Chief Marketing Officer, Netflix
Search every verified Marian Lee interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Marian Lee, Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, appeared on a podcast in September 2023 where she discussed her personal and professional philosophy, as well as her past experiences. She stated that she is "selfish" and advised listeners to "be selfish in your life in your career," arguing that people should "think about yourself all of the time" and "put your mask on first before you help anybody else." Lee said she does not want to be "on my deathbed being unsatisfied with the life that I lived" and described herself as "at the center of my life," adding that "no one is above me in my life no one not even my kid." Lee also discussed her personal history, including the loss of a baby and the subsequent fracturing of her marriage, as well as her former husband's later cancer diagnosis. She said the couple "had to make a choice to have the conversations which were about forgiveness, anger and misunderstanding" and that they were "going to be together to the last heartbeat." Reflecting on her career, Lee described great marketers as "great storytellers" who "can make you believe anything," and said that the only way to succeed is "by listening to yourself, by following your intuition."
“I am selfish when you left Dubai quoted as saying you don't need to be the Savior I think when referencing the state of the company because it was going through a very tumultuous time, you can save yourself too yes and save yourself first that's what I should have said you know it's like it's all of the ways in which w...”
“Be selfish in your life in your career think about yourself all of the time. Oftentimes we're in these situations that aren't serving us and we're thinking about how the other person's going to feel but that means that I have to be selfish.”
“I do not want to be on my deathbed being unsatisfied with the life that I lived. I could go tomorrow and I would be so satisfied with this life because I've done the things I've wanted to do.”
“If there was a poster child it would be me no no it's not that I can't handle adversity I just put myself first. Are you selfish? Yes very much so but that is not a bad thing. I am at the center of my life no one is above me in my life no one not even my kid and she knows that and I try to instill the same in her no on...”
In this episode, Steven sits down with the former CMO of Netflix and former Chief Brand Officer of Uber, Bozoma Saint John. 00:00 ...
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