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S9E8: Tekedra Mawakana Wants to Build the ‘World’s Most Trusted Driver’

When Tekedra Mawakana told her mother she was thinking about taking a job at Waymo, her mom had a question: “Who is going to get in those cars?” The company, which calls

S9E7: David Rubenstein on Leading the Parade

David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, was the first person in his family to go to college. B

S9E6: Daniela Amodei Says Curiosity Is Underrated

Daniela Amodei and her brother Dario lead Anthropic, one of the world’s biggest and most influential AI companies. It wasn’t in her career plan. “I really think of myself

An AI@GSB Special: Demis Hassabis Thinks We’re in the ‘Foothills of the Singularity’

When Demis Hassabis pitched DeepMind to a few venture capitalists back in 2010, the business plan was almost comically audacious. “Step one: Solve intelligence. Step two:

S9E5: Jane Fraser Says Think About the Skills, Not the Title

Citi is one of the most important financial institutions in the world, moving $5 trillion a day across more than 100 countries. Jane Fraser has run it since 2021, when sh

S9E4: David Baszucki Says Roblox Is the Future of Communication

Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki was building a 3D, multiplayer, cloud-based world before almost anybody had thought about the metaverse. In a wide-ranging conversat

S9E3: Joe Tsai Says Start Local, Then Go Global

Alibaba, known as the “Amazon of China,” is one of the world’s most valuable companies. In a wide-ranging conversation on View From The Top: The Podcast, co-founder and c

S9E2: A.G. Sulzberger Is Tuning Out the Cheers and the Jeers

“Being a reporter is the most fun an adult is allowed to have at work,” says A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher and chairman of The New York Times.  In a wide-ranging conver

S8E13: GSB at 100: "The Moment"

This week on View From The Top we’re sharing an episode of GSB at 100, a limited audio series created especially for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Centennial. GS

S8E12: GSB at 100: "The Experience"

This week on View From The Top we’re sharing an episode of GSB at 100, a limited audio series created especially for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Centennial. GS

S9E1: Orlando Bravo on Doing the Work, One Deal at a Time

At 30, Orlando Bravo, JD/MBA '97, thought his private equity career might be over. “I did three deals and when the dot-com bubble burst two out of the three went to zero,

S8E10: GSB at 100: "The Spirit"

This week on [If/Then or View From The Top] we’re sharing an episode of GSB at 100, a limited audio series created especially for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s C

S8E9: GSB at 100: “The Magic”

This week on View From the Top we’re sharing an episode of GSB at 100, a limited audio series created especially for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Centennial. GS

S8E8: Luis von Ahn Is Making Screen Time Count

Luis von Ahn was a tenured professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who had sold a company to Google. “You were pretty set, a lot of us would say, so w

S8E7: Ken Griffin Still Checks His P&L

Ken Griffin heads the most profitable hedge fund in history. But Citadel’s founder and CEO is focused on the future — not the scoreboard.    “I like to think I haven’t a

S8E6: Aravind Srinivas Has All The Answers

Aravind Srinivas leads Perplexity — whose AI-powered search engine provides direct, sourced answers to any question you might ask it.  On this episode of View From The T

S8E5: Lisa Su Is Still Curious About How Things Work

Lisa Su, the chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), leads one of the world’s most influential technology companies, a pioneer in high-performance computing and de

S8E4: Doug McMillon Is Thinking Fifty Years Ahead

Doug McMillon began his career unloading trucks. Forty years later, he’s Walmart’s president and CEO, a role he’s held for more than a decade.  On this episode of View F

S8E3: Darren Walker on Finding Clarity and Purpose

For more than a decade, Darren Walker has led the Ford Foundation — and has been singularly focused on inequality. Why?  “Because I want little boys and girls, wherever

S8E2: Leena Nair Refuses to Be the Last

Leena Nair doesn’t just talk about leadership — she redefines it. In a wide-ranging conversation with Ayesha Karnik, MBA ’25, Nair reflects on her journey from a factory