Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

Gap: Mickey Drexler

Apr 26, 2023

57:55

Episode guests

Mickey Drexler

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Early career aspirations influenced by family fantasies

00:32

Building Brooks Brothers: A CEO's Journey from Gut Instinct to Success

00:43

Adapting to Change: A New Yorker's Difficult Adjustment to San Francisco

00:50

Introduction

4min

The Wealth of the Bronx

2min

The Importance of School

2min

The Importance of Nature in Your Life

3min

The Fairness of It All

3min

How I Got a Job at A&S

2min

How I Changed My Career at 35

3min

The Rise and Fall of GAP

2min

GAP's Management Losses a Point of View

2min

10.

How to Make the Most of Your Moments

2min

11.

The Dream of Moving to San Francisco

2min

12.

The First Year and a Half at Gap

2min

13.

How to Stop the Bleeding of Gap

2min

14.

How to Turn a Company Around

2min

15.

Mickey Drexler's Gap Campaign

2min

16.

How Old Navy Got Its Start

5min

17.

How to Deal With the Dot Com Slowdown

4min

18.

The Consequences of a Collapse of Starbucks

3min

19.

How Steve Jobs and His Team Got Fired in 2002

3min

20.

The Tension Between You and Don Gap

2min

21.

The Playbook From Gap to J. Crew

2min

22.

The Legacy Companies Are Having a Hard Time

2min

23.

The Potential for a Brick and Mortar Model Like J. Crew

4min

24.

The Power of Respect

2min

25.

Mickey Drexler: A CEO's Guide to Success

3min

When Gap was failing, Mickey Drexler didn't just increase sales. He made it into a pop culture staple of the 80s and 90s. But that wasn't enough to keep him from getting fired. At his next job, he was not just the CEO. He bought stock with his own personal money to bolster J.Crew. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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