Marketopolis

Marketopolis is where retail investors, business professionals, and aspiring leaders get a front-row seat to candid conversations with the execs running today's public companies.

Each episode feels less like an earnings call and more like a coffee chat. Execs open up about how they think about money, investing, and leadership, while also revealing how they communicate with the markets and how they view the growing influence of retail investors.

👉 New episodes drop weekly on YouTube, X, Link…

Recent Episodes

Vince ($VNCE) CEO Brendan Hoffman on Coming Back and Building a Brand Platform
July 7, 2026

Vince ($VNCE) CEO Brendan Hoffman on Coming Back and Building a Brand Platform

Brendan Hoffman left Vince ($VNCE) in 2020. Five years later, he's back as CEO, leading a company that looks different from the one he left, and partnered with Authentic Brands Group. He talks about what's stayed the same and what's changed since he returned, why the ABG partnership makes sense for Vince, and what non-financial KPIs he's watching as the brand pushes into handbags, home, and other new categories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Follow Mark
Pursuit ($PRSU) CEO David Barry: From Ski Instructor to Public Company CEO
June 24, 2026

Pursuit ($PRSU) CEO David Barry: From Ski Instructor to Public Company CEO

David Barry, President & CEO of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE: PRSU), an attractions and hospitality company with 17 iconic destinations across the US, Canada, Iceland, and Costa Rica that has 4x in size over the past decade. David joined Pursuit in 2015 with no formal business education, having worked his way up from ski instructor to heli ski operations to PE-backed CEO – teaching himself finance from Fortune magazines he pulled from a colleague's trash. He breaks down the leadersh
Inside Ethos ($LIFE): How Peter Colis Rebuilt Life Insurance From 10 Weeks to 10 Minutes
June 15, 2026

Inside Ethos ($LIFE): How Peter Colis Rebuilt Life Insurance From 10 Weeks to 10 Minutes

Peter Colis is the co-founder and CEO of Ethos Technologies (Nasdaq: $LIFE), the vertically integrated platform reinventing life insurance from underwriting to distribution. What started as a Stanford Business School project in 2016 is now one of the largest underwriters in the United States, with more than 600,000 policies issued and over 15,000 agents selling Ethos products in the last year. In this episode of Marketopolis, guest host Katie Perry, author of Ticker Shock, sits down to unpack ho
eToro Co-Founder & CEO Yoni Assia: The IPO Story, the AI Rebuild, and the Future of Retail Investing
June 10, 2026

eToro Co-Founder & CEO Yoni Assia: The IPO Story, the AI Rebuild, and the Future of Retail Investing

Yoni Assia co-founded eToro nearly 20 years ago with a simple thesis: open the markets for everyone. The platform now has 40 million registered users, $20B in assets, and a target of $1 trillion AUM. He covers the IPO that almost didn't happen (Liberation Day tariffs that caused a volatility spike), how eToro went from 25% to 95% AI-written code in under a year, and why he thinks the $120 trillion generational wealth transfer is a defining opportunity in capital markets. Also in this episode: wh
Sweetgreen's ($SG) Big Bet: Wraps, Robots & a Generational Brand
June 4, 2026

Sweetgreen's ($SG) Big Bet: Wraps, Robots & a Generational Brand

Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO, Jonathan Neman gets candid about nearly two decades of building one of America's most recognizable food brands and what it really takes to run a turnaround as a founder-led public company. Jonathan breaks down the transformation plan: new menu items, the Infinite Kitchen automation rollout, and why execution on the fundamentals is the only focus right now. He also opens up on what investors misunderstand about Sweetgreen's TAM, why optimization kills innovation, an
FuboTV Co-Founder & CEO David Gandler: The Reality of Becoming a Public Company CEO
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May 29, 2026

FuboTV Co-Founder & CEO David Gandler: The Reality of Becoming a Public Company CEO

What really happens when a founder takes a company public? FuboTV co-founder & CEO David Gandler shares the realities of running a public company, navigating FuboTV’s merger with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV, surviving the pandemic, and building one of the biggest names in live sports streaming. From startup risk-taking to shifting founder-control in public markets, this is a candid conversation on media, streaming, leadership, and resilience. In This Episode: FuboTV's journey from a 2015 startup thr