I recently came across a quote from Tim Ferris about CEOs and mindfulness…
“Eighty-five percent of leaders interviewed, including the most effective CEOs on the planet, have some type of mindfulness practice that can make them better at almost everything they do…or they need it to survive, to continue the pace and intensity.”
Here some of the CEOs I know of that have a regular mindfulness (meditation) practice:
Technology
Marc Benioff - CEO of SalesForce
Jeff Weiner - former CEO of LinkedIn
Jack Dorsey - CEO of Twitter
Bill Gates - former CEO of Microsoft
Financial Services
Mark Bertolini - former CEO of AETNA
Ray Dalio - Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater
Healthcare
Bill George - former CEO of Medtronic
I’ll keep adding to this list of CEOs/business leaders as I come across them.