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Nicolai Tangen shares advice from various leaders on mentorship and personal growth for young people.

In this special episode of In Good Company, Nicolai Tangen revisits the question he asks all his guests – what's your advice to young people? McLaren Racing's Zak Brown explains why you need mentors at every stage. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan reflects on a career that rarely went to plan. Investor Paul Singer offers his thoughts on education, and Chris Hohn gives perhaps the most personal answer of all. You'll also hear from Karin Rådström, Dylan Field, Christel Heydemann, David Rubenstein and Amanda Blanc – and to finish, Nicolai shares his own advice to all of you. Wisdom worth pressing play for, whatever stage you're at. Tune in! In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.   The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen and Håkon Klemsdal. Background research was conducted by Isabelle Karlsson.   Watch the episode on YouTube: Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTube Want to learn more about the fund? The fund | Norges Bank Investment Management (nbim.no) Follow Nicolai Tangen on…

People in this episode

Host: Nicolai Tangen

Guests: Zak Brown, Vas Narasimhan, Paul Singer, Chris Hohn

Topics covered

• advice
• mentorship
• career
• education
• personal growth

Keywords

• mentorship
• career advice
• education
• personal development
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McLaren Racing, Novartis, Norges Bank Investment Management, PLAN-B

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