- Grace Portillo
World's Best Boss: Anthemos Georgiades CEO of Zumper
Updated: Dec 22, 2020
Jul 8 2:00 – 3:00pm EDT
Anthemos Georgiades is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zumper. At Zumper, based in San Francisco, Anth leads the company in its mission to make renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel. Since 2012, Anth has grown Zumper to 200 employees, 80 million annual users, and raised $140 million in venture capital for the company.
Prior to his work at Zumper, Anth worked at the Boston Consulting Group in London and NYC, and was an Economic Advisor on the 2010 British election. Anth has a First Class BA from Oxford University, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.
World's Best Boss with Bring Ruckus is a series of conversations with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders that explore how the best bosses attract fantastic people, build up their teams, and keep their employees happy.
Speakers:
ANTHEMOS GEORGIADES
CEO and Co-founder
Zumper
ANISH SHAH - Host
Founder
Bring Ruckus
Highlights
7:35 Anth shares how he started Zumper and his relationship with Venture Capital in the initial steps.
13:33 Anth dives into his general philosophy when hiring
17:00 Anish shares on his hiring philosophy across the board
21:20 Anth shares how Zumper has managed to retain his staff
22:50 Anth focuses on how he vets for resilience when interviewing
26:38 Anish gives advice for people interviewing for jobs right now
28:27 Anth describes his experience with delegation as a CEO
31:48 Anish speaks about Salary Survey ran recently at Bring Ruckus
34:19 Anth explains how there’s no difference in Zumper in 20th vs 200th hire
37:44 Anish shares on common ways companies react to growth
43:48 Anth speaks about how the wrong hire can hurt a company's growth
47:50 Anth shares on biggest failures being a CEO