

On this fashionably late premium episode we talk Paul McCartney and dig into Yogi's latest big break. Check out the full episode at http://www.patreon.com/grubstakers/

We discuss the life and times of Shawn Carter. Hear about how he made millions destroying downtown Brooklyn by pushing the Barclays Center, made millions off exploitative labor conditions, and made millions off the least objectionable thing he ever did: sell crack. Check this episode out because just like Jay-z we're retiring so it'll be the last one.

Originally released July 17th, 2019. On this episode we continue our conversation with Freddie Deboer. We take a close look at the New York charter school the Success Academy, and Freddie shares his personal outlook on the future of education. See more of Freddie's work at: fredrikdeboer.com/ His book "Cult of the Smart" will be published around Summer 2020.

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You wanted it we provided it check it out. The picture Matt refers to in the second half of the episode: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/atmosphere-at-hamish-bowles-ghislaine-maxwell-and-lillian-news-photo/609338670?adppopup=true

Patreon Teaser: Charter Schools feat. Freddie Deboer (Part 2) by Grubstakers

Thank you to our dedicated listener who emailed us this crucial piece of dirt on Steve Feinberg. The information above is from the article linked below. We appreciate our listeners contributing when we make an error thank you for the help! http://exiledonline.com/blood-sucking-freaks-the-rightwing-billionaires-at-cerberus-capital-literally-pump-human-blood-for-profit/

Writer Freddie DeBoer joins us to share his thoughts on charter schools, our education system, and his forthcoming book. Part 2 is available now on our Patreon but will be unlocked in one week. See more of Freddie's work at: https://fredrikdeboer.com/ His book "Cult of the Smart" will be published around Summer 2020.

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This week we cover Steve Feinberg he created Cerberus Capital Management named after the three headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades his personal mansion. He helped shut down the department store Mervyn's for a profit, and also became the parent company of DynCorp which allegedly (lawyers)participates in human trafficking.

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Leon Black is on the radar, and we know how did his dirty work. Tune in and see how the left-hand man of the Michael “Milk Man” Milken got away with being professional criminals. It’s a lot like Ocean’s Eleven except its nothing like it at all. Tune in and zone out you got Grubstakers. Black was regarded as "junk bond king" Michael Milken's right-hand man at Drexel. I studied in the temples of the Himalayas learning html from the great friend to all Tom. How easy life was then when all my eyes knew were memories of joy with others, I loved instead of looking at a box of light all my life. What have we done? -Ravi Peppershaker

In this week's premium episode we're joined by the pseudonymous employment expert Finn O'Shawnessy to talk job getting tips (tip #1 Lie!). It's a wide-ranging discussion but full of useful tips - so we opened it for all y'all.

This week we're discussing billionaire hedge fund trader Steven A. Cohen in particular and the hedge fund industry in general. There are two types of hedge funds: those that fail to beat the market and those that trade on illegal inside information. Steve Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital managed to produce 30% average returns per year over 20 years after fees. Guess which category he fell in to. Hear about his life, his legal tribulations, his day time talk show appearances, and about whether US financial markets even come close to the standards of being a place for free and fair exchange.

On this episode we dive into the billionaire making the world thinner by reinventing the corset Sara Blakely. Listen up as we let you in on how hounding the executives at Nieman Marcus, for over a week, and sending a basket of her goods to Oprah helped create a woman who eventually named her son Lazer. That’s right Lazer, and if you are looking for Sean’s ASMR goodness we are severely lacking this episode due to his absence. Tune in and tune out you got Grubstakers on the dial.

On this week we cover some of the billionaires that make New York city unlivable. From using mob tactics to detenant buildings, and charging more for amenities that were court ordered, as well as the shady practices of real estate moguls of New York city who have taken advantage of all legal loopholes to make as much money possible. If you enjoy this episode consider joining our Patreon where we will further discuss how landlords continue to ruin the lives of upstanding citizens.