In today's special episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Bill McNabb, former Chairman & CEO of Vanguard, one of the world's largest and most important financial institutions with over 7 Trillion AUM.

A Wharton MBA alum, Bill joined Vanguard in 1986 and became CEO in 2008 and Chairman of the Board of Directors / Board of Trustees in 2010. He stepped down as CEO at the end of 2017 and as Chairman at the end of 2018.

In "retirement," Bill serves on the boards of IBM, United Healthcare, and Axiom, as well as a new fintech company called Altruist (linked below). He also serves as chairman of EY's Independent Audit Committee.

In this powerful conversation, Ryan and Bill cover a wide range of topics including:

- His long journey from teaching Latin, to Wharton, to becoming Vanguard's CEO (2:50)

- His most critical leadership lessons from Jack Bogle & Jack Brennan, and what crisis leaders can learn from American prisoners of war (13:20)

- How Vanguard positioned itself during the great rise of Fintech and wealth management tech (18:20)

- Gamestop, Robinhood, and his frustrations with his day-trading mother (23:20)

- How Vanguard is positioning itself for the long term and his interest in the tokenization + ESG (30:35)

- The Fintech company Altruist that he is on the board of (40:06)

And so much more!

Enjoy the show.

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Referenced in this episode:

Altruist https://altruist.com/

Public https://Public.com

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