Porsche vs Volkswagen: The Heist That Broke the Stock Market
In October 2008, while the world was collapsing financially, a small sports car company pulled off the most audacious corporate maneuver in history. Porsche — yes, the one that makes the 911 — secretly accumulated 74% of Volkswagen stock using financial derivatives no one was watching. When the truth came out on a Sunday morning, hedge funds lost $30 billion in a single trading session. Volkswagen briefly became the most valuable company on Earth. More valuable than ExxonMobil. More valuable than all of Germany. And then Porsche destroyed itself in the process. This is the story of a three-generation family feud, a genius engineer who stole an idea, 350,000 Germans who never got their car, and one Sunday press release that broke everything. —————————————————————— 🔔 Subscribe for more untold stories of corporate empires, billion-dollar disasters, and the people behind them. —————————————————————— #Porsche #Volkswagen #StockMarket #BusinessHistory #CorporateScandal
The Most Violent Short Squeeze in History
The Equation That Beat Wall Street
Warren Buffet: Don't Pay Cash for Your Next Car — Here's Why
Volkswagen: Wie man einen Traditionskonzern ruiniert
The 911 Has No Real Rivals. Here's Why.
Porsche and VW: Who actually owns whom?
Why Everything Is So Expensive - Financial Expert Patrick Boyle Explains
Buffett Expects a COLLAPSE
The Hard Fall of Porsche
Mercedes 770K: Decoding Hitler’s Car
The Deserved Downfall of F1
Why I Don’t Buy German Cars Any More - The Story of the Audi That Broke Me
The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family | Full Documentary
The Car Market Is On The BRINK Of Collapse
BMWs former CTO Prof. Wolfgang Reitzle on the battle between Mercedes and BMW in the luxury class.
The HORRORS of German Tank Destroyer Crews
Don't Pay Cash for Your Next Car — Here's Why
The Most Mysterious File On The Internet
The Ferdinand: Engineering Your Brain Can't Comprehend
