Episode 33: Strauss Zelnick – ZMC Founder, Former CEO of BMG and Fox

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Strauss Zelnick is the founder of Zelnick Media Capital. Zelnick is best known as the chairman and chief executive of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., a video-game publisher responsible for blockbuster franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K and Red Dead Redemption. He joins us on the Habits and Hustle podcast to discuss his story, leadership, the importance of listening with empathy, and much more. Youtube Link to This Episode Strauss Zelnick ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Did you learn something from tuning in today? Please pay it forward and write us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. 📧If you have feedback for the show, please email [email protected] 📙Get yourself a copy of Jennifer Cohen’s newest book from Habit Nest, Badass Body Goals Journal. ℹ️Habits & Hustle Website 📚Habit Nest Website 📱Follow Jennifer – Instagram – Facebook – Twitter – Jennifer’s Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Habits and Hustle Podcast. A podcast that
0:06.6	uncovers the rituals, unspoken habits and mindsets of extraordinary people.
0:11.6	A podcast powered by habit nest. Now here's your host, Jennifer Cohen.
0:16.8	All right, so today on Habits and Hustle we have Strauss Zellnick who if you don't know
0:25.8	who he is, you should definitely listen to this podcast because this guy is probably
0:30.4	seriously one of the most impressive people that you'll ever see. The guy is the CEO of
0:35.6	Take 2 Interactive, the chairman of CBS just oh by the way on the side. Obviously the
0:42.8	private equity stress media, right?
0:44.8	A ZMC, Zellnick Media Capital.
0:46.8	He's a former CEO of Fox and then he left Fox to go run Crystal Dynamics, right?
0:51.8	Yeah, your game company.
0:53.5	And then BMG Entertainment. That's how so when I was working at BMG when I was a little girl,
0:58.6	I knew of you, right? Because I was living in Toronto and I just knew there was like this
1:03.9	mogul who was the CEO of the BMG Entertainment, right?
1:08.1	It was.
1:09.1	It wasn't Burdlesman.
1:10.1	It was division of Burdlesman.
1:11.1	It was division, but you weren't at Burdlesman.
1:13.3	No, I was I was CEO BMG, the the the recorded music division.
1:17.2	Apps, yeah. And I was just like wow, one day maybe I can meet him.
1:21.1	And here we are.
1:22.1	Exactly. And then 20 years later.
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