Changing the Face of Leadership: Lindsay Kaplan of Chief

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff

Society & Culture

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Made it to the top and wondering where to go? First of all, congratulations! Secondly, we’ve got you covered. Lindsay Kaplan is here to discuss the brainchild that is Chief, the private network that prioritizes the personal and professional support of women in executive positions. Launched in 2019 with 200 members recruited via cold email, Chief now boasts over 20K members with a current value of $1.1 billion. It’s easy to see why. With programming centered on small core groups that then branch out into broader community levels based on location, function or interest, there’s no one else doing it quite like Chief. And at the heart of it all? Lindsay and her co-founder’s passion for creating safe spaces that foster honesty and vulnerability, helping women to be their best selves and best CEOs at the same time. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to order Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success. Follow Superwomen on Instagram. Social Media LinkedIn Big Ideas When things become overwhelming, go to your calendar and re-prioritize your time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everyone, you're listening to Superwomen.
0:06.8	Today's guest is Lindsay Kaplan, the co-founder of Chief, the most powerful network of
0:11.4	executive women in the world.
0:13.7	What began as an idea to drive more women into power and keep them there is now a
0:17.7	$1.1 billion unicorn.
0:24.3	With a national network of over 15,000 executive women who collectively managed $221 billion of the U.S. economy. Today, over 60% of Fortune
0:32.4	100 companies have chief members in their ranks and the company's wiglets is over 60,000 women.
0:38.7	Prior to founding chief, Lindsay spent the majority of her career leading marketing for
0:42.5	high-growth startups, including Casper, with transition from a mattress product company to
0:47.3	the beloved global sleep grant under her leadership.
0:50.9	Lindsay has been named a New York Times dealbook groundbreakinger, one of business insiders' most
0:56.1	innovative CMOs in the world and what have Ad Ages leading women.
0:59.9	Take a listen.
1:03.6	Lindsay, welcome to the podcast.
1:06.0	Thank you so much for having me.
1:08.0	I am so excited to chat with you.
1:10.2	I've been a huge fan of what you've built,
1:14.2	and so I'm excited to dive into the woman behind it all. Ah, and the women, because my co-founder
1:21.0	is not on right now, but she is my rock, and there's definitely two of us. Love that.
1:34.5	So for those tuning in, Lindsay Kaplan is the co-founder and chief brand officer of the executive women's network chief.
1:42.9	You guys just raised so much money over $100 million, bringing your valuation to $1.1 billion. And I wanted to say that at the beginning
1:45.2	of this interview because it is very rare that women get to raise money and when they do
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