Episode 5 – Emil Michael: From White House to Uber & More

About This Episide

Emil Michael is the former Chief Business Officer of #Uber. He raised the most amount of funding in history for a private company-> ~$15B! Emil is a true Business Ninja having also built three successful companies: Tellme (sold to Microsoft), Klout (sold to Lithium Tech) & Uber.

At Uber he built $10B in market value as THE KEY EXECUTIVE for Uber China and Russia. Emil also struck partnerships with some of the world’s largest companies including American Express, AT&T & Softbank.

Prior to Uber, Emil started his career at Goldman Sachs as an I-Banker before heading to Silicon Valley to become part of the founding team of Tellme Networks. He then was selected as a White House Fellow working for the Secretary of Defense as a Special Assistant. During his tenure at the Pentagon, Emil ran projects in the Middle East.

Emil is a leadership coach & mentor to dozens of young CEOs over the years and serves as an advisor or investor in over 20 start-ups around the world furthering his commitment to helping the next generation of entrepreneurs build and scale. Portfolio includes: #Bird, #Codecademy, #Docker, #GoEuro, #GoPuff, #SpaceX & #Stripe.

Harvard University, AB & Stanford Law School JD.