Episodes

In 1971, three young Brazilians started a brokerage in Rio de Janeiro with no inherited wealth, no guaranteed clients, and no safety net. What they had was a simple belief: hire the best people, give them ownership, run lean, and wait. Their names were Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles, and Beto Sicupira...

No family wealth, no safety net — just a law degree and a briefcase. How Patrice Motsepe built one of South Africa's most diversified business empires.