Some leaders are born, and others are made. For Box CEO Aaron Levie, leadership and entrepreneurship come easily. He started Box while still in college and has grown the company from a small startup to a publicly traded tech giant with nearly 2,000 employees.
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Farooq Kathwari is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. an American furniture chain founded in 1932. The company now has more than 300 stores across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Farooq has been President of the company since 1985 and Chairman & CEO since 1988.
Join me as I speak with today’s guest, Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box. The company was started back in 2005 while Aaron was still in college. At the time it was him and one other person. Now, 14 years later they have 2000 employees and 90,000 customers around the world. But it wasn’t an easy journey. You will hear how the company got started, how Aaron deals with rejection, how to create a culture where employees can speak up at work, how Aaron’s leadership style has changed over the years and much more.