The Accidental Billionaires
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Oct 14, 2026
Richard BardonHOST
... book.
Richard BardonHOST
Accidental Billionaires is a great book.
Richard BardonHOST
And, you know, okay, this is gonna be cool.
Richard BardonHOST
I'm ex- I'm excited to see.
Elamin AbdelmahmoudHOST
We've got David Fincher directing the thing.
Elamin AbdelmahmoudHOST
Aaron Sorkin wrote the script for that one, uh, based on the, the book, uh, Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.
Elamin AbdelmahmoudHOST
Uh, I, I should note, Aaron Sorkin, my man-
Radheyan SimonpillaiGUEST
[laughs]
Nick GillespiePANELIST
Um, I saw, a week or two ago, I saw a preview of The Social Reckoning, which is Aaron Sorkin's, uh, latest film.
Nick GillespiePANELIST
He wrote and directed it, and it's a, uh, sequel of sorts to The Social Network, the movie, uh, that he wrote, I guess, years ago, um, about the creation of Facebook, uh, which itself was based on a book called The Accidental Billionaires, which is very good, the movie less good.
Nick GillespiePANELIST
Uh, The Social Reckoning is a terrible movie.
Nick GillespiePANELIST
Um, I think Robbie Soave, uh, a couple weeks ago when the trailer came out, looked at it and wrote something about it.
Taylor AgajanianGUEST
Mm-hmm.
TylerHOST
This movie is adapted from Ben Mezrich's book, The Accidental Billionaires.
TylerHOST
Uh, and Aaron Sorkin, the writer of this, and-
KonneryHOST
Mm-hmm
CasePANELIST
Well, Zuckerberg in real time, you know, he was celebrated for being the youngest billionaire.
CasePANELIST
This movie is based on a book called The Accidental Billionaires, and shortly after this movie comes out, the public perception of him, it's easy to forget now, but the public perception was, "We should have this guy run for president.
CasePANELIST
You know, he's so far ahead of his time that maybe he should be leading the country." Cut to Cambridge Analytica scandal, yada, yada, yada, whatever happened there.
Brian HaddadHOST
[laughs]
CasePANELIST
Well, Zuckerberg in real time, you know, he was celebrated for being the youngest billionaire.
CasePANELIST
This movie is based on a book called The Accidental Billionaires, and shortly after this movie comes out, the public perception of him, it's easy to forget now, but the public perception was, "We should have this guy run for president.
CasePANELIST
You know, he's so far ahead of his time that maybe he should be leading the country." Cut to Cambridge Analytica scandal, yada, yada, yada, whatever happened there.
Brian HaddadHOST
[laughs]
Keir GraffHOST
Now, film fans will all remember David Fincher's The Social Network, his 2010 movie about the rise of Facebook, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.
Keir GraffHOST
It was written by Aaron Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his screenplay, which he adapted from Ben Mesrick's book The Accidental Billionaires.
Keir GraffHOST
People have begged Sorkin for a sequel for years, but he resisted because, as he says, he didn't want to be the guy who wrote Jaws 2.
Keir GraffHOST
More than that, he said in a recent New York Times interview that he couldn't find the story.
Aaron PetersonHOST
This is the truth behind Facebook and the film The Social Network.
Aaron PetersonHOST
Before we dive in, you can know that this narrative is grounded in facts from credible sources, from interviews, court documents, news reports, and Ben Mezrich's book, The Accidental Billionaires, the dramatized account that inspired the film.
Aaron PetersonHOST
In 2010, The Social Network swept into theaters with razor-sharp dialogue and an intense tale of friendship, betrayal, and the birth of Facebook.
Aaron PetersonHOST
It was a drama based on real events.
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Aaron PetersonHOST
They christened the project The Facebook.
Aaron PetersonHOST
Eduardo even lined up an initial advertising deal for the site's launch with a bank.
Aaron PetersonHOST
And it's important to note when you reflect on the book, The Accidental Billionaires, Eduardo's perspective heavily informed that book, which is also a big proponent of the movie.
Aaron PetersonHOST
So a lot of what we know from those early days comes from Eduardo's recollections, which the film in turn used.
BrianHOST
Well, Zuckerberg in real time, you know, he was celebrated for being the youngest billionaire.
BrianHOST
This movie is based on a book called The Accidental Billionaires, and shortly after this movie comes out, the public perception of him, it's easy to forget now, but the public perception was, "We should have this guy run for president.
BrianHOST
You know, he's so far ahead of his time that maybe he should be leading the country." Cut to Cambridge Analytica scandal, yada, yada, yada, whatever happened there.
BrianHOST
[laughs]
Brian HallHOST
Amazing.
Brian HallHOST
And it's featured in the book that this movie is based on, The Accidental Billionaires.
Brian HallHOST
The Accidental
Zaki HasanHOST
Billionaires, which apparently Sorkin and Ben Mezrich wrote the book.
1 HR 25 MINS LATER
Brian HallHOST
ouch.
Brian HallHOST
Pressing into my back.
Brian HallHOST
But I was going to say, I'm curious what the book is like that this is based on, The Accidental Billionaires.
Brian HallHOST
I mean, this party scene, I'm assuming it's not in there then.
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