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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Sonia Gil
How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz · Oct 2020

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Stacy Brown
Chicken Salad Chick: Stacy Brown (2018) · 2 episodes

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Stacy Madison
Advice Line with Stacy Madison of Stacy’s Pita Chips · 4 episodes

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Stephen Ellsworth

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Stephen Starr
STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct · Jun 2026

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Steve Altemus
Shooting for the moon with Steve Altemus of Intuitive Machines · Dec 2023

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Steve Conine

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Steve Ells
Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle · 4 episodes

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Steve Fambro
Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors (2023) · 2 episodes

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Steve Holmes
Advice Line with Steve Holmes of goba Sports Group · May 2025

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Steve Kaufer
Tripadvisor: Steve Kaufer · Oct 2022

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Steve Madden
Steve Madden: Steve Madden (2018) · 2 episodes

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Steven Sashen
Xero Shoes: Steven Sashen and Lena Phoenix · Mar 2023

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Steven Udvar-Hazy
Air Lease Corporation: Steven Udvar-Hazy · Sep 2023

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Sukhi Singh
Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Food: Sukhi Singh and Dalbir Singh · Mar 2022

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Suroosh Alvi
VICE: Suroosh Alvi (2017) · 2 episodes

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Susan Griffin-Black
Advice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products · 3 episodes

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Susan Tynan
Framebridge: Susan Tynan (2017) · 2 episodes

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Syd Kitson
HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson · May 2023

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Taha Bawa
How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall · Jul 2020

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Tara Bosch
SmartSweets: Tara Bosch · Aug 2024

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Tariq Farid
Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements · 3 episodes

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Ted Xenohristos
CAVA: Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman · Nov 2023

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Telfar Clemens
Telfar: Telfar Clemens and Babak Radboy · Feb 2022

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Thai Sade
Doing the bees’ work with Thai Sade of BloomX · Jan 2024

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Thomas Keller
Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller · May 2023

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Tiffany Masterson
Drunk Elephant: Tiffany Masterson · Jan 2024

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Tim Brown
Allbirds: Tim Brown & Joey Zwillinger · Jun 2019

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Tim Leatherman
Leatherman Tool Group: Tim Leatherman · Jan 2022

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Toby Egbuna

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Todd Carmichael
La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020) · 2 episodes

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Todd Graves
Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's · 3 episodes

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Tom Campion
Zumiez: Tom Campion · Feb 2023

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Tom Chappell
Tom's Of Maine: Tom Chappell · Dec 2017

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Tom Hale
Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel · Nov 2025

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Tom Rinks
Sun Bum: Tom Rinks. The Secrets of a Master Brand Builder (2023) · 3 episodes

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Tom Szaky
Making garbage useful with Tom Szaky of TerraCycle · Aug 2023

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Tony Hsieh
Zappos: Tony Hsieh (2017) · 2 episodes

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Tony Lamb
Advice Line with Tony Lamb of Kona Ice · 2 episodes

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Tope Awotona
Calendly: Tope Awotona (2020) · 2 episodes

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