Before You Can See Everything’s lead subject, Elizabeth Holmes, dissolved her medical device company due to claims of fraud, she was reportedly worth $4.5 billion. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s infamous founder and on whom the movie The Social Reckoning is based, is currently worth about $211 billion. This is chump change compared to his tech bro Elon Musk, who is centered in the movie Musk. His net worth is estimated to be north of $860 billion. But you know the old saying: “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” 

Many books, metrics, and academic lectures convey how such obscene amounts of money get concentrated in the hands of so few people. Historical charts and indices provide compelling visuals of what the wealth distribution looks like in the U.S. and even give a sense of how such inequity has come to feel, well, normal. At any rate, given that people like Holmes, Zuckerberg, Musk and other entrepreneurs live in the monetary stratosphere and are often embroiled in scandal, why do any of us flock to the theaters or pay extra to our streaming providers to see movies about them? What is our fascination with these untouchable figures? Join us on the Cup of Tea Critiques Podcast for a discussion about the appeal of billionaire biopics. 

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Adepu, Humpy. “Best Biopics of Tech CEOs & Visionary Entrepreneurs to Watch on OTT.” Analytics Insights (August 15 2026). https://www.analyticsinsight.net/ott/best-biopics-of-tech-ceos-visionary-entrepreneurs-to-watch-on-ott. 

“How Do Biopics of Living People Fare in the Modern Industry?.” Entertainment Post (April 15 2025). https://entertainmentpost.com/how-do-biopics-of-living-people-fare-today/. 

Simonds, Gary R. “Why Do We Hero-Worship Billionaires?” Psychology Today (December 2 2024). https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rich-encounters/202411/why-do-we-hero-worship-billionaires. 

Steele, Francesca. “The biopic is the worst genre in cinema – why do we keep watching them? The I Paper (November 22 2023). https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/biopic-worst-genre-cinema-2765809. 

“Why Biopics Are Dominating Streaming Platforms Right Now.” SpreadKnow. https://spreadknow.com/biopics-are-dominating/. 

“Why Every Entrepreneur is Watching These 10 Films.” VYBO (2023). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcme_3Kn_50. 

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