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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Luis von Ahn
Advice Line with Luis von Ahn of Duolingo · 3 episodes

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M. Night Shyamalan
How I Built Resilience: M. Night Shyamalan · Feb 2021

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Marc Lore
diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021) · 4 episodes

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Mariam Naficy
Minted: Mariam Naficy (2018) · 2 episodes

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Matt Lieber

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Max Levchin
PayPal: Max Levchin (June 2022) · 3 episodes

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Melanie Perkins
Canva: Melanie Perkins (2019) · 3 episodes

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Mike Cessario
Liquid Death: Mike Cessario · Jan 2024

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Mike Salguero
ButcherBox: Mike Salguero · Oct 2022

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Niraj Shah
Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair · 3 episodes

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Paul Davison
Live Episode! Clubhouse: Paul Davison and Rohan Seth · May 2021

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Paul English
KAYAK: Paul English (2021) · 2 episodes

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Paul Orfalea
Kinko’s: Paul Orfalea · Aug 2023

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Peter Rahal
Advice Line with Peter Rahal of RXBAR · 2 episodes

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Philip Krim
Casper: Philip Krim · Jun 2021

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Reed Hastings
Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant · Feb 2026

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Rich Barton
Expedia & Zillow: Rich Barton · Jun 2021

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Scott Norton
Sir Kensington's: Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan · Oct 2023

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Steve Case
Advice Line with Steve Case of AOL · 2 episodes

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Steve Huffman

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Stewart Butterfield
How I Built Resilience: Live with Stewart Butterfield and Steve Holmes · 3 episodes

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Tony Xu
Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash · 3 episodes

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Whitney Wolfe Herd
Love’s next chapter with Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble · 4 episodes

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Will Ahmed
WHOOP: Will Ahmed · Jul 2025

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Aaron Krause
Scrub Daddy: Aaron Krause. How a Failed Experiment Became a Billion-Dollar Sponge · Mar 2026

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Abhi Ramesh
Misfits Market: Abhi Ramesh · Mar 2025

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Adam Lowry
method: Adam Lowry & Eric Ryan (2018) · 3 episodes

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Adi Tatarko
Houzz: Adi Tatarko · May 2022

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Ahmed Rahim

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Aishetu Dozie
How I Built Resilience: Aishetu Dozie of Bossy Cosmetics · Oct 2020

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Ajay Prakash
How I Built Resilience: Ajay Prakash and James Joun of Rinse · Aug 2020

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Alan Newman
Seventh Generation: Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollender · Jan 2021

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Alberto Perlman
Advice Line with Alberto Perlman of Zumba · 2 episodes

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Alejandro Velez

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Alex Faherty
Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores. · Oct 2025

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Alex Lieberman
How I Built Resilience: Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief of Morning Brew · Mar 2021

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Alex Lofton
HIBT Lab! Landed: Alex Lofton · May 2023

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Alexa Hirschfeld
Advice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post · Feb 2026

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Alli Webb
How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson · 3 episodes

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Allison Ellsworth
Poppi: Allison and Stephen Ellsworth. From Farmers Market Vinegar Drink to $2B Soda Sensation · Sep 2025

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