He made his first million at age 23.

By his death, J. Paul Getty was worth over $700 million.

But it cost him 5 marriages and his own son's suicide.

The devastating story of America's most-cursed oil-dynasty (and the priciest ear in history): By 1957, Getty was America's richest man - equaling $6.8B today.

His Saudi oil concession produced 16 Million barrels yearly.

He lived in a 16th century English manor filled with priceless art (and real-life lions).

But something was broken behind the wealth...

In 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II built the world's first megacity.

Today, it's a pile of rubble covered in pigeon droppings.

Babylon's walls were so massive that two chariots could race side by side on top.

Here's how greed destroyed the cradle of human civilization:
Rising from the floodplains of Mesopotamia, ancient Babylon began as a modest settlement around 2300 BC.

But it was under King Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) that this city transformed into an unprecedented marvel of human achievement.

What made this transformation possible?

In 1919, a silent killer swept through New York.

Scientists warned: one teaspoon causes blindness - one glass brings death.

But people continued to drink it.

Here's how the U.S. government created the most lethal poison epidemic in history (killing 10.000): In January 1919, the 18th Amendment was ratified.

It prohibited alcohol production and sales across America.

But demand remained strong.

This created a massive black market for bootleg liquor...

In 1927 Henry Ford built a secret city in the Amazon rain forest.

But only three years later, his employees fled Fordlandia for their lives.

Here's why the jungle swallowed Ford's $400M dream (it wasn't snakes or spiders): Ford's plan was brilliant.

Acquire 2.5 million acres of Brazilian rainforest and build a factory town in the middle of nowhere.

Then grow rubber for his car tires and break free from the British and Dutch rubber cartels.

Ford's managers worked tirelessly for 6 full years:

A backwater boy created one of the world's largest chemical companies—but no one talks about him.

With a $43 BILLION valuation, titans like Bayer and BASF envy his genius.

Here's the forgotten story of how sleeping in a barn led to a $43B chemical empire: Herbert Henry Dow wasn't born into wealth.

His father, a brilliant inventor, struggled financially despite his talents.

When the family moved to Cleveland, Herbert faced true hardship—sleeping in a barn while at Case School.

This forged something extraordinary in him...

In 1872, one man created an empire 4x the size of Apple.

But Rockefeller never drilled a single well.

He controlled something far more valuable.

The $400 Billion strategy that made a small-town bookkeeper the richest man in the world: Born in 1839 to a traveling salesman, John D. Rockefeller learned early about the power of hustle.

By age 16, he was working as a bookkeeper at a produce broker in Cleveland, earning just $0.50 per day.

But young John had a gift - he could see opportunities others missed.

And in 1859, he spotted something...

Germany unleashed their deadliest weapon in December 1915.

3,000 cylinders of a gas 6x more lethal than chlorine (said to smell like "musty hay").

One breath was enough to turn your lungs into acid.

The story of WW1's silent killer: (and how it shaped the world we live in) In 1812, Cornish chemist John Davy exposed carbon monoxide and chlorine gas to sunlight.

UV radiation from the sunlight kicked off a reaction, forming a new gaseous compound.

He named it "phosgene" - Greek for "born from light."

But this innocent discovery would change warfare forever...