The $2 Trillion Empire That Started With an Ignored Telegram

The West remembers the Americans who found the oil but tends to forget the Saudis who built everything after that.

May 10 • Chaymae Samir

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April 2026

Why Dubai Makes the West Uncomfortable

On the politics of selective outrage and who gets to decide what counts as culture.

Apr 26 • Chaymae Samir

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The $30B Mega City You've Never Heard Of

Is Uzbekistan building a new Dubai?

Apr 23 • THIRD

March 2026

The History of Venture Capital, Explained

We went down a rabbit hole to trace where venture capital actually comes from...

Mar 26 • THIRD

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Inside Africa’s “PayPal Mafia”

The $200M Exit That Created Africa’s Next Billion Dollar Founders

Mar 22 • THIRD

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How A Syrian Immigrant Built a $5B Industrial Empire

And this all started as a bankrupt scaffolding business with 30 employees...

Mar 10 • THIRD

The West Has No Idea What’s Happening in Kazakhstan

We travelled to Astana to find out if the countries we call “emerging” are actually building faster than the ones we call “developed”.

Mar 4 • THIRD

48 Hours in Kazakhstan’s Secret Tech Capital

What if the future isn’t being built in Silicon Valley...but in Central Asia?

Mar 3 • THIRD

From Mumbai’s Slums to a $2M Exit: The Real Slumdog Millionaire

Javed Khatri grew up in the slums of Mumbai. Today, he’s built and sold a company for $2M, completely bootstrapped.

Mar 2 • THIRD

January 2026

How Olayan Built a $40B Saudi Empire in Secret

You’ve probably never heard of the Olayan family, but they almost run everything...

Jan 18 • THIRD

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I Met The Founders Running a 20-Million-Person City (it's wild!)

And why investors avoid one of the world’s largest cities...

Jan 14 • THIRD

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November 2025

I Went To Pakistan To Show You What The Media Won’t

In a world obsessed with billion-dollar valuations, this is a story about something harder to measure, the will to build when no one’s watching.

Nov 19, 2025 • THIRD