Sanjay Poonen grew up lower-middle class in India and pushed past rejection to become one of the most respected executives in Silicon Valley; he's now chief operating officer at VMware. Jay Simons' detour before law school took him playing piano across Asia – and inspired him to ditch law for tech, where today he's president at Atlassian, one of the industry's hot young companies. For most of us, the path to success isn't going to be a straight line. But those who make it learn a lot of lessons you can't capture on a résumé. So what qualities separate the best from the average? I sat down with Poonen and Simons for the latest episode of the Fortt Knox Podcast, and the two executives shared some wisdom from their journeys that should help others along the way.
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42 - Ben Chestnut, MailChimp co-founder: A Layoff Pushed Him to Success
41 - Reid Hoffman, investor & entrepreneur: How a Master of Scale Climbed to the Top
40 - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO of North America: The Beauty of Reinvention
39 - Tristan Walker, Walker & Company Brands founder & CEO: A Black Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley
38 - Jason Calacanis, investor: The Brooklyn Kid Turned Angel
37 - Brad Smith, Microsoft president: If You Change the World, You Change the Law
36 - Anil Chakravarthy & Bruce Chizen, Informatica: Even CEOs Need Mentors
35 - Danielle Weisberg & Carly Zakin, The Skimm cofounders: Millennial Mavericks
34 - Mike Tuchen, Talend CEO: A Teen Adrift Becomes A CEO
33 - Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm chairman: Building a Powerhouse for the Smartphone Era
32 - Uber's Wake-Up Call for Leaders: Deirdre Bosa, Mike Isaac, Vivek Wadhwa
31 - Steve Ballmer, L.A. Clippers owner: Living Large After Microsoft
30 - Tom Siebel, CEO of C3 IoT: Billionaire vs. Elephant
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28 - Kevin Busque, TaskRabbit co-founder & Guideline CEO: Married to the Game
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