Episodes
Nov. 6, 2024
Inside the entrepreneur economy with Inc.’s Mike Hofman
Mike Hofman is fresh off of "Entrepreneur prom" – the annual gathering of Inc.'s 5000 fastest-growing private companies. As Editor in Chief, Mike oversees the media outlet that serves as the handbook to business owners and operators. The companies...
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Oct. 16, 2024
Driving in High Gear with Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi
Brian Sozzi is up at 2:40am preparing for the day when most people are fast asleep.His relentless drive has carried him from his first job as an equity research analyst to executive editor at Yahoo Finance. On the season 4 premiere of Press...
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Aug. 5, 2024
Finding your niche with CNBC's Sara Eisen
Sara Eisen’s recipe for success is pretty straight forward: “Always have an expertise, and a niche. It will pay off in the end.” For Eisen, developing that niche meant choosing an internship at Foreign Exchange TV to launch her career (even if...
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July 2, 2024
James Mackintosh: The Veteran Wall Street Journal Columnist Who “Thinks Through His Fingers”
James Mackintosh spent six years at Oxford studying philosophy. It turns out that was the perfect training to become a financial markets columnist. On this episode of Press Profiles, we explore James's nearly 30-year career spanning the Financial...
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May 29, 2024
Diane Brady: Fortune’s newest CEO Whisperer
In a life that has brought her to almost every corner of the earth, Diane Brady has made a career of finding stories in unexpected places. Now, she is turning her attention to bringing Fortune’s live events and CEO initiative to the next level. On...
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May 1, 2024
Laura Kreutzer: The changing face of Private Equity with the Wall Street Journal’s Bureau Chief.
Laura Kreutzer is one of the longest tenured reporters in Private Equity. A scholarship student who earned her way into some of the most prestigious educational institutions, Laura has brought keen insight, deep understanding, and a warm personality...
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April 10, 2024
Bloomberg Technology’s Caroline Hyde on why “Diversity is everything”
Caroline Hyde has thrived in several roles at Bloomberg for the past 16 years, most recently leading the charge at Bloomberg Technology alongside co-anchor Ed Ludlow. But before she brought her infectious energy to TV, she was working on the other...
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March 13, 2024
Oliver Shah: Live from London with the renowned columnist from The Sunday Times
Oliver Shah has rapidly become one of the most impactful journalists in Britain. His quick career rise to associate editor at the The Sunday Times (the paper he grew up reading) has been due in large part to his ability to find the "sizzle on the...
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Feb. 21, 2024
Dan Colarusso: A behind the scenes look with the man in charge at CNBC
As the son of a butcher, Dan Colarusso grew up seeing how the sausage got made. Now, he oversees sausage making of a different type. As Senior Vice President of Business News at CNBC, Dan is the man behind all the decisions that affect the network’s...
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Feb. 1, 2024
John Micklethwait: Setting the tone at Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News is one of the biggest news organizations globally, with 2,400 reporters, and coverage that reaches every medium from wires, to broadcast, to print, and radio - and John Micklethwait is the man that sits atop of it all. On this episode...
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Jan. 10, 2024
Abe Madkour: Exploring the game behind the game with Sports Business Journal's Executive Editor
Most sports reporters sit in the press box. Abe Madkour’s staff of reporters sit in the C-Suite. On this episode of Press Profiles, we sit down with Sports Business Journal’s Publisher and Executive Editor to explore his love for the "game behind...
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Dec. 20, 2023
Mina Al Oraibi: On Location in Abu Dhabi with the Editor in Chief of The National newspaper
On this edition of Press Profiles, we head to the Middle East to sit down with the head of one of the leading news organizations in the UAE. Mina Al Oraibi was born in Iraq, and growing up her and her family were exiles in Saudi Arabia. She has spent...
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Nov. 29, 2023
CNBC's Bob Pisani: 10,000 bell ringings on the floor of the NYSE and counting…
The NYSE is an institution, and so is Bob Pisani. The CNBC veteran has been manning the floor of the exchange for the business network for more than 25 years. On this edition of Press Profiles, we hear about his encounters with notable luminaries such...
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Nov. 1, 2023
Reuters' Peter Thal Larsen: At the forefront of turning breaking news into Breakingviews
Peter Thal Larsen's career was shaped in part by the great financial crisis. As a reporter for the Financial Times, he had a front row seat to all the action. From there, he pivoted to Reuters’ financial commentary site, Breakingviews, and a little...
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Oct. 11, 2023
Arash Massoudi: Chasing scoops and covering the business of sports at the Financial Times
On our season 3 premiere of Press Profiles, we’re doing our “Due Diligence” with the FT's corporate finance and deals editor. Arash Massoudi grew up in Tallahassee, Florida but has made himself a successful career across the pond reporting on...
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July 26, 2023
Barry Ritholtz: Bloomberg’s Very Own “Master in Business”
Barry Ritholtz just recorded his 500th episode of the highly regarded Master’s in Business radio show and podcast on Bloomberg. The journey to 500 has been anything but a straight line. On this episode of Press Profiles, we take a look at...
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July 12, 2023
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson: Giving the Financial Times an “edge” for more than 20 years
As a little kid, Andrew Edgecliff Johnson would read his father’s Financial Times. It’s no wonder that he would grow up and spend his career at the venerable global news organization. On this edition of Press Profiles, we sit down with the man...
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June 21, 2023
Devin Banerjee: Taking a nervous leap from Bloomberg and loving life at Linked-In
Devin Banerjee is certainly not risk averse. Whether it’s taking control of a 150-person daily college newspaper at Stanford in his sophomore year, turning down a full time offer at the Wall Street Journal to accept an internship at Bloomberg,...
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June 7, 2023
Maneet Ahuja: Forbes’ Iconoclast on her relentless pursuit to build the best relationships.
When she was only about 5 years into her career, Business Insider wrote a story with the headline, “Meet Maneet Ahuja—The 27-Year-Old CNBC Producer Who's More Connected Than God.” Maneet Ahuja has always been determined and she has always...
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May 17, 2023
CoinDesk’s Michael Casey: One of Mainstream Media's Earliest Bitcoin Champions
Growing up in Australia, Coin Desk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey thought it would be cool to be in a band. While that didn’t pan out in the way he might have thought, he did end up as a rockstar of sorts among the legions of bitcoin and...
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May 3, 2023
Justin Baer: The Wall Street Journal’s self-proclaimed “late bloomer” on his quest to keep learning, improving, and building toward something better.
Justin Baer “lucked” into a job that would end up becoming a lifelong career. The Senior Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal was intrigued by the fast pace of news, and while he might have started out on the PR side of the equation, he...
April 19, 2023
Alice Fulwood: The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent on the only real career decision she’s ever made
Many people have seen the HBO show, “Industry.” Alice Fulwood has lived it. Before landing at The Economist, the now-venerable Wall Street reporter was “working hard and playing” hard on the trading floor at a London investment bank…until...
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April 5, 2023
Insider’s Dakin Campbell: A Wall Street “watch dog” looking to uncover the unknown.
Dakin Campbell’s calls aren’t always welcome on Wall Street. The seasoned journalist seeks to “uncover issues that management teams and other subjects would rather keep quiet.” On this episode of Press Profiles, we explore his approach to...
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March 22, 2023
Stephanie Mehta: Leading the way as CEO of Fast Company and Inc.
Stephanie Mehta was first starstruck by a front-page story in the “Daily Northwestern.” These days she’s rarely starstruck, leading two cutting-edge business publications which track the next generation of companies and entrepreneurs....