The Gstaad Guy Podcast

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  • Kurt Geiger CEO: Neil Clifford โ€“ Invisible Jobs, Hiring For Attitude, & Being The One Person

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Neil Clifford, CEO of Kurt Geiger, and a man who left school in 1983 with a report saying it was a shame he did not try harder, to explore why the best jobs have become invisible to the people who would be best at them. With a career built from a hardware shop counter in Portsmouth to the top of a global footwear and accessories business, Neil reflects on curiosity as a superpower, the difference between the skills you can teach and the attitude you cannot, and the one person who gives somebody their break.

    The conversation dives into the jobs that are never advertised, how badly retail sells itself as a career, and the case for hiring on attitude and adding the skills afterwards. Neil makes the case for apprenticeships, for employers who walk into the job centre themselves, and for the art teacher who lends a fourteen year old a camera and changes the whole shape of a life. A direct look at access, attitude and the quiet work of opening doors.

    Filmed at The Twenty Two (London), Gingko Suite.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:48) Surviving The Pandemic ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ช

    (03:07) Retail Undersells Itself ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿค”

    (03:42) Six Months Of Wednesdays ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…

    (05:17) These Jobs Are Invisible โ˜•๐Ÿ‘€

    (05:59) Be The One Person ๐Ÿงขโ˜๏ธ

    (06:58) Two Million And A School ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (09:28) How Do You Try Harder? ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ช

    (10:26) Twelve Percent Unemployment ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ˜”

    (11:39) Delivering Paraffin ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšš

    (13:19) Debenhams, Portsmouth, 1985 ๐Ÿ‘”๐Ÿฌ

    (14:04) The Etch A Sketch ๐Ÿง โœ๏ธ

    (15:19) Nine Thousand And My Own Keys ๐Ÿ”‘๐Ÿ’ท

    (18:01) The FT In The Window ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐ŸชŸ

    (20:16) Retail Is Art And Science ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ”ฌ

    (22:05) Two Years And A Kombi ๐Ÿšโณ

    (24:49) Sixty Million, Losing Two ๐Ÿ’ท๐Ÿ“‰

    (26:06) Who Kurt Geiger Was ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ”

    (29:17) Betting On A Handbag ๐Ÿ‘œ๐ŸŽฒ

    (30:12) Everyone Needs An American ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿค

    (32:13) A Firework Display ๐ŸŽ†โœจ

    (33:24) Saved By America ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    (36:31) Why London ๐Ÿ™๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

    (41:45) If Your Company Hasnโ€™t Got It ๐Ÿงฉโ“

    (45:14) Skin Grows Over My Ears ๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ˜…

    (46:50) My Alarm Is 4:47 โฐ๐ŸŒ…

    (51:38) Attitude Over Skills ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ’ช

    (54:04) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (57:23) Curiosity Over Nostalgia ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ’ก

    (1:00:25) I Think Best Moving ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’ญ

    (1:02:49) Hairy Angels ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜‡

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Carolina Bucci Founder & Jewellery Designer: Carolina Bucci โ€“ Frosting an Icon, Patina, & Why No Is Never Final

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Carolina Bucci, founder and jewellery designer, and the fourth generation of a Florentine family that has been making jewellery since 1885, to explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the rules they inherit. With a career built between the workshops of Florence and the shop floors of New York and London, Carolina reflects on designing for herself first, treating no as the opening of a negotiation rather than the end of one, and the difference between a piece that is precious and a piece that is meaningful.

    The conversation dives into the Florentine finish that makes gold look as though it is covered in diamonds, the four collaborations that reimagined one of the most recognisable watches in the world, and why the best things are the ones you never take off. Carolina makes the case for jewellery that leaves the safe, for scratches worth keeping, and for the kind of personalisation nobody else is meant to see. A warm and exacting look at inheritance, invention, and the quiet confidence of making things for yourself.

    Filmed in the Manor House at Rosewood London.


    Chapters:

    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:51) Frosting The Royal Oak โŒšโ„๏ธ

    (03:23) Five Generations, Starting With Pocket Watch Chains โ›“๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ

    (05:18) The Daughter Who Wanted Jewellery For Every Day ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘ง

    (07:04) The Safe At The End Of Her Bed ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (08:12) Florence, A City Of Artisans ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐ŸŽจ

    (10:29) Initials Nobody Sees ๐Ÿ”ค๐Ÿคซ

    (12:24) Pyjamas In New York ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐Ÿ˜ด

    (14:18) No Is Never Final ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿ’ช

    (15:53) One Corner Of A Cabinet ๐Ÿ—„๏ธโœจ

    (17:55) Ariana, The Assistant Who Never Existed ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿซฅ

    (18:57) Two Minutes With The Buyer โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (21:02) Sex And The City And The Lucky Bracelet ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ€

    (23:29) Three People Waiting On Motcomb Street ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿ‘ฅ

    (27:08) The Superglued Bracelet ๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ’Ž

    (29:40) Making Gold Do What It Shouldnโ€™t ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (31:14) Following A Strangerโ€™s Royal Oak ๐Ÿ‘€โŒš

    (34:40) Do You Think You Can Do Better? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ก

    (36:40) How The Florentine Finish Is Made ๐Ÿ”จโœจ

    (41:33) Messing With The Dial ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ง

    (44:22) The Mini Oak Moment โŒš๐ŸŒŸ

    (47:57) Sizes, Not Genders ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿค

    (50:45) Forte Beads And Her Sons ๐Ÿ“ฟ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ

    (53:25) Family Business, Founder And Mother ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (59:38) Donโ€™t Wait โณ๐Ÿš€

    (1:02:06) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Carolina Bucci Founder & Jewellery Designer: Carolina Bucci โ€“ Frosting an Icon, Patina, & Why No Is Never Final

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Carolina Bucci, founder and jewellery designer, and the fourth generation of a Florentine family that has been making jewellery since 1885, to explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the rules they inherit. With a career built between the workshops of Florence and the shop floors of New York and London, Carolina reflects on designing for herself first, treating no as the opening of a negotiation rather than the end of one, and the difference between a piece that is precious and a piece that is meaningful.

    The conversation dives into the Florentine finish that makes gold look as though it is covered in diamonds, the four collaborations that reimagined one of the most recognisable watches in the world, and why the best things are the ones you never take off. Carolina makes the case for jewellery that leaves the safe, for scratches worth keeping, and for the kind of personalisation nobody else is meant to see. A warm and exacting look at inheritance, invention, and the quiet confidence of making things for yourself.

    Filmed in the Manor House at Rosewood London.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:51) Frosting The Royal Oak โŒšโ„๏ธ

    (03:23) Five Generations, Starting With Pocket Watch Chains โ›“๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ

    (05:18) The Daughter Who Wanted Jewellery For Every Day ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘ง

    (07:04) The Safe At The End Of Her Bed ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (08:12) Florence, A City Of Artisans ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐ŸŽจ

    (10:29) Initials Nobody Sees ๐Ÿ”ค๐Ÿคซ

    (12:24) Pyjamas In New York ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐Ÿ˜ด

    (14:18) No Is Never Final ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿ’ช

    (15:53) One Corner Of A Cabinet ๐Ÿ—„๏ธโœจ

    (17:55) Ariana, The Assistant Who Never Existed ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿซฅ

    (18:57) Two Minutes With The Buyer โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (21:02) Sex And The City And The Lucky Bracelet ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ€

    (23:29) Three People Waiting On Motcomb Street ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿ‘ฅ

    (27:08) The Superglued Bracelet ๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ’Ž

    (29:40) Making Gold Do What It Shouldnโ€™t ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (31:14) Following A Strangerโ€™s Royal Oak ๐Ÿ‘€โŒš

    (34:40) Do You Think You Can Do Better? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ก

    (36:40) How The Florentine Finish Is Made ๐Ÿ”จโœจ

    (41:33) Messing With The Dial ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ง

    (44:22) The Mini Oak Moment โŒš๐ŸŒŸ

    (47:57) Sizes, Not Genders ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿค

    (50:45) Forte Beads And Her Sons ๐Ÿ“ฟ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ

    (53:25) Family Business, Founder And Mother ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (59:38) Donโ€™t Wait โณ๐Ÿš€

    (1:02:06) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

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    1 hr 11 min
  • BYREDO Founder & Former Creative Director: Ben Gorham โ€“ Scent, Fatherhood, & No Game Clock

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Ben Gorham, founder and former creative director of BYREDO, who spent his first eighteen years intending to play professional basketball and the next twenty building a fragrance house that only looked sudden from the outside, to explore what patience is worth when nobody is keeping time. With a career built on turning memory into something invisible, Ben reflects on making things for himself long before he knew who would want them, the absurdity of selling scent by gender, and why the people who change the world so often get described the same way.

    The conversation dives into the moment he first smelt his own work on a stranger, what maximum ambition costs at home, and why spotting a gap in the market no longer works. Ben shares the business plan that lost him the room, the diaries that became one of his bestsellers, and the two questions he asks about any boy his daughter mentions. A grounded look at memory, patience, and building something designed to outlast the person who made it.

    Filmed at Faena Miami Beach, Premier Oceanfront Corner Suite.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:30) Relearning America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”„

    (04:50) A Twenty Year Overnight Success โณ๐Ÿ†

    (06:19) From Basketball To Perfume ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒธ

    (07:52) Mapping A Life Through Smell ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ƒ

    (12:05) Selling Smells In A Swedish Winter โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช

    (13:43) Simple On Purpose โ—ป๏ธโœจ

    (16:50) The Stranger At The Airport โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿค

    (20:12) Eighteen To Eighty Five ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐ŸŒ

    (21:01) A Menu For Men ๐Ÿง”๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (24:02) The Brand Versus The Business โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (27:59) No Game Clock โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿšซ

    (34:30) Why Young Men Fell For Fragrance ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ˜

    (37:33) Built For A Hundred Years ๐Ÿ›๏ธโณ

    (40:19) Letting The Baby Grow Up ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ถ

    (41:43) Ambition And Fatherhood ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (47:26) Does He Have A Sister? ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ‘€

    (48:51) The Taxicab Theory ๐Ÿš•๐Ÿ’ก

    (50:57) Finding The Gap Ten Years Out ๐Ÿ”ญ๐ŸŽฏ

    (57:11) Betting On The Next Decade ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿš€

    (1:01:21) Why The Mountains โ›ฐ๏ธโค๏ธ

    (1:02:47) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (1:05:03) Against All Odds ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ช

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Jeremy King Restaurants Founder & CEO: Jeremy King โ€“ Belonging, Respect, & Why We Really Go Out

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Jeremy King, founder and CEO of Jeremy King Restaurants, the restaurateur behind Le Caprice, The Ivy, The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Fischerโ€™s, and now behind Arlington, The Park and Simpsonโ€™s, to explore why a great restaurant has almost nothing to do with food. With fifty years spent on the floor rather than in the boardroom, Jeremy reflects on building rooms that act as a catalyst for whatever people bring to them, why he is always led by a building rather than a concept, and the uncomfortable truth that a whole career can turn on a single throw of a dice.

    The conversation dives into the ladder of belonging and why he refuses to put up a sign to the loos, what luxury actually is once the bling has been stripped out of it, and the behaviour code he would far rather enforce than a dress code. Jeremy shares what he learned sweeping a school gym at fourteen, why the things that first attract you to a person are the ones you later try to change, and what he told his daughters to watch for in anyone they brought home. A generous look at service, restraint, and the quiet engineering behind every room that makes you feel at home.

    Filmed at AP House London.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (02:40) Colbert, And The Tube Station ๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (03:32) What A Restaurant Is Really For ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ก

    (05:45) A New York Grand Cafe ๐Ÿ—ฝโ˜•

    (09:09) Led By The Building ๐Ÿ›๏ธโœจ

    (10:17) The Dice Man ๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ”„

    (13:51) Sweep It Better Than Ever ๐Ÿงนโœจ

    (15:30) Everything Has To Change ๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ’ก

    (17:11) Why The Wolseley Worked โ˜•๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (20:16) Less Than Once A Year ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ“…

    (22:31) Restaurateur Or Owner? ๐Ÿ‘”๐Ÿค”

    (23:19) My Core Customer Is Me ๐Ÿชž๐ŸŽฏ

    (25:36) In Praise Of Single Diners ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (30:08) Great Design Never Shouts ๐Ÿคซ๐ŸŽจ

    (31:21) Togetherness, Even Alone ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ญ

    (35:04) You Only Ask Once ๐Ÿšชโ˜๏ธ

    (36:03) We Go To Be Loved โค๏ธ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (38:44) Glassware, Cutlery, Shadow ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿด

    (41:25) True Luxury Is Silk Underwear ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’Ž

    (43:39) It Just Happened ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธโœจ

    (46:52) The Eras Of London ๐Ÿ™๏ธโณ

    (48:23) Bombs Through The Windows ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐ŸชŸ

    (51:08) Fifty Years Of Openings ๐Ÿ“‹๐ŸŽ‰

    (55:41) Celebrate Why You Were Attracted ๐Ÿ’โœจ

    (58:57) Iโ€™ll Know ๐ŸชŸ๐Ÿ’ญ

    (1:02:53) Respect Is The Bedrock ๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (1:04:07) Where To Sit At A Table ๐Ÿช‘๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (1:07:08) Watch How They Treat The Staff ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿค

    (1:08:55) Manners Versus Respect ๐Ÿ’ฌโš–๏ธ

    (1:12:22) Oiks In Suits ๐ŸŽฉ๐Ÿ˜

    (1:14:27) What A Members Club Should Be ๐Ÿ”‘๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (1:18:54) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (1:23:04) Only Do What You Want ๐Ÿงญโค๏ธ

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    1 hr 28 min
  • David Protein Founder & CEO and RXBAR Co-Founder & Former CEO: Peter Rahal โ€“ Protein, Prestige, & Doing It Twice

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Peter Rahal, founder and CEO of David Protein and co-founder and former CEO of RXBAR, one of very few people to have built a category leader twice in the same aisle, to explore why the best product in a crowded market is a design problem long before it is a marketing one. With a career built at the intersection of food science, packaging and consumer psychology, Peter reflects on why he will not build a brand on a diet trend, what it takes to make a three dollar bar feel like a status object, and why being contrarian only counts if you turn out to be right.

    The conversation dives into the prestige playbook he borrowed from Starbucks, the engineering that pushed a protein bar to its physical limit, and why most food founders are quietly hostile to technology. Peter shares the thinking behind a campaign that ranked boiled cod above his own product, the lawsuit he treats as a compliment, and the one trait he hires for above any hard skill. A sharp look at design, discipline, and how an ordinary object becomes something people want to be seen holding.

    Filmed at Casa Cipriani New York's Premier River View Suite.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:38) Fridge Status Is Real ๐ŸงŠโœจ

    (02:42) Banned From Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿšซ

    (03:45) Twelve Bars In A Kitchen ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿณ

    (06:23) Never Build On A Diet Trend ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿฅ—

    (07:40) The RX Name Problem ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿท๏ธ

    (09:16) Naming Phobia, Then David ๐Ÿ—ฟ๐Ÿ˜…

    (09:53) There Are No Secrets Anyway ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿคซ

    (11:03) Round Two Is Easier ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ช

    (13:36) Iโ€™m Never Going Back To Food ๐Ÿšช๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (14:29) I Bet I Could Do It Better ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ก

    (16:03) When The Market Turned To Protein ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ“ˆ

    (19:18) Designing To The Limit ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ“

    (21:19) The Biophysics Limit โš›๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฌ

    (23:04) So Good We Got Sued โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚

    (24:15) Your Body Is Not On Fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšซ

    (25:49) The Starbucks Prestige Play โ˜•๐Ÿ‘‘

    (28:31) The Bronze Bar ๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿซ

    (30:25) Why It Costs Three Dollars ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿค”

    (32:01) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (33:25) We Actually Sold Cod ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    (36:05) Nutrition Is Asymmetric ๐Ÿฅ—โš–๏ธ

    (38:25) Food Founders Are Luddites ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ˜

    (40:14) Hiring For Humility ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ™

    (42:25) A Sexy Protein Bar ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿซ

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    47 min
  • Flex Founder & CEO: Zaid Rahman โ€“ Dropping Out, Token Maxing, & the Cofounder You Never Had

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Zaid Rahman, founder and CEO of Flex, who has never held a normal job, never spent a day at university, and now runs the financial platform behind some of the fastest growing companies in the world, to explore what building actually costs and why the people who look like they have already made it are so often the ones getting the least help. With a childhood spent watching his fatherโ€™s construction business rise and fall in Dubai, Zaid reflects on where ambition is inherited from, why finance is the part of running a company nobody wants to touch, and what it means to hand someone the cofounder he never had.

    The conversation dives into what an agent actually is once you strip the terminology away, the strange economics of token maxing, and where the value in AI will settle once the noise clears. Zaid shares what it looks like inside a company where forty five engineers ship twenty four products, where an intern can spend two hundred thousand dollars over a weekend, and where the most expensive department is now legal. A candid look at money, machines, and the unglamorous work behind every business that looks effortless from the outside.

    Filmed at The Peninsula in London.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (03:13) Saudi, Then Dubai ๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐ŸŒ

    (04:15) No Lamborghinis, No Butlers ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ˜

    (06:06) First Business At Thirteen ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿš€

    (06:54) Perspective Is The Greatest Luxury ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ’Ž

    (07:22) Flex Fuels Ambition ๐Ÿงพ๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (10:47) Paid To Drop Out ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (13:15) Fifty Of Three Hundred ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ†

    (17:00) Zero Days Of College ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ˜

    (17:55) Chaotic In The Nicest Way ๐ŸŒ€โค๏ธ

    (20:41) Chewing Glass ๐ŸชŸ๐Ÿ’ช

    (21:23) Why Finance Sucks ๐Ÿ’ธโŒ

    (23:10) Wait Until You See Construction ๐Ÿงฑ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    (27:03) Sixty Days Of Float ๐Ÿ’ณโณ

    (30:07) Hiding The Complexity ๐Ÿ“ฑโœจ

    (32:29) What AI Native Means ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ก

    (34:01) Beacon, Your Financial Wrapped ๐Ÿ“ˆโœจ

    (38:32) The Best Thing Was Anthropic ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿค–

    (40:03) What An Agent Actually Is ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿค–

    (43:19) White Collar Goes First ๐Ÿ’ผโšก

    (45:06) Token Maxing โšก๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (46:53) The Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Weekend ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (48:29) Charging For The Highway ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (54:47) Where AI Is Heading ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐ŸŒ

    (59:22) Generalists Win Now ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ†

    (1:01:39) Flex Elite ๐Ÿ’ โœจ

    (1:04:07) Acquiring Selfbook ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (1:05:42) The Most Confusing Age ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ’ญ

    (1:07:49) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (1:11:26) Ask Me In Five Years โณ๐Ÿ”ฎ

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    1 hr 15 min
  • Expedia Group CEO: Ariane Gorin โ€“ Ambition, Manifesting, & Taking the Job Nobody Wanted

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Ariane Gorin, CEO of Expedia Group, and one of the few people running a company of that scale who was once told plainly that her ambition would make her unhireable, to explore what it takes to hold your nerve when the quality that makes you good is read as a threat. With a career built across Berkeley, Paris, London and Seattle, Ariane reflects on adapting to a culture that will not adapt to you, betting on yourself when a room has already decided what you are, and the quieter work of knowing what you want before you ever say it out loud.

    The conversation dives into manifesting as a practice rather than a slogan, why the roles nobody else wants are so often the ones worth taking, and how you hold a startupโ€™s speed inside a company of fifteen thousand people. Ariane makes the case for expanding the pie rather than dividing it, for building a business that creates value on both sides of a marketplace instead of sitting in the middle of it, and for a purpose simple enough that everyone from the engineer to the lawyer can see their part in it. A grounded look at ambition, leadership, and an industry that exists because of what people choose to remember.

    Filmed at The Londoner in London.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (02:34) Thirteen Years To CEO ๐Ÿชœ๐Ÿ†

    (03:33) A Household Name Of Household Names ๐Ÿท๏ธโœจ

    (05:19) The Brands Under The Group ๐Ÿงณ๐ŸŒ

    (07:11) A Berkeley Girl, Not A Hippie ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ˜

    (08:29) Twelve Months Became Thirteen Years โœˆ๏ธโณ

    (08:52) Eight AM In Paris, Empty Office ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (10:37) They Didnโ€™t Fit Me In A Box ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ก

    (12:05) Immigrant Of Love ๐Ÿ’˜๐ŸŒ

    (12:48) A Bird Without Wings ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ’ญ

    (13:23) Too Ambitious To Hire ๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (15:11) On Manifesting ๐Ÿ”ฎโœจ

    (17:53) She Wants Your Job ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ˜

    (21:49) Fourteen Days Versus Twenty Eight ๐Ÿ–๏ธโš–๏ธ

    (23:06) Euro Curious Americans ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

    (25:44) Families, Pets And Travel ๐Ÿ“ธโค๏ธ

    (26:34) How Expedia Started ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ก

    (29:44) Holding Company To Platform ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ“ˆ

    (31:57) What Partners Actually Get ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’Ž

    (34:35) Expand The Pie ๐Ÿฅงโœจ

    (35:57) The AI Question ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ก

    (38:34) The NASA Janitor ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿงน

    (40:54) Nobody Else Wanted That Job ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ช

    (42:22) Killing The Bureaucracy ๐Ÿงนโšก

    (44:06) Why He Left Apple โœจ๐ŸŽ

    (47:19) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

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    51 min
  • Visual Artist Working Across Painting, Drawing & Sculpture: Devon DeJardin โ€“ Guardians, Abundance, & Privacy as the Last Luxury

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Devon DeJardin, the visual artist working across painting, drawing and sculpture, whose Guardian figures have travelled from a friendโ€™s apartment floor in North Hollywood to private collections and the cover of a number one album. Devon had never picked up a brush. He had a world religion degree, five hundred dollars to his name, a mattress he folded into a laundry closet each morning and a stack of unsold jackets when a stranger in Indiana paid him a hundred dollars for a ten minute phone call to tell him he was meant to paint. Six months later some of the most prominent collectors in Los Angeles were emailing his studio.

    The conversation is about what he has built on top of that. Devon makes the case for abundance over gatekeeping, for giving without expectation, and for treating money the way you would treat a current, as something that only works while it is moving. He is sceptical of grinding and precise about why, he keeps studio hours like a day job because discipline is what leaves you ready, and he argues that in a world of total access the doors you choose to keep shut are the last real luxury. Running underneath all of it is the posture he brings to every room he is invited into, which is to assume he is the least knowledgeable person in it and to ask accordingly.

    Filmed at The Maybourne Beverly Hills Garden Suite.


    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (00:48) A Brand With His Brother ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿค

    (02:12) Painted Jackets And Bad Interviews ๐Ÿงฅ๐Ÿ˜…

    (06:18) God Told Me To Tell You To Paint ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽจ

    (07:43) First Canvas From Michaelโ€™s ๐ŸŽจโœจ

    (09:05) The Guardianโ€™s Face ๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿ”

    (10:16) A Cheque For Sixteen Grand ๐Ÿ’ฐโœ๏ธ

    (12:50) A Lie About Paris โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜

    (15:19) Donโ€™t Wait For The Call โญ๐Ÿš€

    (17:30) Inside The Art Factory ๐Ÿญ๐ŸŽจ

    (20:53) Kanye, Condo And Hypebeasts ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ‘Ÿ

    (22:15) The Gunna Album Cover ๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ

    (23:44) Midnight Dinner In Dubai ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

    (25:12) Calling The Hit ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽต

    (27:37) Gunna As His Own Guardian ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโœจ

    (29:41) The Driver Who Had No Idea ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    (32:50) Privacy Is The Last Luxury ๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ’Ž

    (36:32) The Absurdity Of The Rooms ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (39:41) The Dream He Had ๐Ÿ’ญโœจ

    (42:35) The Sound Of Grinding โš™๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

    (47:12) Abundance And Gatekeepers ๐Ÿšช๐ŸŒฟ

    (50:08) Currency Is A Current ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (51:46) Ten Years Of LA ๐ŸŒดโณ

    (54:25) Forgiveness At A Distance ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธ

    (56:28) The Studio As A Day Job โฐ๐ŸŽจ

    (58:09) Prepare For The Best โœจ๐Ÿ’ก

    (59:19) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ

    (1:06:30) It Makes Sense Looking Back ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ’ก

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Sporty & Rich Founder & CEO: Emily Oberg โ€“ Originality, Nostalgia, & the Real Dream

    The Gstaad Guy sits down with Emily Oberg, founder and CEO of Sporty & Rich, who turned a Tumblr mood board into one of the most imitated brands in fashion. Before the store on Place des Lices in Saint Tropez, before Selfridges, Lacoste, Hรดtel du Cap and Le Bristol, there were twenty sweatshirts she packed and posted herself. Ten years on, she is clear that the stretch in between is the part nobody films, and that the day during lockdown when a single drop did fifteen times its usual figure only reads as a beginning because the decade in front of it is invisible.

    What follows is an unusually plain account of what the work asks of her. She creates selfishly, on the conviction that you have to know what people will like before they know it themselves, and she romanticises the past without apology, from the O.C. campaign to the Carolyn Bessette shoot in Tribeca four years before anyone else arrived there. She is candid about the rest, that running the company is the least glamorous job inside it, that there is no right decision and only decisions and consequences, and that ninety five percent of this is the work while the outcome lasts a day. What she keeps returning to is originality, having an opinion of your own in a culture built on copying, and protecting the reason you started. She still makes everything for her fifteen year old self, and she still believes the Ralph Lauren line that you have to accomplish your dream before you find out what the real one is.

    Filmed at The Maybourne Beverly Hills Garden Suite.


    Chapters:

    (00:00) Intro ๐ŸŽ™๏ธโœจ

    (01:42) The Supreme Line Videos That Started It ๐Ÿงข๐Ÿ“ฑ

    (03:05) Leaving Kith And Betting On LA ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŽฒ

    (04:07) The Idea Was Just A Mood Board ๐Ÿ“Œ๐Ÿ’ก

    (07:04) A Boutique On Place Des Lices ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ›๏ธ

    (07:42) Ten Years, And The Brands That Called ๐Ÿคโณ

    (09:30) Why The Word Rich Makes People Flinch ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ’ฐ

    (10:28) Paris, Then Back To LA โœˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒด

    (11:42) Going Digital First, And Why Sheโ€™d Say Donโ€™t ๐Ÿ’ปโš ๏ธ

    (13:14) When Discovery Became Pay To Play ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ’ธ

    (14:33) The First Touch Of A Product ๐Ÿ›๏ธโœจ

    (15:51) The Lockdown Day That Changed Everything ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ”„

    (17:49) Selfridges, And Why It Still Counts ๐Ÿฌโœจ

    (20:08) Who Sporty & Rich Is Actually For ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐ŸŽฏ

    (23:41) What Being A CEO Actually Involves ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (27:41) The Least Glamorous Job There Is ๐Ÿงน๐Ÿ˜

    (29:33) There Is No Right Decision ๐ŸŽฒโš–๏ธ

    (31:30) Dating When The Business Comes First ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ผ

    (32:48) The King Or The Prince? ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿค”

    (35:41) Observer, Storyteller, Builder ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“–

    (38:31) Why She Hates The Word Creative ๐ŸŽฌโŒ

    (40:10) The World She Wanted To Live In ๐Ÿš™๐ŸŒ

    (41:25) What People Are Really Chasing ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ”

    (43:11) The Rhetoric That Follows Successful Women ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธโšก

    (45:25) The Biological Clock And The Company โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ผ

    (46:58) Setting Boundaries Early ๐Ÿงฑ๐Ÿ’ช

    (51:39) And Then What? ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ’ญ

    (54:57) Choosing To Be The Brand ๐Ÿ“ธโœจ

    (56:34) Ralph Lauren And The Real Dream ๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ‘”

    (60:30) ร€ La Poubelle vs. Fantastique ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ


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    1 hr 6 min

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The Gstaad Guy Podcastย is your backstage pass to the untold stories behind excellence. Hosted by The Gstaad Guy, out of character, this guest driven, unscripted series explores the real journeys, challenges and turning points that shape those who have mastered their craft. From global tastemakers and industry leaders to creative pioneers and cultural outliers, each episode reveals what it really takes to achieve excellence. Through humour and curiosity, The Gstaad Guy peels back the layers to uncover the grit behind the glamour, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the worlds usually kept behind closed doors.

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