What does it take to truly disrupt an industry? How do you overcome the fear of failure?

When is it time to take a risk? I am Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of I Heart Media, and these

are the kind of questions we explore on my podcast, Math and Magic, Stories from the Frontiers

of Market. This season, I sit down with some of the most unique thinkers to swap lessons

and stories on making our work bigger and better. We'll hear from business leaders like

Christian Joel, Global CEO of Group M. It's really important to hear your people realize

it's okay to fail, and it comes out of Silicon Valley. They'll fast, get smarter quick.

Susie Deering, CMO for Motor Company. We are at that moment when it all changes, and I

think that a big part of the why we're at that moment is because of the F-150 Lightning.

It changed everything. Steve Cooper, CEO of Warner Music Group. Technology is like an

Apple Lounge. You either get out in front of it, or it's just going to bury you.

Listen to Math and Magic on our very own free I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever

you get your podcast. So here's what everybody is interested in. Picks for 2022. What do you

pick for 2022? Pick of the year. So last year we ended the year, we said Microsoft

was going to be our stock of the year. This year, lo and behold, I'm saying that Amazon

will be the company of 2022. I'm not going to tell you. I'm going to break down some

numbers. I'm going to show you some things and tell you why. I think that. Number one,

let's start here. They are on pace to be the largest e-commerce business in the world.

They are going to surpass Walmart at probably by the second or third quarter next year.

Number two, they have the largest cloud service in the world. AWS is only growing. Third

reason. Every four years, Microsoft does something very unique. They innovate and then they

work on logistics. So 2014, they innovate, work on logistics. 2015, they actually put

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