Jack Welch, Legendary CEO of General Electric, and his wife Suzy welcome John Resnick to their home in Boston to discuss Jack’s appearance on Legends Of Success.
It is with great sadness that we say a final farewell to our friend and mentor, Jack Welch. Jack was an enormous influence on millions of people and certainly a huge impact on those of us fortunate enough to have known him. There was only one Jack Welch and he will be missed.
Sara tells John how she struggled to earn a living by selling copy machines door-to-door during the day, and performing stand-up comedy at night. With a total of only $5,000 savings, Sara started SPANX and went on to become America’s youngest self-made female billionaire.
John Resnick (Bio) Invited to Participate as Keynote Speaker/Moderator at:
THE WHARTON
Economic Summit
Next Moves in a Global Economy
L to R – John Resnick; Art Collins, CEO of Medtronic, Inc; Jon Huntsman,
The Huntsman Corporation; Prof. Tom Donaldson, The Wharton School
The Wharton Economic Summit
Out of The Vault: The Very Best of Legends of Success
Bernie Marcus, Co-Founder
The Home Depot
Listen to John’s interview with Bernie Marcus, Founder of The Home Depot
In April of 1978 at the age of 49, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank were abruptly and unfairly fired from their executive positions at home improvement center, Handy Dan’s for “outperforming” a very insecure boss.
Nearly broke and unsure of his next move, Bernie received a surprise call from friend, Ken Langone (see Forbes 400) who encouraged him to pursue a dream Marcus had of building “warehouse size home improvement stores coast to coast that would revolutionize the industry”. Langone hit the streets to help raise seed capital from personal investors, and one year later on June 22, 1979 the first Home Depot store was open for business.
This Week’s Guest:
Robert J. Herbold, Retired Executive Vice President & COO
Legends of Success syndicated radio program has been honored to broadcast numerous guest appearances with our friend, Steve Forbes, President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. The company’s flagship publication, Forbes , is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of one million readers. Forbes and Forbes Global publications together reach a worldwide audience of six million readers, and Forbes.com has 65 million unique visitors every month.
