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BlockBuster: The Men & Moments Behind Its Rise and Fall

BlockBuster: The Men & Moments Behind Its Rise and Fall

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There are so many great characters in this story — I dig into the
founder, David Cook, a guy who sold the business for $12 million
but could have made $300 million if he'd stayed on for just a few
more years. And then Wayne Huizenga, the guy who turbo-charged
the business, after building his first fortune in the rough and
tumble of the waste management business in the 70s and 80s.
There's the now legendary meeting where Blockbuster's executives
had the chance to buy a fledgling company called Netflix for $50
million but more or less laughed the Netflix founders out of the
room. And then, as I've come to expect, Carl Icahn makes an
appearance and bullies his way into the business, but makes a
complete mess of it. It's a cracking story — enjoy.