{"podcast":{"title":"So, You Think You Want to Be a CEO?","slug":"so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018","podcast_index_feed_id":7904018,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113806ee8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/news249","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/46121514/46121514-1780917241293-566ea9f14556f.jpg","author":"News24","episode_count":8,"summary":"Everyone wants the title. Almost no one is ready for the truth behind it. This is a News24 podcast series for people who build things – and for those who want to understand what leadership actually costs. Hosted by Bruce Whitfield, each episode is an unfiltered conversation with people who have sat in the chair: founders, executives, disruptors and industry leaders who have faced the pressure, responsibility and personal contradictions that come with running something bigger than themselves. No consultants. No spin. No highlight reel. Just honest conversations about the distance between what l","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T04:17:38.167502+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018"},"episode":{"title":"Gary Lubner: Leading Through The Cracks","slug":"gary-lubner-leading-through-the-cracks","published_at":"2026-06-29T08:46:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/gary-lubner-leading-through-the-cracks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/news249/episodes/Gary-Lubner-Leading-Through-The-Cracks-e3ldnf7","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113806ee8/podcast/play/122133415/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-29%2Fab51c22a-ce57-f6dc-f653-94062a25337a.mp3","summary":"His grandfather pushed a cart of glass through downtown Johannesburg at the start of the 20th century and became chair of Belron. His father later ran the business. When Gary Lubner took it over, it had a turnover of €600 million; by the time he retired it was headed to €7 billion and employed 36 000 people. Listen to the extraordinary story of building Belron, the world’s biggest autoglass business. This series is sponsored by Discovery Bank. Follow all the episodes here . Editions drop on Tuesdays at 07:00.","meta_description":"His grandfather pushed a cart of glass through downtown Johannesburg at the start of the 20th century and became chair of Belron. His father later ran the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2604,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/episodes/gary-lubner-leading-through-the-cracks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/gary-lubner-leading-through-the-cracks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}