In today’s episode, we speak with Joel Peterson, current chairman of JetBlue and Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Joel’s career got a big boost from being the CEO and CFO of the world’s largest real estate development company, after which he left to start a private equity firm.
Tune in to hear us discuss Joel’s experiences working as the chairman of JetBlue and how his career path has been quite serendipitous.
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Quotes:
“Early on in my career... I learned that you can’t talk your way out of problems you behaved your way into.”
“This was a $750 Million decision for a little start-up airline, so we knew we had to get this terminal right.”
“It would be hard to run a business without people trusting you.”
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