Barry McCarthy initially negotiated for Peloton's COO role before pursuing CEO
Barry McCarthy · Barry McCarthy: From Netflix CFO to Peloton CEO; How Netflix Beat Blockbuster | 20VC #962 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Dec 20, 2022 · at 12:13
Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy discloses how he initially interviewed for a COO role before Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and investor Tim Haley persuaded him to become CEO.
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“It was Daniel and a very successful venture capitalist who'd been on the Netflix board for a long time named Tim Haley. Both of us counsel I had sought and my wife together got me thinking about the CEO role because initially I was talking to Peloton about a COO role.”
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