K.C. Irving: Competing with Giants
The Knowledge Project
- Published
- November 3, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 3m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Nov 3, 2026
Discusses investing.
Summary
This is the story of K.C. Irving, the man who refused to be stopped. When a railway raised his shipping costs, he bought a ship. When oil suppliers tried to squeeze him, he built a refinery. Whenever someone told him no, he found a way. From his father’s general store in a small New Brunswick town, he built an empire of roughly 300 companies. How do you b…
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This is the story of K.C. Irving, the man who refused to be stopped. When a railway raised his shipping costs, he bought a ship. When oil suppliers tried to squeeze him, he built a refinery. Whenever someone told him no, he found a way. From his father’s general store in a small New Brunswick town, he built an empire of roughly 300 companies. How do you beat competitors with more money, more people, and a head start? You’ll see how he won customers the big companies ignored, why he kept expandin
Themes
- investing