CNBC Changemakers and Power Players
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast delivers candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. Hosted by CNBC Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin, the series spotlights women from the CNBC Changemakers list and other female innovators who are redefining leadership, breaking barriers, and transforming industries. From tech and finance to sports and design, these visionaries tackle today's toughest challenges, creating lasting impact.
Episodes
Standout leadership lessons from the CNBC Changemakers Summit 5/26/26
Recorded at the third annual CNBC Changemakers Summit in New York City, this episode of Changemakers and Power Players features candid moments with some of the most influential women in business.
The episode features Oscar-winning actress and producer Sandra Bullock alongside Warner Bros. co-chair and CEO Pam Abdi on finding the right moment for Practical Magic 2, how Warner Bros. bets on filmmake
She says motherhood in America is "impossible by design," Reshma Saujani on fixing childcare, paid family leave, and the culture wars dividing moms 5/19/26
Moms First and Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani joins Julia Boorstin to talk about her documentary 'No Country for Mothers' and why she believes motherhood in America is "impossible by design." Saujani argues that the 'trad wife vs. girl boss' debate is just the latest version of a long-running culture war that distracts from practical solutions like affordable childcare and paid family leave
She doubled U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s revenue and turned the Olympic organization into a lifestyle brand 5/11/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Sophie Goldschmidt, president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Goldschmidt shares how she reinvented the Olympic sports organization through innovative partnerships, more high-prof
She turned a personal diagnosis into a fast-growing women's health company 5/5/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Rachel Blank, founder and CEO of Allara.
Blank shares how her own experience as a patient led her to build a new model for women's healthcare and scale it nationwide. She also talks about how to raise capital
She worked with Michelle Obama and Selena Gomez — now she's reshaping mental health in business 4/28/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, culture, and policy. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Rare Beauty Chief Impact Officer Elyse Cohen, who is redefining what corporate impact can look like.
From her time in the White House to working with Selena Gomez at Rare Beauty, Cohen shares how she's putting
She's a 4-time CFO who took 3 companies public — here's how she did it 4/21/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Amy Butte, a four-time CFO and Wall Street veteran who has taken three companies public.
Butte talks about building her career in high-pressure moments — from IPOs to major market swings — and why discipline
She partnered with Kim Kardashian to build SKIMS into a $5B brand — and now she's reinventing retail 4/14/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Emma Grede — co-founder and CEO of Good American, founding partner of SKIMS, and an influential entrepreneur in modern retail.
Grede opens up about how growing up in East London shaped her hustle — and her r
She's a hedge fund manager teaching women to take control of their money—and their power 4/7/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Karen Finerman, co-founder and CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors.
Finerman shares how she built a hedge fund career on Wall Street, the lessons she learned from early risks and failures, and why mastering r
How Elena Gomez became one of the most powerful women in tech 3/31/26
Julia Boorstin speaks with Elena Gomez, president and CFO of Toast, about her path from the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador to one of the most influential women in tech and finance. Gomez reflects on the work ethic her parents modeled, the career risks that helped her grow, and the leadership principles that guided her through roles at Charles Schwab, Visa, Salesforce, Zendesk, and Toast.
She's building a company to solve America's caregiving crisis 3/24/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Lindsay Jurist-Rosner, founder and CEO of Wellthy and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Wellthy founder and CEO Lindsay Jurist-Rosner talks about how nearly 30 years of caring for her mother inspired her to rethink h
How this CEO rose to lead a $1.7 trillion financial giant 3/17/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Johnson reflects on growing up in a family business, building her career across nearly every part of Franklin Templeton, and stepping int
She's the world's youngest self-made female billionaire 3/10/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kalshi and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Kalshi co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Luana Lopes Lara talks about how her path — from growing up in Braz
This "accidental CEO" is helping power America's energy future 3/3/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Powell shares her unconventional path to leading the nation's largest residential solar and battery storage company. She also opens up about leading with
The pharma executive working to end HIV in our lifetime 2/26/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Johanna Mercier, Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer at Gilead Sciences and a 2026 CNBC Changemaker.
Mercier discusses Gilead's groundbreaking HIV prevention innovation (a twice-yearly injection with
She's the youngest woman to have led a Fortune 500 company and now running a $100B+ healthcare giant 2/17/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Sarah London, CEO of Centene Corporation — the youngest woman to lead a Fortune 500 company and now at the helm of a $100B+ healthcare giant. London shares how a competitive mindset shaped her leadership, why
The founder who turned $30,000 in life savings into a beauty empire 2/10/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Cassandra Morales Thurswell, founder and CEO Kitsch.Thurswell shares how she turned $30,000 in life savings into a global beauty brand without venture capital or outside investors. She discusses trusting her gut instincts ove
The billionaire teaching women to take risks through poker 2/3/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Jenny Just, co-founder of Peak6 and one of America's self-made female billionaires.Just started as one of the first women on the Chicago Options Exchange floor — where there wasn't even a women's restroom. In 1997, she co-fou
Parker Institute CEO Karen Knudsen on the race to cure cancer 1/27/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin speaks with Karen Knudsen--CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and a 2024 CNBC Changemaker--about her professional journey from becoming the first female CEO of the American Cancer Society to leading the cha
Lead Bank CEO Jacqueline Reses on disrupting fintech and the power of diversity 1/20/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Jacqueline Reses, a 2024 CNBC Changemaker and the co-founder, chair & CEO of Lead Bank. Reses discusses her ambitions to transform fintech, managing decisively, creating critical lifelines for small businesses dur
Clear CEO’s no-fear formula for massive growth 1/13/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Caryn Seidman-Becker, a 2025 CNBC Changemaker and the CEO of Clear. They discuss how Caryn transformed Clear from a bankrupt travel company into a secure identity platform serving more than 30 million members, ex
Twin sisters turn medical school rejection into game-changing health tech company 1/6/26
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with 2025 CNBC Changemakers Michal and Merav Mor about their journey from medical school rejection to building Lumen, a game-changing metabolism-tracking device with over 350,000 users. The twin sisters discuss how the
Meet the woman behind America's biggest tech decisions 12/30/25
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Arati Prabhakar, a former White House science and technology advisor and former head of DARPA, the government agency behind many breakthrough technologies.Prabhakar is a first-generation immigrant and the first wo
The "gross" idea that built a baby product empire 12/23/25
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Chelsea Hirschhorn, founder and CEO of Frida — the company behind one of parenting's most talked-about products. That product is the NoseFrida, often called the "snot sucker." It's a simple tool that helps parents clear a bab
Sheryl Sandberg on why AI could widen the gender gap 12/16/25
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with influential leaders shaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Sheryl Sandberg, former Meta COO and author of “Lean In,” for a conversation on leadership, gender equity, and the future of work. Sandberg breaks her silence to discuss new findings from the latest Lean
How Tubi CEO Anjali Sud quietly built a streaming powerhouse 12/9/25
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Anjali Sud, the leader behind streaming platform Tubi's explosive rise to nearly 100 million monthly viewers. Sud shares why she believes the future of TV is free, how ad-supported streaming is changing
Why midlife may be the most powerful time in a woman's career 12/2/25
The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Joanna Strober, co-founder and CEO of Midi Health — the fast-growing women's health platform rethinking perimenopause, menopause, and longevity. Strober shares how a year of being misdiagnosed and dis
Ashley Flowers on America's obsession with true crime 11/25/25
The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and culture. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Ashley Flowers — host of the popular “Crime Junkie” podcast and founder of Audiochuck, an independent award-winning media company.Flowers shares how her curiosity sparked her storytelling career, how
How to fix America's broken healthcare system 11/18/25
The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth conversations with trailblazing women reshaping business and society. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Toyin Ajayi, the co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, whose community-centered approach is redefining what healthcare can look like in America. Ajayi shares why trust is the most undervalued driver
How to solve the $3 trillion global economic problem of hunger 11/11/25
The “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast features candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Wawira Njiru — the CEO of Food4Education who’s using data, technology, and heart to fight hunger in Africa.Njiru explains how she turned a $1,250 fundraiser into an organization feeding 600,000 children a day, why giving w
How CEO Kourtney Gibson is redefining retirement for a new generation 11/4/25
The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Kourtney Gibson — the CEO of TIAA Retirement Solutions — who's bringing new energy, innovation, and purpose to one of America’s most trusted financial institutions.Gibson opens up about how she went from intern to executiv
Why a top world banker says the future of business is sustainable — and profitable 10/28/25
The "CNBC Changemakers and Power Players" podcast features candid conversations with trailblazing women redefining leadership and innovation. In this episode, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with Marisa Drew — Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered and one of the most influential voices in sustainable finance. Drew shares how she turned skepticism into innovation, why she believes purp
How Mayor Kate Gallego is leading Phoenix into a tech revolution 10/21/25
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features candid conversations with trailblazing women redefining leadership and innovation. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego — a former MBA student who once envisioned a career in tech but found her purpose in public service. Gallego shares how she bet on herself during a time of personal struggles, led
How GeneDX CEO Katherine Stueland is using AI to save lives 10/13/25
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How one mom, Laura Modi, took on the baby formula industry — and won big 10/6/25
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin speaks with Laura Modi, CEO and co-founder of Bobbie. After struggling to find a better way to feed her baby, Modi left her job at Airbnb to take on one of the biggest duopolies in baby formula — Similac and Enfamil. She shares how she built Bobbie into the fastest-growing infant formula brand since the 1980s, reaching $100 million in revenue within 18 months of launch. Modi
Media Visionary & Thrive Global Founder and CEO Arianna Huffington 9/30/25
CNBC's Julia Boorstin speaks with Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global. After collapsing from burnout in 2007 while running the Huffington Post, Huffington made it her mission to end the toxic work habits that nearly killed her. She discusses her "microsteps" philosophy for building healthier habits, why she sees AI as a "GPS for the soul," and her partnerships with companies like
Introducing CNBC Changemakers and Power Players
The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast delivers candid, in-depth interviews with trailblazing women in business. Hosted by CNBC Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin, the series spotlights women from the CNBC Changemakers list and other female innovators who are redefining leadership, breaking barriers, and transforming industries. From tech and finance to sports and design, th
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