Italian couture house Valentino’s sales are almost back at pre-pandemic levels. With a renewed focus on its iconic rock studs and V-logo, Jacopo Venturini has started to turn things around after just one year as CEO. The star merchandiser fell in love with fashion early. As a young boy, he would devour fashion magazines for inspiration and pick out clothes for school before going to bed. Not one to conform, he says being different was challenging but also a gift. Venturini continues to lead with his own unique style — maintaining a low profile while leading one of the world’s most recognizable fashion brands. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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A Low Profile CEO Turns Things Around at Valentino

In one of our most popular episodes from this year, the poster boy for online education talks about remote learning during the pandemic, the social return on education, why parents around the world use his videos - Bill Gates included - and why he doesn’t go a day without meditating. Out of Office brings you all that with Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Sal Khan: Educating the World, One Person at a Time (Rebroadcast)

Kamal Ahmad is the founder of the Asian University of Women. Based in Bangladesh, it’s for students from displaced communities - a large number come from Afghanistan. As the Taliban took over, Ahmad had one goal: to evacuate students and alumni who were back in Kabul. We hear the extraordinary story of escape from Kamal and one of the students. Both insist they’ll never give up on educating and empowering the women of Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Escape From Kabul: How These Women Barely Made It Out of Afghanistan

Qatar Airways is rated the world’s best airline. Behind its success: boarding school discipline and no bullshit. The Group CEO, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker brings his trademark candor to this podcast. He talks about customer service, rebuilding after the pandemic and why he is OK with some employees being scared of him. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The Qatar Airways Story: Boarding School Discipline and No BS

PBS CEO Paula Kerger is pressing ahead with some of the most ambitious changes in programming that the public television network has seen in years. A harsh open letter from filmmakers prompted most of the change. A Nebraska rancher took care of the rest. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

A Rancher in Nebraska Sparked Changes at PBS

One of Europe's most successful entrepreneurs, Mark Dixon talks about the importance of starting early. The founder of the serviced office group IWG shares the lessons learned from running his first business: “Dial A Snack.” As a teenager, Mark would bike around his village selling sandwiches made in a rented kitchen. Mark explains how that experience, plus stints as a miner, farmhand, and bartender in various parts of the world, shaped him as a businessman and a leader. He talks candidly about failure, the future of work, and why the ocean is the one place he feels free. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Mark Dixon: From Sandwich Salesman to Billionaire Businessman

Sonu Shivdasani, the Founder and CEO of the sustainable luxury resort group Soneva, says he has been fortunate enough to experience many crises in his life. Having lived through SARS, the tsunami, a cancer diagnosis and now the pandemic, Sonu opens up about the power of positive thinking and explains how that influences him and his business, which offers guests the ultimate luxury: a chance to slow down, live sustainably and get sand between their toes.

Sonu Shivdasani: Crisis Gives Birth to Opportunity

Author and Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone takes us behind the scenes of a company that changed the world. In his new book, Amazon Unbound, Stone tracks the most important business story of our time — the unprecedented rise of Amazon and its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos. He talks about writing during the pandemic, what surprised him about the company he knows inside out, and achieving a personal goal: gifting his book to his 103-year-old grandmother.

Amazon: The Book, the Business, and the Backstory

The President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation has had a tough year. Covid-induced lockdowns brought the hospitality industry to its knees. But, there are green shoots of recovery. Mark Hoplamazian tells us why he is optimistic about the new era and explains why he will continue to lead his giant workforce the only way he knows how to: with empathy. He says it’s a quality he developed through a close relationship with his mother, the rock who guided and supported him through the loss of his father, and whose deep influence helped make him the success he is today.

Mark Hoplamazian: Chief Empathy Officer – The Modern-Day CEO

As a second wave of Covid-19 ravages India, one of the country’s best known journalists, Barkha Dutt, continues to shine a light on the pandemic's grave impact on the marginalized. Dutt recently lost her father to the disease. Covering this story is now personal. Through her exhaustive reporting from the frontlines, she’s giving voice to the hundreds and thousands of others who don't have one. She says it’s the best way to honor her father.

Barkha Dutt: Her Father’s Death Brings This Story Home

The founder and CEO of luxury skincare brand, Tatcha, speaks about the importance of starting a conversation about uncomfortable topics. Racism. Sexism. Invisibility. Vicky shares her personal and professional story of being an Asian American entrepreneur, citizen, and mom and explains why, for the first time in her journey, she’s done being invisible.

Victoria Tsai: Is Done Being Invisible

The President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise talks about his journey from call center to the corner office. A multi-faceted personality, Antonio Neri discusses how his experience in the Falklands war has shaped his views on life, why connectivity is the world’s greatest equalizer and, though he's also a professor of art, explains why being a CEO comes first. At least for now.

Antonio Neri: The Artist and the CEO

Bloomberg Live features Howard Schultz in this special live episode of Out of Office. There’s no corporate talk here. Instead, we ask questions newsmakers usually don’t get asked when they’re in the office. We speak to the former CEO of Starbucks about the influences on his personal life that have defined his views on public service, equality, racial harmony, doing business with China and his vision for America. Too bad, we ran out of time to talk about coffee.

Howard Schultz: Living Proof of the American Dream

From tutoring a cousin in math to creating an online platform that provides anyone, anywhere in the world a free top-notch education, Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, talks about why money should never come in the way of children’s learning. The poster boy for online education talks about remote learning during the pandemic, the social return on education, why parents around the world use his videos — Bill Gates included — and why he doesn’t go a day without a dose of meditation.

Sal Khan: Educating the World, One Person at a Time

The entrepreneur who shot to fame with the makeover series “What Not To Wear” talks about founding a makeup business, Trinny London, at 50. With her trademark raw honesty that’s won her a loyal tribe of global followers, Trinny Woodall takes us through her professional journey that took her from a less than exciting stint in commodities to building a beauty empire. She talks about creating stackable makeup, why she isn’t interested in creating a perfect face, and explains why she’s never felt more comfortable in her own skin than she does in her 50s.

Trinny Woodall: On Business, Beauty and Reinventing Herself at 50

Join us for unconventional conversations about life and leadership in Out of Office, hosted by Mallika Kapur. Tune in to hear newsmakers talk about things they don't get asked about in the office. Their childhood. Dreams. Mentors. Favorite books. Failure. Triumphs. Down time. Family and love. Because all these influences make them who they are and define how they lead.

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