CEOs Who Burned Through Millions and Tanked Their Own Companies
Scott Galloway ranks executives, from Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to WeWork's Adam Neumann, by how much they cost their own companies.
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Scott Galloway ranks executives, from Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to WeWork's Adam Neumann, by how much they cost their own companies.
Scott Galloway is a bestselling author and professor of marketing at NYU Stern. The following is a recent blog post, republished with permission, that originally ran on his blog, "No Mercy / No Malice." In it, Galloway talks about the complexities of divorce in both business and personal life. When Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce last week, people expressed a surprising amount of shock and disappointment. Seattle's second-wealthiest divorcing couple will be fine, as money is the modern world's shock absorber. Similar to its effect on so many other things, the pandemic has acted...
Scott Galloway is a bestselling author and professor of marketing at NYU Stern. The following is a recent blog post, republished with permission, that originally ran on his blog, "No Mercy / No Malice." In it, Galloway talks about how the grief of losing a loved one reminds us that time marches on with or without us. We put down our dog, Zoe, on Tuesday. We're grieving. Three months ago our vet told us Zoe had growths on her liver, to take her home and enjoy our remaining time with her. Tuesday morning I woke to distressed calls — "Dad … DAD!" — coming from downstairs. Zoe had collapsed...
Scott Galloway is a bestselling author and professor of marketing at NYU Stern. The following is a 2018 blog post that he recently re-ran on his blog, "No Mercy / No Malice." It has been republished here with permission. In it, Galloway shares the story of how he started buying stocks at age 13 and the men who taught him how. As the news keeps thrusting the CEO of Robinhood in my face, I have two thoughts: One, is the Javier Bardem "No Country for Old Men" hairstyle back in vogue? And two, that investing in — and holding — stocks has changed my life profoundly.
Galloway says short-term investing through apps like Robinhood is akin to a drug high — it won't last, and it likely won't make you happy or wealthy.