Mario Harik
The Knowledge Project
Mario Harik: Playing to Win
- Published
- April 14, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 39m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 21, 2026
Discusses business, society, culture, technology.
Summary
Mario Harik is the CEO of XPO, one of the largest trucking companies in the world. He started as employee #3, learned from Brad Jacobs (who built eight multibillion-dollar companies from scratch), and now leads 40,000 people with a management style shaped by engineering discipline, frontline feedback, and a deep belief in human potential. Mario shares how…
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Mario Harik is the CEO of XPO, one of the largest trucking companies in the world. He started as employee #3, learned from Brad Jacobs (who built eight multibillion-dollar companies from scratch), and now leads 40,000 people with a management style shaped by engineering discipline, frontline feedback, and a deep belief in human potential. Mario shares how he uses real-time data and second-derivative thinking to make decisions, how he hires and develops A players (and the gut test that tells you
Themes
- business
- society
- culture
- technology