Two-Thirds of Every Match on Earth Came From One Man

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Every time anyone, anywhere in the world, struck a match in 1929, there was a two in three chance it came from one Swedish industrialist.

[00:00:09]He owned Swedish Match.

[00:00:11]He owned factories on every continent.

[00:00:14]And he used those matches to lend $387 million to 15 sovereign governments.

[00:00:20]Matches for loans.

[00:00:22]Loans for monopolies.

[00:00:24]Monopolies for matches.