Boundless Ambition, Bitter Ruin: The Tale of the $8 Trillion East India Company
Companies rise and fall, often in unpredictable ways.
Few stories better illustrate this better than the fate of the British East India Company in 18th-century Bengal.
This corporate behemoth grew into a powerful force that challenged even nations. At the height of its stock bubble, its value hit about $8 trillion in today’s dollars.
That’s equal to the …
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