Rich people collect fancy watches.

I am obsessed with funny ads.

The 12 most legendary creative ads I've found:

1. Dentistry Group, 2019

This is the youngest billionaire you've never heard of.

At 19, he dropped out of MIT and built Scale AI.

Now? Meta dropped $14.8B for a 49% stake.

This is the story of a teenager that Google, Microsoft, and the US government can't survive without: 🧵

Muammar Gaddafi wasn’t just Libya’s dictator.

He secretly built a $200 BILLION fortune, making him richer than Bill Gates, Zuck, and Bezos.

Here’s how oil money, secret banks, and corruption created the richest dictatorship in history: 🧵

In 1985, Costco's founder nearly killed his partner over a hot dog.

That fight turned a struggling retailer into a $250B empire and turned shoppers into fanatics.

The entire food industry was stunned.

Here's the untold story of the $1.50 hot dog that almost broke Costco:

In 1984, Dietrich Mateschitz orchestrated the coldest betrayal in business history…

He erased the real founder and stole the Redbull empire.

Then, through pure greed and deception, he turned a Thai tonic into an $80B monster.

This is how Red Bull really started... 🧵

At 20 years old, this Singaporean stole $230 MILLION in Bitcoin.

He blew $500k PER NIGHT at clubs and bought 31 luxury cars.

Caught in 30 days.

But the story of how Malone Lam pulled off one of the craziest crypto heists ever literally blew my mind: 🧵

The richest man in American history wrote 38 secret letters to his son.

They weren't about money.

They were ruthless psychological principles J.D. Rockefeller used to build empires worth more than most countries.

Here's 9 principles he really taught his heir: 🧵

In 2012, Zuckerberg made a phone call that changed social media forever.

He offered $1 BILLION for a 13-person photo app with zero revenue.

That "crazy" deal was just the beginning of the most brilliant monopoly scheme in tech history.

Here's why... 🧵

This kid had the perfect childhood:

• 96th percentile SAT
• Eagle Scout like his dad
• Full scholarships to top universities

But then he built a $214M business that got DOUBLE life prison + 40 years.

How this all happened was crazy wild: 🧵

The iconic bite in Apple’s logo has nothing to do with:

• Alan Turing
• The forbidden fruit
• A wordplay on “byte”

The real reason is so stupidly simple yet so genius, it changed branding forever.

Here’s the untold story of Apple bite: 🧵

The richest man in American history wrote 38 secret letters to his son.

They weren't about money.

They were ruthless psychological principles J.D. Rockefeller used to build empires worth more than most countries.

Here's 9 principles he really taught his heir: 🧵

HBO’s Succession is one of the greatest TV dramas of the century.

But it is not fiction.

Waystar Royco, Logan Roy, the sibling wars—every twist is ripped from Rupert Murdoch’s $17B FOX empire.

Here’s the real family dynasty behind Succession—the parallels are insane: 🧵

How Amanico Ortega built Zara into a $120B empire is crazy.

No flashy ads. No deep discounts. Almost no celebrity hype.

With a $30 BILLION turnover in 2024- GAP, H&M, and Shein scrambled to keep up...

How he rewrote the fashion rule book honestly blew my mind:

Peter Thiel built a company that literally helps the US elite military decide who lives and dies.

It can access all of your financial, health, and personal data and quietly runs the US government.

Welcome to Palantir.

America's deadliest weapon yet... 🧵

In 2012, Richard Mille was a struggling Swiss watchmaker.

No history. No prestige. Just one bold idea.

Then, at an elite watch show, he unveiled what looked like a plastic toy.

What he did next made Richard Mille into a $1.5B empire.

The greatest marketing stunt in history:

Amazon launched a full-scale attack to bankrupt this pet startup.

Bezos had Prime, faster shipping, and cheaper prices.

And Ryan Cohen? Love letters to dogs.

Today? Chewy is a $15B brand.

This is the insane story of how Chewy won the pet war against Bezos: 🧵

The riskiest 15 minutes in gaming history:

One man risked his life to crash a meeting in Soviet Russia.

He walked out with a weapon that could bankrupt Nintendo, Microsoft, and Atari.

Welcome to Tetris and here’s how the US stole Soviet's most popular game: 🧵

In 2024, AI Big Tech launched the most aggressive lobbying campaign in history.

• $100M spent.
• 50+ state laws killed.
• Zero federal oversight achieved.

Once you understand what's going on, you can't unsee it.

Here's the full story: 🧵

This is Noah Glass.

He named Twitter in 2006 and built its first prototype.

Then Jack Dorsey kicked him out, erased him from Twitter history, and sold for $44 billion.

This story blew my mind...
This is Silicon Valley's most brutal betrayal: 🧵

In 2008, Starbucks was on the verge of disaster.

• 900 stores closed in a year
• Competition was rising.
• Profits dropped 28%

Critics thought they were doomed.

Until ONE man transformed Starbucks into a $127 BILLION global empire. Here's the full story: 🧵

TikTok goes viral.
Instagram sells dreams.

But Reddit? It quietly built $100M businesses... from the weirdest ideas you've never heard of.

Here are 5 examples (and why ignoring Reddit could cost you millions):🧵

The 10 most successful family businesses of all time: 🧵

1. Ferrero Family → Ferrero Rocher, Nutella

Dubai was once a small fishing village with no oil and a bleak future.

Today, it’s a $110B economy, a playground for billionaires, and a global hub heads and shoulders above Europe and America.

Here’s how Dubai pulled off the greatest pivot of the 20th century: 🧵

You've been lied to about Forbes 30 Under 30.

• VCs buy spots.
• Alumnis go to prison.
• Millions were lobbied in.

It's not an honor - it's an evil sinister business model worth $100,000,000+.

Here's the exposé they don't want you to read: 🧵

In 2024, a cartoon monster destroyed millions of savings accounts.

Meet Labubu – the $12 toy now selling for $7,000+.

Here's the dark untold economics behind history's most manipulative toy bubble: 🧵

Dubai just became the world's capital for billion-dollar crypto scams.

One man fled there after stealing $2 BILLION from investors worldwide.

The FBI wants him.
The victims want justice.
But Dubai was protecting him???

Here's the genius loophole he exploited: 🧵

The most expensive 60 seconds in automotive history:

ONE sentence cost Ferrari $3 BILLION in profit.

It turned Lamborghini into a $4B empire and vaporized Ferrari's dreams.

This story completely reimagined how I think about competition.

Here's the full story: 🧵

This man became a millionaire by convincing millions of men they're controlled by "Puppet Masters."

Then he deleted videos and footage
while blaming the Puppet Masters for censoring him.

I studied his rise and fall...
and here's what no one tells you about Iman Gadzhi: 🧵

How do you bankrupt a multibillion-dollar company?

In 2014, GoPro was worth $11 BILLION.
Today? Only 2% of its value is left.

Founder Nick Woodman went from Silicon Valley's golden boy to a cautionary tale in a light switch.

The warning signs were so obvious...🧵

In 2020, a $29 billion gaming company declared war on Apple.

Epic Games had a secret plan to break Apple's iron grip on the App Store.

When they executed it, Apple removed their billion-dollar game from 1.5 billion devices overnight...

The aftermath no one expected...🧵

Markus Villig was 19 when he declared war on Uber and Lyft.

Armed with zero experience and a tiny budget, he built Bolt into an $8.4B empire—from his small Estonian hometown.

His strategy was so brilliant it left Silicon Valley in awe.

Here’s how he did it: 🧵

Passive income will set you free forever.

Yet 99% of people overthink and don’t know how to start.

Here are the 8 best options for 2025:

1. Storage Facilities 🧵

He was the CRAZIEST CEO alive.

• Laughed at the iPhone
• Wrote off over $13.8 billion
• Bought Nokia for $7.6 billion

Microsoft lost $335 billion in market cap under his 14-year regime.

But ONE genius decision made him $112 billion... (thread)

This 22-year-old college dropout just proved every marketing team is obsolete.

He raised $15M in 10 weeks with zero traditional marketing.

His secret? An army of TikTokers that costs less than one Super Bowl second.

Here's how he's destroying the $600B marketing industry:🧵

How Do You Scam the Entire Nation?

In 2020, Gautam Adani was worth $10 billion. By 2022, he was the 3rd richest person alive worth $145 billion.

Then ONE report exposed his deep secret.

What happened and how $136 billion vanished in weeks: 🧵

This company CONTROLS your future.

• Controls more wealth than most countries.
• Advised 90 of the top 100 corporations.
• Infiltrated every major government.

Yet 99% of people have never heard of them.

Here's how McKinsey is watching you: 🧵

This man controls the world's 2nd largest economy with zero checks on his power.

But in 1969, Xi Jinping was just a cave-dwelling exile.

Here's the disturbing playbook he used to become China's dictator for life.

Everyone entrepreneur should understand this... 🧵

This woman scammed JP Morgan out of $175 million.

She faked 4 million customers, fooled JP Morgan's due diligence team, and walked away with millions.

Caught for fraud...

But her downfall reveals something terrifying about major banks: 🧵

What started as a simple pricing dispute with Coke became a 70-year war.

Claude Hatcher founded America's third-largest soda company.

Here's the story of the man who nearly destroyed Coca-Cola (and what went wrong): 🧵

Vijay Mallya is "India’s Richard Branson."

• Borrowed $1.2 BILLION and vanished
• Made billions from beer, airlines, and Formula 1
• Hosted parties on a $93M yacht while banks chased him

By far the craziest CEO alive. How he managed to do this is insane... 🧵

100 years ago, Charles Ponzi discovered the psychological trick that makes smart people do stupid things with money.

Today, scammers still use his exact playbook to steal billions.

Here's the dangerous psychology behind every "get rich quick" scheme: 🧵

In 2014, Louis Vuitton just dropped 120,000 gummy bears into a single artwork...

Haribo, Mars, and Trolli were outraged by this rising candy superstar.

That genius move changes everything...

Here's the untold story of Albanese and how it could destroy Haribo for good:

In 1990, Red Bull's founder paid students to fill trash bins with empty cans.

Everyone thought he was crazy.

But this marketing stunt was actually the most profitable manipulation in history.

Here's how they fooled the entire world: 🧵

Football's dirtiest secret isn’t match-fixing or gambling.

It's how players, clubs, agents, and even family members LEGALLY LAUNDER millions in every transfer.

This made me lose sleep for weeks.

The true underground world of football transfers is insane... 🧵

We are watching the birth of America's first techno-feudalist empire.

• Zuckerberg bent the knee.
• Tim Cook gave Trump $1 million.
• Bezos censored his own newspaper.

This isn't normal corporate politics.

Here's what the future holds, and who is really profiting... 🧵

Trump went from calling Bitcoin a "disaster" to making millions from his own crypto.

Then his wife Melania Trump dropped a competing coin to make millions.

810,000+ people got rug-pulled. People knew it was a scam.

But how millions feel for it was insane... 🧵

Sam Altman just built a doomsday bunker with weapons and survival supplies.

In 2017, Sam Altman warned AI would cause human extinction.

Today, he tells Congress AI is safe and beneficial.

The pattern of what's really coming blew my mind: 🧵

100 years ago, Charles Ponzi discovered the psychological trick that makes smart people do stupid things with money.

Today, scammers still use his exact playbook to steal billions.

Here's the dangerous psychology behind every "get rich quick" scheme: 🧵

The richest man in Europe gambled $16.2 BILLION on buying ONE struggling American jeweler.

Everyone laughed... But 3 years later, it:

- Creating 10% of the world's luxury jewelry.
- Became one of luxury's fastest-growing brands.

This is Bernard Arnault and his power play:🧵

This is Tommy Hilfiger.

With zero reputation and money, he fooled millions of America.

How? By pulling off the greatest illusion in business history.

4 words. 1 billboard. $5 BILLION.

This is his story and the smartest guerrilla marketing stunt: 🧵