David Senra, your favorite billionaire’s favorite podcaster, has turned down every acquisition offer. Here’s why

David Senra told me he’s unmanageable. Despite that, he’s managed to build a wildly profitable podcast business and has turned down every offer to buy it.

Founders, Senra’s original podcast, launched in September 2016. He’s always run it alone—no full-time employees, two subcontractors handling clips and thumbnails—and turned it into a business generating millions of dollars a year in profit. He laughed dryly when he recalled turning down acquisition offers valuing the show upward of $50 million. “Who knows what people would offer today?” he mused.

He’s not selling regardless. “If someone gives you money, they want influence,” Senra told me. “I’m not interested in doing my life’s work any way other than the way I want to do it. I couldn’t have investors or a corporate parent. I’m just not suited for that.” He called the show “part of my soul.”

The audience Senra has built is, by any measure, abnormal. Jeff Bezos listens. So do Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke, Coinbase CEO........

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