(p. 1) Guy Raz is wrapping up an episode of How I Built This, his podcast about the origin stories of late capitalism, when his guest, the Israeli investor Haim Saban, gets to the good part. The throw-your-arms-aloft, finish-line moment of his personal business journey. In the story Mr. Saban is telling, he is about to make a lot of money, and then quadruple it into even more money.
Mr. Raz cuts in, astonished. “But half a billion dollars — that’s a lot of money,” he says. “I mean, wow.”
“Two billion is more,” Mr. Saban says.
“Was money — becoming really rich — did that motivate you?” Mr. Raz asks a moment later.
“You know, it wasn’t only money, but it was also money,” Mr. Saban says. “Money is a marker to success.”
There’s a moment like this in every episode of How I Built This. The guest has let his or her guard down and revealed something intimate, or financial, or financially intimate, and Mr. Raz keeps the disclosures rolling by reacting with total marvelment.
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By creating a safe space for entrepreneurs to share their stories of ascent, Mr. Raz has become one of the most popular podcasters in history.
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(Note: the online version of the story has the date Nov. 23, 2018, and has the same title as the print version.)