Game Changers - Bloomberg

Joanne Rowling, creator of Harry Potter, is the best selling fiction writer of all time. The first author to become a billionaire from her work, her imaginative tales of a boy wizard have generated the most popular and profitable series of books and movies ever produced, and caused hundreds of millions of kids to rediscover reading in an age of texting and Twitter.

Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. See how Cuban spun his love of basketball into a multi-billion dollar enterprise.

Jeff Bezos didn't just invent online shopping; he almost single-handedly turned it into a 34-billion-dollar enterprise. With the launch of Amazon.com in 1994, Bezos put online shopping on the map and Amazon.com has sold every product imaginable since the company's inception.

Warren Buffett has, for decades, held a unparalleled position in American finance. He is not only a legendary investor with an astounding success rate, and a billionaire forty times over; he is also - by far - the most respected businessman in America.

Reed Hastings transformed the way we see movies and television - twice. In 1997, the California entrepreneur combined DVDs and the US Post Office to create Netflix - the first online DVD movie rental business. Eight years later, he reinvented his own company with a new service - streaming movies and television shows directly through the internet.

Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. This program features interviews with Newmark; David Vinjamuri, author of "Accidental Branding;" Christina Murphy, founder of CM Recruiting; Mark Rasch of Secure IT Experts; Peter Zollman, founder of AIM Group; and Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Pew Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

His rise to global fame and fortune is even more inspiring when one takes into account the awesome obstacles he has had to overcome. Through interviews with friends, former colleagues and business associates, Game Changers follows his meteoric rise from the projects to business success, highlighting the unorthodox business style and entrepreneurial instincts that contribute to his creative genius.

Bloomberg Game Changer follows the career of Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc. and one of the world's youngest billionaires. This program features interviews with Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra, who accused Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for the social-networking website.

Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, now Jon Stewart, from his New Jersey boyhood through the standard struggle of the stand-up comedian - part time jobs and late night gigs at New York's comedy clubs. It will shine a spotlight on his early television shows and movies, including rare video from his early career, to show his transformation into the dominant American commentator of our time.

How did a working-class boy from the Bronx named Ralph Lifshitz grow up to become billionaire Ralph Lauren, a name that is now synonymous with elegance and sophistication? Learn about his meteoric rise and how he overcame a myriad of challenges to become a global fashion icon.

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch who created a global media empire worth more than $30 billion. As Chairman of News Corp, the Australian born Rupert Murdoch runs a global empire that includes newspapers, magazines, a movie studio, television stations, satellite operations, a publishing house and digital media platforms.

Bloomberg Game Changers profiles Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone. This program features interviews with Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey; Mike Maples, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Floodgate; Tim O'Reilly, founder and chief executive officer of O'Reilly Media; Om Malik, founder of GigaOM; and Meg Hourihan, and co-founder of Blogger.com.