Who hosts the business podcast 'How I Built This' on NPR?

Guy Raz hosts NPR’s business podcast How I Built This.

Raz created the show to explore the personal histories behind companies, products, and movements. Rather than presenting business success as a simple formula, episodes usually focus on uncertainty, setbacks, early experiments, funding problems, and the decisions that shaped an entrepreneur’s path.

How I Built This began on September 12, 2016. Its guests have included founders and innovators from companies such as Spanx, Airbnb, Canva, and many others. The format is an interview, but Raz’s questions often guide guests through the chronology and emotional turning points behind their work.

Listeners sometimes confuse Raz with hosts of other prominent business podcasts, including Tim Ferriss or Malcolm Gladwell. Those are different programs and formats. Raz is also associated with NPR’s TED Radio Hour and the children’s podcast Wow in the World, but How I Built This is the program specifically identified with his interviews about entrepreneurship and innovation.