With a valuation of $190 billion, Databricks is now one of Silicon Valley’s biggest—and fastest-growing—software companies. But according to CEO Ali Ghodsi, one key to scaling the company hasn’t been getting his top talent into more meetings—it’s making sure they aren’t stuck in conference rooms all day. “I try to compress the calendar,” Ghodsi said
Surrounding yourself with a bunch of yes-men is not a recipe for success—at least according to AT&T CEO John Stankey. Instead, he wants employees to come to meetings prepared to share their ideas and perspectives—not simply sit back and listen. “I love discourse,” Stankey said in a recent joint interview with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon warned UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey in a call last week against higher taxes on banks as Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government prepares its budget for October, the Financial Times reported. Dimon said higher taxes often drive away jobs, citing a decline in finance jobs in New
The dollar could eventually lose its status as the world’s reserve currency if the US fails to maintain its economic and military dominance, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said. “If we’re not the strongest military in 25 years and the strongest economy, we won’t be the reserve currency either,” Dimon said on PBS’ “Firing Line
As leveraged exchange-traded funds draw growing scrutiny, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is pointing to a broader risk across markets. “Market leverage is pretty high,” Dimon told CNBC in an interview aired on Wednesday. “When you have that, you do have a higher chance that something will disrupt the market in a quick way and
