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Fortt Knox

Jon Fortt co-anchors TechCheck on CNBC, and has covered technology and innovation for more than 15 years. Fortt Knox brings you rich ideas and powerful people. Guests include Intel CEO Brian Krzanich,... Read more

Ranked #1

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48 - Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital CEO: The Beauty of a Calculated Risk

48 - Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital CEO: The Beauty of a Calculated Risk

Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the most sought-after investors in Silicon Valley. It's because he has a knack for figuri... Read more

14 Oct 2017

45mins

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142 - Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington: with John Stanton and Farhad Manjoo

142 - Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington: with John Stanton and Farhad Manjoo

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington this week arguing for Libra, the digital currency his company created and wan... Read more

26 Oct 2019

26mins

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17 - Michael Phelps, Olympic champion: The Toughest Battle Is in Your Mind

17 - Michael Phelps, Olympic champion: The Toughest Battle Is in Your Mind

We love to have these debates about who's the greatest of all time in any given sport; maybe it's because you don't even... Read more

4 Mar 2017

26mins

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9 - Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO: The Boss's Favorite Mistake

9 - Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO: The Boss's Favorite Mistake

Twenty-five years ago, the man who is now CEO of the world's largest maker of computer chips was an engineer at the comp... Read more

9 Jan 2017

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30 - Tom Siebel, CEO of C3 IoT: Billionaire vs. Elephant

30 - Tom Siebel, CEO of C3 IoT: Billionaire vs. Elephant

To say Tom Siebel has had an interesting life would be putting it mildly. He’s a billionaire, a tech visionary, and the ... Read more

3 Jun 2017

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61 - Al Kelly, Visa CEO: Career Shifts, Bitcoin, and the Future of Money

61 - Al Kelly, Visa CEO: Career Shifts, Bitcoin, and the Future of Money

Imagine you've worked 23 years at a company, up to the top. You're being groomed to be the next CEO. And then the curren... Read more

20 Jan 2018

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140 - Savings and Startups: Credit Carma CEO Ken Lin; Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman

140 - Savings and Startups: Credit Carma CEO Ken Lin; Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman

It’s hard to save money these days – and I’m not talking about the new phones and earbuds that come out this time of yea... Read more

13 Oct 2019

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18 - Tom Steyer, investor and activist: A Billionaire's Surprising Rules of Winning

18 - Tom Steyer, investor and activist: A Billionaire's Surprising Rules of Winning

Tom Steyer became a billionaire by solving puzzles.That wasn't his technical job description – he actually founded Faral... Read more

13 Mar 2017

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55 - Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO: The Father of the Cloud

55 - Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO: The Father of the Cloud

About 13 years ago, Andy Jassy had a big, big idea. What if you could rent computing power and storage over the Internet... Read more

2 Dec 2017

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85 - Roger Lynch, Pandora CEO and Sling TV co-founder: The Great Rebundling

85 - Roger Lynch, Pandora CEO and Sling TV co-founder: The Great Rebundling

Pandora, the music streaming service, has a culture that's heavily musical. So as a new CEO of the company, it helps tha... Read more

21 Jul 2018

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39 - Tristan Walker, Walker & Company Brands founder & CEO: A Black Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley

39 - Tristan Walker, Walker & Company Brands founder & CEO: A Black Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley

Tristan Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands. He's 33 years old. In this episode I somewhat joking... Read more

6 Aug 2017

52mins

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46 - Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO: Hit Refresh with the Power of Empathy

46 - Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO: Hit Refresh with the Power of Empathy

Satya Nadella is the third CEO of Microsoft. He's also a husband and a father of special-needs kids. He's an immigrant.A... Read more

30 Sep 2017

38mins

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40 - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO of North America: The Beauty of Reinvention

40 - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO of North America: The Beauty of Reinvention

This is a conversation about reinvention. Not just once, but over and over.Julie Sweet leads the North American business... Read more

12 Aug 2017

50mins

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141 - Tech's Free Speech Challenge

141 - Tech's Free Speech Challenge

Tech just can’t get away from politics.  Senator Elizabeth Warren has a bone to pick with Facebook. Mainly its standards... Read more

19 Oct 2019

26mins

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29 - Nicole Eagan, Darktrace CEO: Riding Out the Boom/Bust Cycles

29 - Nicole Eagan, Darktrace CEO: Riding Out the Boom/Bust Cycles

Today she sits at the helm of a promising cybersecurity company. But first Nicole Eagan had to survive the dotcom bust.E... Read more

29 May 2017

45mins

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11 - John Legere, T-Mobile USA CEO: CEOs Can't Say That

11 - John Legere, T-Mobile USA CEO: CEOs Can't Say That

How's this for authenticity: T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere has no qualms about dropping an f-bomb right in the middle of ... Read more

23 Jan 2017

13mins

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91 - What the Most Successful Founders Have in Common: Maynard Webb, Scott Galloway, Robert Frank

91 - What the Most Successful Founders Have in Common: Maynard Webb, Scott Galloway, Robert Frank

We’ve got a fascination with founders in our culture – people who start stuff. Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Bill Gates.  I’ve ... Read more

Ranked #18

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36 - Anil Chakravarthy & Bruce Chizen, Informatica: Even CEOs Need Mentors

36 - Anil Chakravarthy & Bruce Chizen, Informatica: Even CEOs Need Mentors

Think of this as getting to audit a little bit of a leadership master class.Bruce Chizen has the kind of unique executiv... Read more

17 Jul 2017

27mins

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65 - Rob Bernshteyn, Coupa CEO: Saving Your Way to Success

65 - Rob Bernshteyn, Coupa CEO: Saving Your Way to Success

Frugality is baked into Rob Bernshteyn’s life experience. His family immigrated from Russia when he was a kid, and he us... Read more

17 Feb 2018

33mins

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20 - Katie Jacobs Stanton, Color CMO: Be the Exception to the Rule

20 - Katie Jacobs Stanton, Color CMO: Be the Exception to the Rule

Katie Jacobs Stanton knows how to create her own options.Stanton, a veteran of Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and a presidentia... Read more

26 Mar 2017

41mins

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