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Eventbrite CEO: My leadership style is inspired by rugby

Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of the global events marketplace Eventbrite, shares her personal business advice

Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of the global events marketplace and digital ticketing platform Eventbrite, shares her personal business advice for our video series, My Business Leader Secret.

Eventbrite was founded in 2006 in California. Last year it issued more than 300 million tickets to more than 5 million events.

When the company went public in 2018 it was valued at more than $1.8bn. Hartz has also recently taken up the role of executive chair of the board of directors at the company.

You can hear more about Hartz's entrepreneurial journey in this episode of the Business Leader podcast.

Watch the rest of the My Business Leader Secret series.

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