2025-07-15
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Good Bad Billionaire is back for a brand new season.
And this time, we're shaking things up on the podcast,
looking back on the lives and fortunes of US industry titans.
From one of the founders of the American retail giant Walmart, Sam Walton.
To the aviator, filmmaker, property tycoon,
playboy and original eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes.
Simon and I are asking if they were good, bad or just another billionaire.
That's Good Bad Dead Billionaire from the BBC World Service.
With me, Zing Zing.
And me, Simon Jack.
Listen now, search for Good Bad... billionaire wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service with me,
Rahul Tan and plenty coming up on the programme.
As always, why is Meta investing?
billions of dollars in data.
AI scientists will try and answer that question.
We'll look at what is going on with Bitcoin as it continues to reach record highs.
And what do you do when you have a guest,
maybe at a business party or at a function who just doesn't want to leave or get off the stage at that right moment we will look and work out what to do in those situations we as always are joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world neither of them will be over staying there welcome i can assure you of that we have Sushma Ramachandra of course journalist based there in Delhi works for many different papers i have to be honest with you Shushma,