THURSDAY'S WHO THE EFF IS THAT? Featuring Andrew Campion, Mark Weinberger, Michael Volkema, Paul Ryan, and Reid Hoffman
Who The Eff Is That
Andrew Campion
COO at Nike, board member at Starbucks
Director at LeBron’s entertainment company SpringHill, ex Disney during the Eisner to Iger years
Why you should know him:
A rotation player, bats .404 overall, with strength in EBITDA and weakness in carbon and controversial business
Also, Strive voted AGAINST all the members of Starbucks board EXCEPT Campion, where they abstained - Strive doesn’t hate you?
His Starbucks drink is Brown Sugar Oatmilk Latte, which should be grounds for refreshment
Mark Weinberger
Ex global chair and CEO of EY
Current board member at J&J, also MetLife and Saudi Aramco
Why you should know him:
He chairs the committee that had to approve this: Johnson & Johnson offers $9bn to settle talc claims
A rotation player, bats .365 overall - not great - with strength in carbon, but abysmal controversy performance
Michael A. Volkema
Ex CEO of Herman Miller
Current chair of the board of MillerKnoll
Why you should know him:
MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen apologizes after comments on bonuses - Crain's Detroit Business
Mike is the future CEO of MillerKnoll!
Rotation player, bats overall .567, mediocre across the board
Paul Ryan
Ex speaker of the house
Current chair of the Governance committee of the Fox Corporation board!
Why you should know him:
Notable considering Fox’s board influence is 81% held by the Murdoch family, and they have total control!
Prediction: Rupes fires Paul Ryan and says it was HIS fault they lied about election on the air
Reid Hoffman
Ex founder of LinkedIn
Current Microsoft, Aurora Innovation, Joby Aviation board member
Why you should know him:
He is on the board of OpenAI, who brought us the AI chatbotpocolypse
The companies he’s on the board of include Aurora (a self-driving car AI company) and Joby (a self driving air taxi company)
HE IS THE MAN WITH HIS FINGER IN ALL THE AI PIES?