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The Closer: Deals Change the World

The Closer: Deals Change the World


The Closer: Deals Change the World

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39 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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The Closer brings you the inside story of deals changing the world, as told by the people who know how it all went down.

Understand the human motivations behind groundbreaking business decisions, and learn dealmaking lessons through a deep dive into one deal each week, with host Aimee Keane.

The Closer is a Project Brazen production. For more thrilling storytelling, search for the Brazen channel on Apple Podcasts or visit brazen.fm, home to all our podcasts, documentaries and newsletters. At Brazen, we show you how the world really works. From landmark business deals to international espionage and organised crime, we’ll take you inside stories from hidden worlds.

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Episodes1 - 10 of 39 episodes

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Inside Florida’s home insurance meltdown

Florida owns a massive property insurance company that’s been gobbling up policies whil...

34 minutes
Dec 18, 2023

How Modelo became America’s #1 beer. And it’s not what you might think.

Last summer, a Mexican beer overtook the longtime favorite Bud Light as America’s best-...

29 minutes
Dec 11, 2023

ABC and ESPN made Disney into an entertainment powerhouse. It’s now at a crossroads.

The Disney we know today came about in a series of game-changing deals led by CEO Bob I...

30 minutes
Dec 04, 2023

The fight to lead the world’s largest hedge fund

Ray Dalio founded the firm that became the world’s largest hedge fund more than 40 year...

32 minutes
Nov 27, 2023

The Failed Deal that Led to WeWork’s Downfall

Once a “unicorn”, WeWork has filed for bankruptcy. The co-working company was once valu...

38 minutes
Nov 20, 2023

How Occidental Petroleum beat an oil giant in a high stakes acquisition

Back in 2019, an unlikely deal took Wall Street and the oil industry by surprise. Occid...

33 minutes
Nov 13, 2023

The inside story of how Google went public

Google’s path to going public was rather untraditional from the start. The IPO included...

34 minutes
Nov 06, 2023

How 90s cool kid Marc Jacobs changed the fashion business

When luxury behemoth LVMH tapped Marc Jacobs to lead Louis Vuitton back in 1997, it als...

34 minutes
Oct 30, 2023

How one policy wonk convinced the Biden Administration to get into the oil trading business

Fearing an energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a little-known policy ...

33 minutes
Oct 23, 2023

How Walmart bought Jet.com and went up against Amazon

The story of Jet.com, its founder Marc Lore, and how the startup helped retail giant Wa...

38 minutes
Oct 16, 2023