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This Is Success
Revealing conversations with today's most inspiring business, sports, entertainment, and government leaders. Candid interviews with the likes of Sheryl Sandberg, LeBron James, and the founders of companies like Lyft and Tinder. Insightful stories and useful advice about how to get to the top.
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Insider Edge: The first questions to ask if you're laid off
The coronavirus pandemic has brought widespread layoffs, and with that, a sense of job anxiety. If you're worried that layoffs may be coming to your o...
Insider Edge: What to do when you feel overworked
Feeling overworked is nothing new to many Americans, and the coronavirus pandemic has only made matters worse. While there are some benefits to workin...
Slack, Yieldstreet, and Splice founders on "Starting Up"
What's the next big thing in business? How do you turn an idea into a profitable startup? Convince investors to support you and customers to trust you...
NYSE president Stacey Cunningham
Stacey Cunningham lives and breathes the New York Stock Exchange, which she’s led since 2018. She spent her early career as a trader in “the pit” on t...
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman
Stephen Schwarzman is one of the most influential figures in finance. Not only does his firm, Blackstone, manage more than $500 billion, he has the ea...
'The Simpsons' star Yeardley Smith
Yeardley Smith has been the voice of Lisa Simpson since “The Simpsons” first started airing in the ‘80s. More than 30 years later, the animated series...
Fashion designer Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang started his own label at just 20 years old. Today, his brand is worn all over the world and recognized by some of the most influential...
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio is the billionaire founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. Dalio is as well known...
Gates Foundation cofounder Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates is one of the world’s most influential philanthropists. In her new book, “The Moment of Lift,” Gates argues that empowering women is the...
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd
Mark Hurd joined Oracle in 2010 and almost immediately dramatically changed how the tech company does business. He saw a need for a shift to cloud com...
Bonus Episode: How KFC took over Christmas in Japan
This week, an unexpected success story. Household Name's Dan Bobkoff and Sally Herships bring us the tale of how a Japanese businessman made KFC a Chr...
IndyCar champion Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick is the most successful female race car driver ever, but she didn't want to be a trailblazer for women. She got into Nascar and IndyCar...
Grammy-winning DJ Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, known professionally as Afrojack, is a world-famous Dutch DJ. He writes original music and collaborates with artists like Pitbull, N...
The Daily Beast CEO Heather Dietrick
Heather Dietrick joined news site The Daily Beast in 2017 after rising through the ranks at the now defunct news blog Gawker. As president of Gawker,...
Master class: Making business partnerships work
Some of the world's top founders, executives and CEOs built their businesses with the help of their family, friends, and coworkers. In this master cla...
'The Da Vinci Code' author Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s writing career took off in 2003 when his novel “The Da Vinci Code” became an international bestseller. Now, he's one of the world's most p...
Burger King CEO Daniel Schwartz
Daniel Schwarz leads Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King, Tim Horton’s, and Popeye’s. He started out his career at the...
General Stanley McChrystal
Stanley McChrystal led the United States and its allies in the War in Afghanistan before retiring as a four-star general in 2010. He revolutionized th...
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann
Over the last eight years, Ben Silbermann has quietly built Pinterest into a global brand with 250 million active users. He's the cofounder and CEO of...
Former GE and NBC exec Beth Comstock
Beth Comstock spent almost three decades at NBC and General Electric. She left GE last year after rising to one of the corporation’s highest roles: vi...
Refinery29 cofounder Christene Barberich
Christene Barberich is the cofounder and global editor in chief of Refinery29, a media company focused on empowering women by starting conversations a...
AOL founder Steve Case
When Steve Case was in college, he read a book that said a digital revolution was coming. A little over a decade later, he led that revolution as the...
IEX CEO Brad Katsuyama
Brad Katsuyama never considered himself a maverick, or entrepreneur. He had a cushy job at the Royal Bank of Canada, but he became alarmed the more he...
Promoter and restaurateur Larry Morrow
If you want to know where to go and who to talk to in New Orleans, Morrow’s your guy. After he dropped out of college, the 27-year old entrepreneur co...
Yuengling sisters Jen and Wendy
Jen and Wendy Yuengling are two of the four sisters in charge of the Yuengling beer company. Their father, Dick, took over the family business back in...
'Say Yes to the Dress' designer Pnina Tornai
Pnina Tornai never imagined she’d become one of the world’s most sought-after bridal gown designers. She spent most of her childhood dreaming of becom...
Harry’s cofounder Jeff Raider
Jeff Raider is the cofounder and co-CEO of the razor company Harry’s, an online subscription service that sends high-end razors to customers at a low...
Master Class: How to measure success
Success means something different to everyone, including the world's top company founders, executives, and CEOs. In this Master Class episode of "Thi...
Drybar founder Alli Webb
Alli Webb is the founder and visionary behind Drybar, the hugely popular blowout salon that took a regional trend mainstream. Today, Drybar is a multi...
Comedy icon Caroline Hirsch
Caroline Hirsch has discovered or helped develop some of comedy’s biggest names—people like Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle, and Michelle...
Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman
Adena Friedman has the top job at Nasdaq, one of the world's biggest stock exchanges. Early in her career, she learned how to impress her bosses by ta...
Special Episode: TGI Fridays was the 'Tinder of the 1960s'
This week, we feature the first episode of Business Insider's new podcast, "Household Name," which you can find on Apple Podcasts or your favorite app...
'Million Dollar Listing' star Ryan Serhant
Ryan Serhant moved to New York City when he was 22, hoping to launch a career on Broadway. When that dream didn’t pan out, he found a different route...
Business coach Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo is a life and business coach with hundreds of thousands of followers online. When she first started giving strangers advice almost 20 yea...
Skinnygirl CEO Bethenny Frankel
You may know Bethenny Frankel from her lead role on the "Real Housewives of New York." But her name is also the driving force behind an expanding empi...
GOAT CEO Eddy Lu
For more than a decade, Eddy Lu tried to find the next big thing. Golf apparel, 99-cent smartphone apps, Japanese desserts — they all flopped, but he...
Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo
Sylvia Acevedo is a trailblazer in business and tech. She was one of the first Hispanic students to get a master's in engineering from Stanford, she w...
Bestselling author David Sedaris
David Sedaris built a career by sharing his life through essays. He writes about everything from the death of family members to his love of picking up...
Who, What, Wear CEO Katherine Power
Katherine Power worked for years to land her dream job at Condé Nast. But when an offer came, she turned it down. Instead, she joined with a friend to...
Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert runs a Midwestern empire. In Michigan, he founded Quicken Loans, which made him a billionaire. Now he’s trying to rebuild downtown Detroit...