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A Controversial Take on Culture

Ali Ghodsi, Databricks
In conversation with: Ravi Belani, Stanford University

Ali Ghodsi, CEO and co-founder of Databricks, observes that a company’s culture is more or less the personality of its CEO. He advises founders to formalize cultural principles based on an honest assessment of the CEO, then promote, hire, and manage people out based on that culture.