In this episode, we profile three CEOs from Ralph’s new book, The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right. Ralph speaks with Andy Shallal, owner of the restaurant “Busboys and Poets”; John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group; and Robert Townsend, iconoclastic CEO of Avis Rent-a-Car and author of the classic business book “Up The Organization!” Mr. Shallal joins us in person while financial advisor and Boglehead Rick Ferri talks to us about the late John Bogle, and Robert Townsend Jr. explains the origins of his father’s philosophy. Then Ralph addresses events in Gaza, giving us an update and a call to action.
Guests:
Andy Shallal is an activist, artist and social entrepreneur. Mr. Shallal is the founder and proprietor of Busboys and Poets restaurants in the Washington DC area, which feature prominent speakers, poets and authors and provide a venue for social and political activism. He is co-founder of The Peace Cafe, a member of the board of trustees for The Institute for Policy Studies, and a member of the advisory council for the American Museum of Peace.
Rick Ferri has worked for 35 years as a financial adviser and he is the host of the Bogleheads on Investing podcast. Mr. Ferri was a pioneer in low-fee investment advice and portfolio management using ETFs and index funds, he has authored 7 investment books and hundreds of articles published in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and several professional journals, and he is the former president of the John C Bogle Center for Financial Literacy.
Robert Townsend, Jr. is the son of Robert Townsend, former president of Avis Rent A Car, from 1962 to 1965, and author of the best-selling and iconoclastic business manual Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits.