#265 Jesse Zhang: Decagon's CEO on Maths Olympiads, No Small Talk & Transforming Airlines, Banks, Large Corporates
14 Jul 2026
1h 18m
Vidit Agarwal · Technology
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Founded 6.5+ years ago by Vidit Agarwal, The High Flyers Podcast is a global top ranked show exploring the personal and professional journeys behind the most relatable role models shaping our world. Enjoy 275+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport -- going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build. Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand. Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco. This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre. We're proud that more than 60% of our 275+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include: Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (CEO, BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Keith Rabois (MD, Khosla Ventures), Aleks Spaseska (CEO, Kmart), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner), David Schneider (Growth Fund Co-Lead Partner, Cotaue), Vandita Pant (CFO, BHP), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of Travel), Shiv Rao (CEO, Abridge), Ryan Beiermeister (Partner, Founders Fund), Jesse Zhag (CEO, Decagon), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Gautam Chari (Head of Capital Commitments, Bank of America), Mel Silva (Managing Director, Google), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), David Eckstein (CFO, Legora), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG), Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and more. Engage with us via: Email: [email protected] Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vidags10 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/ Follow us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Episodes
#264 David Eckstein: Legora's CFO on Living Someone Else's Life, AI Economics and Raising $500M in 45 Days
07 Jul 2026
1h 15m
#263 Gautam Chari: Mumbai Engineer to one of Asia’s Most Senior Investment Bankers | Why Great Careers Aren't Linear
30 Jun 2026
1h 15m
#262 Brad Banducci: Fmr Woolworths CEO on Identity, Intrapreneurship and Why Directionally Correct Beats Perfect
23 Jun 2026
1h 3m
#261 Ameet Bains: Tatts Lotto Win to Leading the Western Bulldogs as the AFL's First Indian Heritage CEO
16 Jun 2026
1h 10m
#260 Maxine Minter: Japanese Before English, Unpacking Generative Ambition and Building a VC Fund Nobody Expected
09 Jun 2026
1h 32m
#259 Ryan Neelam: Diplomacy, Persuasion, the UN, Hong Kong and Shaping One of the World's Most Important Relationships
04 Jun 2026
1h 1m
#258 Cristina Cordova: Linear’s COO on Catching Taxis Alone to School, scaling Stripe as the 28th hire and more
26 May 2026
1h 27m
#257 Elena Verna: Lovable’s Head of Growth on Learning English Through SpongeBob and the Growth Playbook in the AI Era
20 May 2026
1h 29m
AI processedGrowth expert Elena Verna details her professional evolution from early analytics roles at Safeway and SurveyMonkey to her current focus on AI-driven growth at Lovable. Distribution remains the critical factor in building successful companies, requiring a precise balance between growth product and growth marketing. The...
#256 Shernaz Daver: Khosla Ventures recent CMO on being Indian-American, Standing Up to Steve Jobs, Building Netflix & Waymo Brands
12 May 2026
1h 19m
#256 Lost His Seat Live on TV at 35 to Now Chairing Banking, Education and Sport | Andrew Fraser
28 Apr 2026
1h 3m
#254 Jeanne DeWitt Grosser: How I became COO of Vercel and CBO of Stripe by influencing in engineering led companies
21 Apr 2026
1h 18m
#253 Andrew Fraser: Halter’s President on Digging for Uranium in Africa to Building Cows Tech worth $2.9B
07 Apr 2026
1h 7m
#252 Ethan Choi: The Aussie-Korean-American leading the Khosla Ventures Growth Fund, in his first ever podcast interview
31 Mar 2026
1h 28m
#251 LIVE from EvokeAG: Accessing alternative capital, and what it takes to move innovation into real-world adoption
26 Mar 2026
31m
#250 Rob Giglio: Canva’s Chief Customer Officer on Staying Relevant, Drivers of Canva’s Growth, Choosing Impact Over Titles
24 Mar 2026
1h 34m
#249 David Haber: a16z General Partner on Living in the Grey, Building Compounding Advantage and Goldman Sachs Acquisition
17 Mar 2026
1h 19m
#248 Vivek Bhatia: Early Bollywood Aspirations to Global CEO — Hard Won Lessons from MUFG, QBE and Wesfarmers
10 Mar 2026
1h 14m
#247 LIVE from EvokeAG: Tina Funder & Lucie Semenec on Building Fossil-Free Materials and Reinventing Fashion Supply Chains
05 Mar 2026
42m
#246 David Neal: Oxford Engineer to $240B Global Investor, Building a Sovereign Wealth Fund and Financing AI Infrastructure
03 Mar 2026
1h 16m
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