Rise of the Billionaires
The origin stories of the tech titans who shaped our world
Rise of the Billionaires tells the story of the rise of big tech and the handful of young upstarts who created the modern world. There are more billionaires today than any other time in history; Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. This series charts the events that led to a group of founders being able to take their vision to stratospheric levels and reveal how their decisions would go onto shape how we live. Using unseen archive that shows the formation of these incredible companies, along with interviews with people at the heart of the story, this series reveals how tech was able to take over the world.
Duration 4 x 1 hr
Produced by 72 Films for Paramount +, UK in association with All3Media International and Night Train Media