$30 billion Twilio CEO wakes at 4:30 a.m., works Sundays and runs laps around his house between meetings to blow off steam
Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler maintains a rigorous daily routine, starting his day at 4:30 a.m. and often working until 9 p.m. He attributes his success to hard work and discipline, which he believes are essential for reaching the C-suite. While he acknowledges the changing work-life preferences of younger generations, he emphasizes that significant sacrifices are often necessary for career advancement.
- ▪Khozema Shipchandler wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to start his workday.
- ▪He believes that long hours and hard work are crucial for success in the corporate world.
- ▪Shipchandler's routine includes running laps around his house to relieve stress between meetings.
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EXCLUSIVE: Forget work-life balance. Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler starts checking his emails at 4:30 a.m, is on the job until 9 p.m. and runs laps around the house to blow off steam in between. “The gap that I allow for me to not think about work is six to eight hours on Saturdays,” the Gen X boss tells Fortune. He credits that discipline with making him CFO of a multi-billion-dollar at just 31 and now CEO of a $30 billion tech giant, insisting that sacrifice is what separates leaders and everyone else. For most 20-something-year-olds fresh out of college, 4:30 a.m. is when the night ends, after a night of partying.
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