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[12/30/25 - 07:03 AM]
CNBC's "Leader's Playbook" with Julia Boorstin to Premiere on Wednesday, January 7 at 10PM & 10:30PM ET/PT
Hosted by Julia Boorstin, each episode offers a rare glimpse into the mindset of visionary leaders, revealing how they navigate challenges, drive innovation, and build success.
[via press release from CNBC]

MEDIA ALERT: CNBC'S "LEADER'S PLAYBOOK" WITH JULIA BOORSTIN TO PREMIERE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 AT 10PM & 10:30PM ET/PT

CNBC's "Leader's Playbook" is an in-depth series that features exclusive, candid interviews with America's top CEOs and explores the leadership philosophies and the strategic and personal decisions that have shaped today's most influential companies. Hosted by CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin, each episode offers a rare glimpse into the mindset of visionary leaders, revealing how they navigate challenges, drive innovation, and build success. "Leader's Playbook" is designed to inspire, educate, and empower entrepreneurs, executives, and aspiring leaders by uncovering the strategies and principles that fuel exceptional performance.

Every Wednesday starting January 7 through January 28, "Leader's Playbook" will air two back-to-back half hour episodes on CNBC. Featured interviewees include Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Netflix CCO Bela Bajaria, IAC Chairman Barry Diller, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, and more.

"Leader's Playbook: Inside Netflix" features pre-taped interviews with Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Netflix CCO Bela Bajaria conducted before any Netflix bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

ALL TIMES IN ET/PT

Wednesday, January 7:

10:00 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside Netflix"

10:30 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside Shake Shack"

Wednesday, January 14:

10:00 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside Uber"

10:30 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Billionaire Barry Diller"

Wednesday, January 21:

10:00 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside Airbnb"

10:30 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside Lowe's"

Wednesday, January 28:

10:00 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside General Motors"

10:30 PM: "Leader's Playbook: Inside YouTube"

About CNBC:

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business content consumed by nearly half a billion people per month across all platforms. The network's 14 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 5:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC's highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also offers content through its vast portfolio of digital offerings, including CNBC.com and CNBC Make It, as well as subscription products such as CNBC+, CNBC PRO, and the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer. CNBC content is also available via mobile apps for iOS and Android devices and Amazon, Google, and Apple voice interfaces.





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