Is Hunter Harrison the Greatest CEO of All Time?

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English - February 07, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB
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When you think of iconic and successful CEOs, names like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, Jack Welch, and Sam Walton probably spring to mind.

Can you name a 4-time CEO who orchestrated overwhelming turnarounds at each of his stopping points?

Hunter Harrison did, and he's the subject of the book, Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison.

Our guest is the author of this biography, Howard Green. We talk about the CEO's childhood, the relationship with his father, 3 keys to his emerging success as a railroader, and much more.