Hollywood

3 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2022 by Ben Gilbert · said 99 times in 25 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (60), Ben Gilbert (26), Michael Lewis (5), Mitch Lasky (4), Daniel Ek (2), Brad Gerstner (1)

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2026 41 mentions in 3 episodes 14 per episode

The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired Jun 23, 2026 · 24 mentions · from 2:21
Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired Aug 10, 2026 · 13 mentions · from 13:13
Formula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio) · Acquired Mar 5, 2026 · 4 mentions · from 19:13
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2025 20 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode

10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis) · Acquired Dec 15, 2025 · 12 mentions · from 23:53
Indian Premier League Cricket (Audio) · Acquired Mar 24, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 1:35:21
TSMC · Acquired Jan 21, 2025 · 2 mentions · from 2:25:23
Trader Joe’s: Hawaiian shirts and counter positioning (Audio) · Acquired Oct 27, 2025 · 1 mention · from 55:28
Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired Oct 6, 2025 · 1 mention · from 4:46
Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired Jun 30, 2025 · 1 mention · from 21:06
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2024 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode

Mars Inc. - The Chocolate Story (Audio) · Acquired Dec 16, 2024 · 1 mention · from 59:17
Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) · Acquired Sep 30, 2024 · 1 mention · from 1:00:37
Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired Jul 22, 2024 · 1 mention · from 22:09
Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired Jan 22, 2024 · 1 mention · from 2:28:07
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2023 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired Apr 26, 2023 · 5 mentions · from 1:41:12
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek · Acquired May 18, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 56:09
Nike (Audio) · Acquired Jul 25, 2023 · 1 mention · from 3:47:00
Porsche (with Doug DeMuro) · Acquired Jun 27, 2023 · 1 mention · from 46:08
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2022 15 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode

Qualcomm · Acquired Nov 15, 2022 · 5 mentions · from 8:30
SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired Mar 7, 2022 · 5 mentions · from 3:05
Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006) · Acquired Mar 28, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 33:02
Nvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022) · Acquired Apr 20, 2022 · 1 mention · from 21:01
Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired Mar 15, 2022 · 1 mention · from 25:43
Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version) · Acquired Jan 24, 2022 · 1 mention · from 19:10
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2021 10 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode

CAA (with Michael Ovitz) · Acquired Dec 21, 2021 · 9 mentions · from 0:54
Not Boring (with Packy McCormick) - Extended Cut · Acquired Dec 3, 2021 · 1 mention · from 4:39
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Everything said about Hollywood, oldest first

Mar 7, 2022 positive

Assertion Partly supported

Sony owns the world's third-largest Hollywood film studio

“And they have the third largest Hollywood film studio on top of all of that.”

Ben Gilbert Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 3:05 SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired

Mar 7, 2022 bullish

Assertion Partly supported

The video game industry reaches $180 billion, over triple Hollywood's scale

“Not only is the video game industry this year, a 180 Billion dollar industry compared to Hollywood, which is fifty billion dollars.”

Ben Gilbert Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 1:52:42 SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired

Jun 23, 2026 positive

Assertion Supported

Fantasia is the 24th highest-grossing film in history adjusted for inflation

“If you look today at the list of inflation-adjusted top films in history by box office gross inflation-adjusted, Fantasia is the 24th highest grossing film in Hollywood history.”

David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 2:15:12 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired

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