Thu, Oct 28, 2010
BLOOMBERG GAME CHANGERS follows Sergey Brin and Larry Page from their first meeting at Stanford to the new media mega-company on a collision course with old media businesses of newspapers, books, movies and television. Along the way to its astounding success, the co-founders have redefined advertising, created a chain of products such as Google Maps, News, Gmail and have taken on rival giants like Apple and Microsoft.
2011
Bloomberg Game Changers profiles J.K. Rowling the author of the hugely successful Harry Potter series. It looks at her early life and her efforts to get the first Harry Potter books published. After the success of the novels, Rowling gets a film deal that takes her success to even greater heights. She becomes the world's richest author.
Thu, Oct 7, 2010
Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Mark Zuckerberg the creator of Facebook. It looks at his early life, his time at Harvard, and the controversy over the creation and expansion of Facebook. It looks at how the company quickly expanded into the most successful social networking site on the Internet.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
His name is synonymous with 'Corporate Titan.' As co-founder of KKR, Henry Kravis re-wrote the rules of leveraged buyouts; he and his cousin George Roberts now rule over an empire that dwarfs some of the world's mightiest public corporations. "Bloomberg Game Changers" follows Kravis' rise from his early days in 'bootstrap' acquisitions, through his role in the 1988 landmark LBO of RJR-Nabisco, to KKR's IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Thu, Oct 21, 2010
BLOOMBERG GAME CHANGERS profiles Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, now Jon Stewart, from his New Jersey boyhood through the standard struggle of the stand-up comedian - part time jobs and late night gigs at New York's comedy clubs. It will shine a spotlight on his early television shows and movies, including rare video from his early career, to show his transformation into the dominant American commentator of our time.
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
Through interviews with friends, former colleagues and business associates, GAME CHANGERS reveals the many layers of the intensely private Steve Jobs - his style of leadership, management and creative process. Interviews include Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple CEO John Scully, journalist turned Venture Capitalist Michael Moritz, Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, former Apple "Mac Evangelist" and Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Guy Kawasaki and Robert X.Cringely, technology journalist and former Apple employee.
Tue, May 10, 2011
Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Virgin Group Founder and Chairman Richard Branson. It looks as his youth business ventures and the eventual development of Virgin Records. Evetually, he turns uses his profits from his record business to create Virgin Atlantic Airways. He survives a balloon accident and a dirty tricks campaign by British Airways. Later he reaches new heights with Virgin Mobile and earns himself a Knighthood.
2011
Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Marc Andreessen the founder of Netscape who revolutionized how people interacted with the Internet. Netscape makes a huge splash with its revolutionary browser until Microsoft notices and develops a browser of its own. Microsoft wins the browser war, but Andreessen is not finished. He remakes himself as a venture capitalist.