David Senra

Conversations with the greatest living founders.

Episodes

Michael Ovitz, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) | David Senra

November 23, 2025 • 127 mins

Michael Ovitz is the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the most powerful and influential talent agencies in Hollywood history, built on a revolutionary approach to representation that fundamentally transformed the entertainment industry. He is an entertainment executive and dealmaker widely regarded as one of the most formidable operators in Hollywood. During his time leading CAA, Ovitz represented virtually ever...

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Todd Graves, Raising Cane's | David Senra

November 9, 2025 • 119 mins

Todd Graves is the founder and CEO of Raising Cane's, one of America's most successful and fastest-growing restaurant chains built on a radically simple concept that nearly everyone told him would fail. He is an entrepreneur and restaurateur widely regarded as one of the most determined founder-operators in the fast-food industry. Rising from rejection in the mid-1990s to building over 800 locations by the 2020s, he became known f...

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Brad Jacobs, QXO, XPO, United Rentals & United Waste | David Senra

October 26, 2025 • 123 mins

Brad Jacobs is the chairman and CEO of ⁠QXO, Inc.⁠, and the founder of eight separate billion-dollar companies including XPO Logistics, United Rentals and United Waste. He is an entrepreneur and logistics executive widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in industrial consolidation and operational transformation. Rising to prominence from the 1980s through the 2000s, he became known for revolutionizing fragmented, l...

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Michael Dell, Dell Technologies | David Senra

October 12, 2025 • 90 mins

Michael Dell is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies. He is an entrepreneur and technology executive widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in personal computing and enterprise technology. Rising to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, he became known for revolutionizing the computer industry through his direct-to-consumer sales model and for building one of the world's largest technology companies. He...

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Daniel Ek, Spotify | David Senra

September 28, 2025 • 129 mins

Daniel Ek is the co-founder and CEO of Spotify. Daniel Ek is an entrepreneur and technology executive widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in music, podcasting and audio streaming more broadly. Rising to prominence in the 2000s and 2010s, he became known for revolutionizing how people consume music and for transforming the music industry through digital innovation, platform development and strategic partnerships....

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Welcome to David Senra

September 19, 2025 • 1 min

Nine years ago, I launched Founders. Today, I'm launching a new podcast called David Senra. The first episode goes live this Sunday, September 28. Subscribe wherever you watch or listen to podcasts. Founders will still come out every week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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