

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


#145 Beezer Clarkson: The untold story to becoming partner at Sapphire and unpacking the behind the scenes of global Venture Capital

#144 Piruze Sabuncu: Stripe's first hire in South East Asia, turkish influences, partner at SquarePeg!
Piruze Sabuncu, a partner at the venture capital firm SquarePeg, details her unconventional career trajectory from her upbringing in Turkey to scaling Stripe in Southeast Asia. Her path highlights the power of curiosity and serendipity, as she navigated roles at IBM, McKinsey, and as a startup founder before finding he...

#143 Aneetha De Silva: From Singapore to bridging worlds, relatable journey in law, infrastructure and people leadership

#142 Carol Schwartz (Rare Public Interview): 3 siblings, victorious female advocacy, creating an institution of ideas, innovation and scholarship!

#141 Leigh Jasper: Service stations to Silicon Valley, unpacking the $1.6B success of Aconex, chairing Second Quarter Ventures & LaunchVic

#140 Ben Grabiner: UK upbringing, selling startup to Apple, building Side Stage Ventures and more

#139: (First ever public interview) w the combined $400B+ Telstra Super and Australian Super - powering your retirement growth through Venture Capital ft Amy Waite and Sheetal Cicutto

#138 Tom Humphrey: 3 siblings, scaling a successful startup with his sister to becoming partner at Blackbird & the economics of happiness!

#137 Michael Traill: Humble upbringings to co-founding Macquarie Capital's Private Equity arm, spotting talent & jumping ship to social impact!

Investment Memo: How Eugene is helping you take control of your health ft Co-Founders Zoe Milgrom & Kunal Kalro

#135 James Alcorn: Inside the AI revolution with one of the world’s leading investors focused in this space since 2015, Zetta Venture Partners!

#134 Kim Randle: Human rights lawyer to accelerating the world's transition to sustainable supply Chains, guest hosted by Jax Vullinghs

#133 Bec Milgrom (Rare Public Interview): Regenerative Farming, Self Discovery, Exactly how Tripple is using capital to create a better future!

#132 Osher Günsberg: Doctor parents, Realities of hosting The Bachelor + Australian Idol, How network TV operates & manufacturing serendipity!

#131 Michael Kim: Korean, Japanese & American upbringing + unpacking how Cendana Capital invests in VC funds around the world!

#130 Paul Bassat: Family grounding, Realities of creating success at Seek + Square Peg Capital, Building a legacy & Australia's future!

#129 Sam Wong: Soundblasters, Mixed Heritage, Blackbird's first hire to building the NZ fund + Finding alpha outcomes in non-obvious companies

#128 Peter Huynh: Vietnamese connection, Mindfulness, Seeding the Aus + South East Asia startup ecosystems, State of Health Care and AI

#127 Michael Stocks: Sydney to New York, Harvard MBA, Early Linktree hire, Demystifying operations in a high growth startup!
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