This Company had a Private Army

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If you think of the wealthiest companies in history, you might think of Google, Facebook, and Tesla. Nutmeg doesn't come into thought, right? Well, it should.

The biggest company ever to exist relied on spice and silk, along with many other products. But, it's not a recent company. To know more about it, we need to go back to the 1600s.

We're talking about the Dutch East India Company. In this episode of Forensics, we'll compress its fascinating 200-year history and show you how, today, it's still leaving a mark on us.


0:00 East India Trading Company - Intro
0:32 East India Trading Company - Origins
2:08 East India Trading Company -The incredible wealth that fueled the VOC
3:04 East India Trading Company - The path to world domination
4:35 East India Trading Company -The sheer absurdity of the VOC’s proportions
5:33 East India Trading Company -The biggest company in the world.
6:25 East India Trading Company - How the VOC slowed down
7:35 East India Trading Company - Losing the numbers game
8:36 East India Trading Company - Decline


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