How I Built This with Guy Raz
Hosted by Guy Raz · Guy Raz | Vox Media
4.7from 34,433 ratings
- 911
- Episodes
- 322
- Transcribed
- 34,433
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds. How I Built This is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- Guy Raz | Vox Media
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
322 of 911 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yes. I was a pre-med major. And, you know, some of this was the programming from my parents – because my father was a doctor, my older brother was a doctor, and I always thought I'd be a doctor. And when I started going to school, my parents weren't around all the time, right? […]
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- Michael Dell
- Brian Chesky
- Tope Awotona
- Dominic
- Ivana
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 29,707 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 4,726 ratings
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts How I Built This with Guy Raz?
Guy Raz host the show. Published by Guy Raz | Vox Media.
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