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Down to Business

Down to Business

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 Host Sharon Matusik, Dean of the Ross School of Business, interviews Michigan Ross and University of Michigan alums in the C-Suite to get a better picture of their paths to impact, the value of a Michigan Ross education, and what it takes to be an organizational leader.

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2023 - Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Alexander Hardy, MBA '92 — President and CEO of BioMarin Pharmaceutical

    Alexander Hardy, MBA '92 — President and CEO of BioMarin Pharmaceutical
    May 22 2025

    Alexander Hardy, MBA '92, alum and president and CEO of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, joins this episode of the Down to Business podcast to discuss his career path and the biopharmaceutical space. Key topics include creating a culture of innovation, learning from failure, calculated risk taking, the social contract between patients and biotech companies, and advice for effective leadership.


    • Host: Sharon Matusik
    • Guest: Alexander Hardy
    • Executive Producer: JT Godfrey
    • Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman
    • Music: Jeff Karoub
    • Editorial Production: Mads Henke

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    27 mins
  • Jenny Just — Co-founder and Managing Partner of PEAK6 Investments

    Jenny Just — Co-founder and Managing Partner of PEAK6 Investments
    Jan 10 2025

    On this episode of the Down to Business podcast, Sharon Matusik, Edward J. Frey Dean of the Ross School of Business, sits down with Jenny Just, co-founder and managing partner of PEAK6 Investments, to discuss her career trajectory. Key topics include the importance of frequent risk-taking, paving the way for women in a male-dominated field, exciting changes in the financial technology space, adapting to artificial intelligence, and the power of poker.


    • Host: Sharon Matusik
    • Guest: Jenny Just
    • Executive Producer: JT Godfrey
    • Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman
    • Editorial Production: Mads Henke


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    33 mins
  • Andrew Jack – Global Education Editor, Financial Times

    Andrew Jack – Global Education Editor, Financial Times
    Nov 8 2024

    On this episode of the Down to Business podcast, Sharon Matusik, Edward J. Frey Dean of the Ross School of Business, sits down with Andrew Jack, global education editor for the Financial Times, to discuss business education and journalism. A few key topics include the evolution of journalism business models, the impact of AI, expectations of business education, disinformation, media literacy, the role of thought leaders and research in the media, and more.


    To learn more about the hosts, participants, resources, and research discussed in this episode, check out a full-length article for this episode at https://michiganross.umich.edu/news/podcasts/business-society.


    • Host: Sharon Matusik
    • Guest: Andrew Jack
    • Executive Producer: JT Godfrey
    • Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman
    • Editorial Production: Mads Henke

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    32 mins
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