How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success.

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Most frequent guests

Troy Carter 7 episodes
David Neeleman 5 episodes
Fawn Weaver 5 episodes
Jenn Hyman 5 episodes
Jim Koch 5 episodes
John Zimmer 5 episodes
Marcia Kilgore 5 episodes
Bobbi Brown 4 episodes
Christina Tosi 4 episodes
Julia Hartz 4 episodes

Every guest on How I Built This with Guy Raz

585 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Jensen Huang
NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company · May 2026

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Sundar Pichai
HIBT Lab! Google: Sundar Pichai (2022) · 2 episodes

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Mark Cuban
Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban · 3 episodes

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Sam Altman
ICYMI... HIBT Lab! OpenAI: Sam Altman · 2 episodes

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Tristan Harris
The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 2 · 2 episodes

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Ken Burns
Florentine Films: Ken Burns · Apr 2022

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James Dyson
Dyson: James Dyson (2018) · 2 episodes

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Shane Legg
AI is smarter than you think with Shane Legg of Google DeepMind · Apr 2024

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Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales (2018) · 2 episodes

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Brian Armstrong
Coinbase: Brian Armstrong · Nov 2021

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Kevin Systrom
Live From The HIBT Summit: Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger Of Instagram · 3 episodes

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Dmitri Dolgov
The future of driving is autonomous with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo · Nov 2023

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Simon Sinek
How I Built Resilience: Live with Simon Sinek · Apr 2020

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Mark Rober
CrunchLabs: Mark Rober · Apr 2024

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Adam Grant
Achieving greater things with Adam Grant · 2 episodes

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Johann Hari
HIBT Lab! Stolen Focus: Johann Hari · May 2022

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Gary Vaynerchuk
Live From The HIBT Summit: Gary Vaynerchuk · 2 episodes

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Ben Francis
Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand. · Nov 2025

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Bill Simmons
The Ringer: Bill Simmons · Feb 2023

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Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon · Jun 2022

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José Andrés
How I Built Resilience: Live with José Andrés · 2 episodes

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Jann Wenner
Rolling Stone: Jann Wenner · Jul 2017

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Samantha Bee
How I Built Resilience: Samantha Bee of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee · Aug 2020

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Brené Brown
Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown · Aug 2021

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Mac McCaughan

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Tina Roth Eisenberg
Cultivating a creative community with Tina Roth-Eisenberg of CreativeMornings · Jun 2023

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Bobbi Brown
Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty (September 2025) · 4 episodes

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Christina Tosi
Advice Line with Christina Tosi of Milk Bar · 4 episodes

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Reid Hoffman
LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman · Jan 2018

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Brian Chesky
How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of Airbnb · Aug 2020

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Allyson Felix
Designing shoes for women's feet with Wes and Allyson Felix of Saysh (2023) · 2 episodes

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Richard Branson
Advice Line with Richard Branson of Virgin · 2 episodes

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Alex Blumberg
Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber · Oct 2019

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Chris Urmson
When trucks drive themselves with Chris Urmson of Aurora · Jul 2023

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Danny Meyer
Shake Shack: Danny Meyer · Jun 2020

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Dave Gilboa
Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal (2016) · 2 episodes

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Jeremy Stoppelman
How I Built Resilience: Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp · 2 episodes

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Kevin Hart
How I Built Resilience: Live with Kevin Hart · Jun 2020

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Mike Cannon-Brookes
Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar · Feb 2021

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Neil Blumenthal
Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker · 2 episodes

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