Hernán López

Everything Hernán López said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Hernán López: Fox invested $250,000 in Wondery's seed round

“Fox, and so they put a, 250,000 dollar check.”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 30:35 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported

The entire podcasting industry was estimated at just $125M in 2016

“The whole industry was thought to be worth a hundred and twenty-five million dollars.”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 31:09 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported

Apple gave Wondery's 'Dirty John' a rare carousel takeover promotion

“And then finally we went to the Apple podcast team and actually shared with them the first episode of the show. They loved it so much that they agreed to give us what at the time was called the Beyonce treatment, you know, the takeover of the top carousel of t…”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 46:09 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Partly supported

López: Dirty John was #1 on Apple Podcasts for 30 straight days

“It was number one on Apple Podcasts for 30 days straight. It made something like two million listeners within the first month per episode more, way more than we had predicted”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 50:41 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not publicly verifiable

López: Greycroft led Wondery's Series A at a $22M valuation

“We closed our CSA run, which had valued the company at twenty-two million dollars”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 54:58 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated

López: Every single Wondery employee held equity prior to Amazon sale

“And we had hundreds of shareholders including every single employee in Wondery was a stakeholder.”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 1:07:16 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Hernán López: First Media Project Was a Self-Funded Radio Show at 18

“I remember when I was 18 with four friends of mine, we bought airtime on a neighborhood radio station. This was late at night on Thursday at 11 p.m., and we had a radio show, and we financed it by selling advertising.”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 8:05 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Partly supported

López: A 2015 bank valuation pegged Fox International Channels at $10 billion

“There's a moment that I remember in 2015, there's this bank that generated or published a valuation of the whole company of Fox. It's called a sum of the parts valuation, where they go and value each part of the business. And there's FIC, which at the time had…”

Hernán López Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 17:17 Wondery: Hernan Lopez

The other half of the tape: Hernán López's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 24 times in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Hernán's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER	Founder and CEO, Owl & Co	3	32	60% 3/5	full record on How I Built This →