Hotel mogul J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr. has led his family business for the last 40 years, after founding it with his father back in 1957. He shares the advice he has carried on with him from President Eisenhower, the future of the Marriott brand, and today's political climate from the perspective of a longtime Washington D.C. family. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
Sep 04, 2017•43 min
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, is helping to bridge the opportunity gap for young girls through coding. How failure inspired her to start the nonprofit, why she says girls use technology different than boys to solve big problems, and her work with lawmakers on bipartisan support for computer science education. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 21, 2017•41 min
Kat Cole, the newly named Chief Operating Officer and President of North America for food giant Focus Brands, opens up about why she still digs in the trash, her ambition to be a CEO one day, and how being raised by a single mom on a $10/week food budget shaped her. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 07, 2017•45 min
Ursula Burns, former CEO of Xerox, sits down for a conversation about economic opportunity in the United States. She discusses her upbringing and education, things she learned from her mother, why she doesn't plan to run for public office and sexism in the workplace. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 5 min
KIND Founder and CEO Daniel Lubetzky shares his mission to "build bridges between people" through his "not-only-for-profit" business, how he took on the FDA, and the impact his father has had on him. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 11, 2017•53 min
Tamara Mellon is the co-founder of Jimmy Choo, and now her namesake brand. She opens up about her passionate fight for pay equality for women, and tells us why she is taking her new brand digital first. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 26, 2017•42 min
Bobbi Brown is known for her namesake cosmetics line, but she's stepping away from it after 25 years and becoming what she calls the entrepreneur of her life. She shares her passion for empowering young women, and how her parents underestimated her success early on. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2017•33 min
Venture Capitalist Kirsten Green is the founder of Forerunner Ventures, and has made big bets on brands like Warby Parker, Birchbox, Bonobos, Jet and Dollar Shave Club. She's a rare woman in a sector dominated by men, and shares her commitment to diversity in Silicon Valley and her candid take on sexism there. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 29, 2017•45 min
Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff is integrating cutting edge technology both on and off the runway, and is committed to helping women entrepreneurs and young girls in the STEM field. She shares her take on balancing her career and family, and building her brand along with her brother, Uri Minkoff. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2017•43 min
At CNNMoney's American Opportunity breakfast, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks about sexism in Silicon Valley, closing the opportunity gap, and the diversity problem in tech. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 08, 2017•48 min
From selling fax machines door-to-door to founding SPANX, Sara Blakely talks about her path to remarkable success, how she started SPANX with $5,000 after cutting the feet off her pantyhose, and why she's now committed to giving half of her wealth to charity. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 01, 2017•48 min
Brad Keywell is the co-founder of Uptake Technologies, Lightbank, and Groupon, and has launched over a dozen companies. But don't call him a Silicon Valley darling -- he's committed to seeing Chicago rise as a tech hub. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 20, 2017•41 min
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan addresses the fraudulent account scandal, calling it "completely unacceptable," explains his efforts to change the culture, and talks about his promise to the bank's biggest shareholder -- Warren Buffett. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 19, 2017•46 min
Brian Gallagher of United Way Worldwide, the largest non-profit in the world, relied on food stamps and welfare checks to get by as a young boy, but believed in the American Dream, rising to the ranks of President and CEO. He shares his take on income inequality and youth unemployment in the U.S., the proposed budget cuts that could affect non-profits, and his one-on-one with President Trump. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/priv...
Apr 10, 2017•51 min
As Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley, Carla Harris has defied the odds. She was the first African-American - man or woman - to join the bank's management committee, and has become a powerful voice for women in finance. She also opens up about being a new mother - and her work as an acclaimed gospel singer. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2017•38 min
Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the UN World Food Program, travels around the globe with one mission -- to end hunger in our lifetime. The humanitarian shares the biggest lessons she's learned and how her upbringing on the West Side of Chicago prepared her for the most important job of her life. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2017•34 min
Academy award winning actress and activist Patricia Arquette on her fight for true equality for women -- and closing the gender pay gap. She also opens up about her struggle as a young single mother living paycheck to paycheck. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 21, 2017•41 min
Global auto executive Carlos Ghosn -- the man who turned around Nissan and Renault -- talks about the future of autonomous vehicles and opens up about being a CEO in the era of President Trump, saying auto companies "will adapt to whatever follows." Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 06, 2017•36 min
Warren Buffett weighs in on the 2016 Presidential race he calls "like none other I've ever seen," says the U.S. economy is "softer than people think," while calling embattled bank Wells Fargo "a great bank that made a terrible mistake." Interview recorded November 10, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•48 min
Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank says if he's able to build his dream for the company in Baltimore it will create "thousands to tens of thousands" of jobs, and says "we see a vision here for us to make something greater." Interview recorded June 28, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•35 min
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon explains why his bank is betting $100 million on Detroit, says the competition from Silicon Valley is real, and discusses the rise of populism in America and abroad. Interview recorded May 25, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•37 min
Sallie Krawcheck gets candid about her personal climb to become one of the highest ranking women on Wall Street, to her public ouster from Citigroup, to starting anew as Founder of Ellevest – and her new book "Own it". Interview recorded January 27, 2017. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•28 min
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he's ready to hand over the reins to incoming CEO Kevin Johnson, and opens up about his take on the American Dream. Interview Part 1 recorded December 7, 2016. Interview Part 2 recorded September 7, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•42 min
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was one of the first women hired at Google, and today she is the only female CEO within Google. She says the internet "could use a lot more women." Interview recorded October 18, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•37 min
Facebook's head of global advertising sales, Carolyn Everson, says diversity in tech is critical and notes she is "still often the only woman in many meetings." Interview recorded October 18, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•34 min
CEO and Founder of her eponymous global fashion brand -- Tory Burch opens up about why she embraced the word "ambition," and notes that sexism continues to exist in the workplace. Interview recorded October 4, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•19 min
Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert is the first woman to become CEO of a major professional services firm. She instituted a 16-week family leave program and recounts being underestimated early in her career. Interview recorded September 30, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•23 min
Melinda Gates on her commitment to advancing opportunity for women and girls around the world – and why the mission is so personal for her. Recorded September 22, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•31 min
Birchbox CEO and Co-Founder Katia Beauchamp was turned down by many male investors she pitched, until Kirsten Green, a leading woman in venture capital, bet on her. Interview recorded March 28, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•37 min
Kevin O'Leary -- aka Mr. Wonderful -- on the hit show "Shark Tank" says "all of my returns were coming from companies either owned or run by women." Interview recorded March 30, 2016. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2017•32 min
