Yeardley Smith has spent 30 years as the voice of Lisa in “The Simpsons.” She spoke about her career in an episode of Business Insider’s podcast “This Is Success.” Smith says she kept her voice-acting Emmy from 1992 in her closet for nine years because the role was never part […]

Alexander Wang is a fashion designer whose clothes are worn by the world’s top models and celebrities. In an episode of Business Insider’s podcast “This Is Success,” Wang explained that he increasingly cares less about what fashion-industry gatekeepers think, and is instead more focused on the consumer. This is why […]

Alexander Wang is a fashion designer whose clothes are worn by the world’s top models and celebrities. Wang discussed lessons from his career in an episode of Business Insider’s podcast “This Is Success.” From 2012 to 2015 he ran his label while simultaneously serving as Balenciaga’s creative director in Paris. […]

Alexander Wang is a fashion designer whose clothes are worn by the world’s top models and celebrities. For an episode of Business Insider’s podcast “This Is Success,” Wang told us about starting his label at 20 years old, what he learned from a three-year stint as creative director of Balenciaga, […]

Ray Dalio is the founder and co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, with about $US150 billion in assets under management. Dalio discussed key moments from his career in an episode of the Business Insider podcast “This Is Success.” Fundamental to his lessons are transparency and a willingness […]

Ray Dalio is the founder and co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, with about $US150 billion in assets under management. Dalio discussed key moments from his career in an episode of the Business Insider podcast “This Is Success.” He explained how his collection of “principles” for life, […]

Heather Dietrick is the CEO of The Daily Beast and the former president and legal counsel of media company Gawker. At the end of its tenure, Gawker was engaged in a lawsuit with the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan that ultimately led to its demise in 2016. Dietrick said facing […]

Afrojack is one of the world’s most famous DJs and has been making electronic music since he was a young teenager. He’s the CEO of a large talent-management company and runs his own record label. He said separating his ego from his decision-making allowed him to progress in his career. […]

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the US Army who led America’s Joint Special Operations Command and NATO forces in the War in Afghanistan. McChrystal led Joint Special Operations Command from 2003-2008, and assassinated Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2006. JSOC was initially outmatched […]

Dan Brown’s career took off in 2003 when his novel, “The Da Vinci Code,” became an international phenomenon. He’s written seven books and sold 250 million in total, making him one of the world’s bestselling authors. He said the later success of early books that previously went ignored taught him […]

Dan Brown is one of the world’s top best-selling authors, with 250 million books sold. In 2003, the success of his book “The Da Vinci Code” broke a string of flops for him. He was only able to navigate the noise that came with a sudden increase of attention by […]

As the CEO of Restaurant Brands International, Daniel Schwartz oversees Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes. Schwartz started as CFO at Burger King in his late 20s before becoming CEO at 32. He toured Burger King locations throughout the world to learn every aspect of the business, to better inform […]

Afrojack is among the world’s most popular DJs and has collaborated with some of the biggest names in pop music. He said that the biggest lesson he learned from his collaborations is celebrity cannot become an excuse for becoming self-important. He believes that the egotism that can come with celebrity […]

As the CEO of Restaurant Brands International, Daniel Schwartz oversees Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes. Schwartz started as CFO at Burger King in his late 20s before becoming CEO at 32. He said the most important management lesson he learned was to realise that in business, bad execution is […]

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the US Army who led America’s Joint Special Operations Command and NATO forces in the war in Afghanistan. McChrystal said the two greatest attributes a leader can have are empathy and self-discipline. An anecdote from his time on the battlefield shows how […]

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the US Army who led America’s Joint Special Operations Command and NATO forces in the War in Afghanistan. McChrystal handed in his resignation to President Barack Obama after a critical Rolling Stone article portrayed McChrystal’s aides as being disrespectful to Vice President […]

Afrojack is among the world’s most popular DJs, and won a Grammy with David Guetta for a Madonna remix they worked on. Afrojack said the biggest mistake he ever made was an email he sent declining a credit on David Guetta’s 2011 song “Titanium,” which he helped write, because he […]