Andrew Mason Interview
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.