855: Believe In People, Not Control | Charles...

Author David Foster Wallace is credited with a story in a commencement speech, where he shares, "There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says 'Morning, boys. How's the water?' And the two you ...  Show more

I want to start off by asking a question I continually interest myself with. Do we really want to be happy? If I survey the culture, it looks like we very much want happy moments. The little jolts of dopamine from entertainment, food, drugs and such. But do we really want deep an ...  Show more

“Each of us can make a big difference if we believe in people.”

Today’s guest is one of the richest people in the world and CEO and chairman of one of the largest privately held American companies, Koch Industries with over 130,000 employees. Charles Koch is an influenti ...

Charles Koch is the CEO of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held American companies. Brian Hooks is the CEO of philanthropic community Stand Together. Together, they wrote <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Believe-People-Bottom-Up-S ...

In this episode, my guest is Charles Koch. Charles G. Koch is chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held American companies. During his tenure with the company, the estimated value has grown from $21 million to more than $100 billion. Charles has publi ...  Show more

Charles Koch turned his father's small business into one of the most profitable private companies in the U.S., now he's heavily focused on philanthropy that empowers people. Koch and Brian Hooks, the head of Koch's philanthropic endeavors, discuss their new book "Believe in Peopl ...  Show more