What’s in it for me? Meet the man who revolutionized Chinese e-commerce. Today, China is not only home to one of the world’s largest economies and the most rapidly developing cities; it’s also extremely technologically advanced, with widespread, high-speed internet and ubiquitous wifi. But only a few decades ago, things …

What’s in it for me? Learn what drove Elon Musk to the pinnacle of success. There are only a few businesspeople in the world as well known and admired as Elon Musk. His successes in a range of areas – from electric cars to space travel – have established him …

What’s in it for me? Learn from the maker of The Everything Store In 1994 only a handful of people understood the possibilities the internet would hold in the future. Back then, Bezos was working for the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co., where he and several colleagues dreamt of …

What’s in it for me? Find out how Apple’s Steve Jobs became a worldwide technology icon. It’s almost impossible to overstate the role that Steve Jobs played in the creation of our contemporary, computer-mediated world. A single-minded perfectionist, Jobs was a visionary who wanted to change the world through technology. …

What’s in it for me? Take a journey down the long history of the Silk Roads. The history of the world is a mighty big topic. When grappling with such an outsized subject, it’s tempting to try to streamline it. Some historians make it seem like an adventure story, zeroing …

What’s in it for me? Discover what history can teach us about ourselves. Why would freedom lead to greater inequality? Why did the Industrial Revolution increase individualism? These are big questions that play a big part in the political, moral and economic discussions we have today. So what if there was …

What’s in it for me? Understand that wealth alone is no reward. Few people encapsulate the American dream as perfectly as John D. Rockefeller, whose life trajectory was the classic rags-to-riches story. He was self-made, determined and upwardly mobile throughout his long career. He created the template of what it …

What’s in it for me? Discover what led to the biggest bankruptcy case in US history. Enron Corporation, the once-dominant American energy, commodities and services company, has come to be known as a synonym for fraud, corruption and disastrous debts. Enron’s fall from grace is probably the most scandalous business …

What’s in it for me? Immerse yourself in humanity’s 300,000 year journey. (Những gì dành cho tôi? Đắm chìm trong hành trình 300.000 năm của loài người.) Spread both your arms out as wide as you can and let the distance between your two hands represent the history of the …

What’s in it for me? Sharpen your understanding of political and economic power dynamics on a global, historical scale. It doesn’t take more than a few minutes of flicking through the news before some pretty basic questions start kicking in. Why are some nations rich and others poor? And how …