Name: What Keeps Jeff Swartz Up at Night
Uploaded: 2009-10-05T03:42:00-04:00
Duration: 27 s
Description: Timberland’s CEO on what worries him most.

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Jeff Swartz

Jeffrey Swartz has been Timberland's President and Chief Executive Officer since June 1998. Jeffrey Swartz is the son of Sidney Swartz. Jeffrey Swartz serves as a director of Limited Brands[…]

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Timberland’s CEO on what worries him most.

Question: What keeps you up at night?

Jeff Swartz: A clear sense of mortality and a deep sense of fear that for all the rhetoric I have very little to show for it.

Recorded on September 21, 2009

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