Empire Decisions
TL;DR: True 90-second cases about the decisions that made and unmade business empires — Apple, Enron, PayPal, FTX and more — each fact-checked against filings and contemporary reporting.
What is this series about?
The calls, mergers and boardroom fights that built — and broke — the world's biggest companies: Apple firing Steve Jobs, Enron's last clean quarter, the PayPal merger, the night FTX vanished. Status: live.
Cases in this series
The Board That Fired Its Founder — Apple pushed Steve Jobs out in 1985. Twelve years later, the company that fired him had one option left.
The Quarter Enron Ran Out of Room — For years the numbers worked because nobody looked too closely. Then someone did.
The PayPal Decision — Merge with your worst enemy, or die racing them.
The Night FTX Vanished — $8 billion, gone between dinner and dawn.
Where to watch
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