Andrew Mason Interview

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Stahl: Can you name another CEO with a demo on YouTube in which you're sitting around in front of a Christmas tree in your skivvies doing yoga?

 

Mason: Umm... No. That's a huge problem.

 

Mason: I think if there's any difference between me and a traditional CEO, it's that I've been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around what's expected.

 

Stahl: So here's a question that you hear a lot: "Is Andrew Mason ready to be a CEO?"

 

Mason: Am I as experienced or mature or smart as other CEOs?

 

Stahl: -- of big companies worth as much as yours.

 

Mason: Yeah. No, probably not. But there's something, I think, very useful about having a founder as the CEO.

 

Stahl: I saw you at Nasdaq, I guess it was, and there you were in this Armani kind of suit and a tie. Completely shaved.

 

Mason: What's an Armani type of suit?

 

Stahl: A really nice suit, an expensive suit. Was that the first tie you ever owned? Do you even own a tie? Did you rent a tie?

 

Mason: No. I own over four ties. Yeah.

 

Stahl: Did you think about showing up in a suit and tie for "60 Minutes"?

 

Mason: No, I asked if I should.

 

Stahl: And?

 

Mason: And they said I shouldn't. So maybe, you know what? Maybe I am changing. Cause I might've not asked before.