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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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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Robert Reffkin
Robert Reffkin: Compass · Jul 2021

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Robin McBride
McBride Sisters Wine (Part 2 of 2): Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John · 2 episodes

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Rod Canion
Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019) · 2 episodes

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Rod Cuthbert
Viator: Rod Cuthbert · Oct 2024

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Rohan Seth

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Ron Shaich
Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich (2018) · 2 episodes

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Ronnen Harary
Advice Line with Ronnen Harary of Spin Master/PAW Patrol · 3 episodes

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Rosanna Pansino
YouTube Creator and Cookbook Author: Rosanna Pansino · Apr 2024

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Ross Bagdasarian Jr
The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman (2017) · 2 episodes

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Roxanne Quimby
Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby (2019) · 2 episodes

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Ryan Schreiber
Pitchfork: Ryan Schreiber · Jun 2022

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Sadie Lincoln
Advice Line with Sadie Lincoln of barre3 · 4 episodes

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Saeju Jeong
Noom: Saeju Jeong · Aug 2022

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Sam Yam

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Samir Chaudry

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Sandra Oh Lin
KiwiCo: Sandra Oh Lin · 2 episodes

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Sandy Chilewich
Chilewich: Sandy Chilewich · Aug 2020

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Sandy Lerner
Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018) · 2 episodes

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Sara Blakely
Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx · 3 episodes

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Sara Menker
HIBT Lab! Gro Intelligence: Sara Menker · Dec 2022

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Sarah Harden
How I Built Resilience: Sarah Harden and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine · Aug 2020

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Sarah Kauss
Advice Line with Sarah Kauss of S'well · 3 episodes

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Sarah LaFleur
Advice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur · 4 episodes

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Scott Morris
Freshpet: Scott Morris · Oct 2023

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Scott Tannen
Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring · Dec 2025

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Sean Sherman
HIBT Lab! The Sioux Chef: Sean Sherman · Feb 2023

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Selina Tobaccowala
Evite: Selina Tobaccowala · Nov 2019

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Seth Berkowitz
Insomnia Cookies: Seth Berkowitz · Aug 2024

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Seth Goldman
Honest Tea: Seth Goldman (2017) · 2 episodes

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Seth Tibbott
Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019) · 2 episodes

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Shan-Lyn Ma
Zola: Shan-Lyn Ma · 2 episodes

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Shara Ticku
Saving the f#$%ing rainforests with Shara Ticku of C16 Biosciences · Jun 2023

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Sharon Chuter
How I Built Resilience: Live with Sharon Chuter · Jul 2020

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Shashank Samala
Building a decarbonization army with Shashank Samala of Heirloom · Feb 2024

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Shazi Visram
Advice Line with Shazi Visram of Happy Family Organics · 3 episodes

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Shimon Elkabetz
HIBT Lab! Tomorrow.io: Shimon Elkabetz · Nov 2022

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Shivani Siroya
HIBT Lab! Tala: Shivani Siroya · Nov 2022

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Shiza Shahid
ICYMI... HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid · 2 episodes

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Slava Rubin

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Songe LaRon
How I Built Resilience: Songe LaRon of Squire · Jul 2020

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