This perception of billionaire nerds may by now be a deep-rooted part of our culture, but the idea that the robber barons of the late 20th century accumulated immense wealth, almost by accident, while ...

Triumph of the Nerds originally premiered in June 1996 and is no longer airing on PBS stations. Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires zooms backwards on the information superhighway ...

while trying to save the world is a ridiculous lie. Especially given the iron-fisted ways in which we know many “nerd billionaires” – and especially Jobs and Bill Gates – ran their ...