The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Described by our listeners as “meticulously researched biographies" and "I learnt more about the guest from your episode even after 10+ years of knowing the guest" -- excerpts of the podcast have been featured in Forbes, AFR, Daily Telegraph, and showcased at SXSW.
Since 2020, more than 60% of our guests have done their *first-ever* public interview—or their *first in years*—on The High Flyers Podcast, including:
➝ Malcolm Turnbull: Prime Minister of Australia
➝ Michael Schneider: CEO, Bunnings
➝ Anil Sabharwal: Built/Led Google Photos, Chrome, Drive
➝ Elena Verna: Head of Growth, Lovable
➝ Mark Suster: Co-Founder & Partner, Upfront Ventures
➝ Brad Banducci: CEO, Woolworths
➝ Craig Tiley: CEO, Tennis Australia & Australian Open
➝ Jean-Michel Limieux: CTO, Shopify and Atlassian
➝ Gillian Findlay: COO, Immutable & SafetyCulture
➝ Holly Kramer: Board Director, Woolworths & ANZ Bank
➝ Sam Sicilia: Chief Investment Officer, Hostplus
➝ Ahmed Fahour: CEO, NAB & Australia Post
➝ Piruze Sabunci: Partner, Squarepeg; Stripe's first Asia hire
➝ Andrey Khusid: CEO & Co-Founder, Miro
➝ Bill Bartee: Co-Founder Blackbird + Main Sequence
➝ Rod Hamilton: Co-Founder & CPO, Culture Amp
➝ Larry Marshall: CEO, CSIRO
➝ Brendan Hargreaves: CFO, Officeworks
Contact us via:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com/
Vidit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidags10
Vidit's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viditag/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 222
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#123 David Shein: Influences of South Africa + Australia, founding a billion $ company with young family & unpacking investing in the best at OIF
In this episode #123 w David Shein, learn about:
David’s memories of growing up in South Africa during a divided time for the country, the influences of his father, a businessman and mother, a piano t…
#122 Sheel Mohnot: Living on $1 a day to learn his customers, Becoming one of the best seed FinTech investors, Metaverse weddings & more!
In this episode #122 w Sheel Mohnot, learn about:
- 02:15 - Where were you born and live now?
- 02:30 - What was your first job and now?
- 03:20 - High Flyer in Sheel’s life
- 04:12 - Indian family influences
- 0…
#121 Mayuresh Patole: Breaking news! Announcing Squarepeg's investment in Chronicle, helping unleash your inner storyteller, guest hosted by James Tynan
Global tech investor Squarepeg announces investment in Chronicle. Hear from James Tynan and Mayuresh Patole!
In this special episode #121, learn about:
▪️ 02:09 - James’ memories of first meeting with…
#120 Tim Doyle + Alex Badran: Provocations & Round tables with the founders of Healthcare Tech startup, Eucalyptus and Pocket Money App, Spriggy
New series! In this episode #120 w Alex Badran and Tim Doyle, learn about:
- 02:36 - Alex and Tim’s memories of meeting each other
- 03:30 - Opportunity in marketing from capital allocation and media mana…
#119 Wyatt Roy (Rare Public Interview): How he became the youngest EVER national govt minister + creating the national science & innovation agenda
In this episode #119 w Wyatt Roy, learn about:
- Sunrise in regional Queensland and working on the family strawberry farm
- Influence of high school teacher to enter politics at age 20
- specifics of how he b…
#118 Anil Sabharwal (Rare Public Interview): Indian, Canadian & Aussie connection + Building THREE of Google's nine Billion user products!
In this epsiode #118 w Anil Sabharwal learn about:
- Sunrise in Canada with Indian roots
- Reflections on his early influences and leaving home at age 17
- Highlights / Learnings from 10-15 year career prior …
Investment memo: How Startmate & Airtree are building the next gen of angel investors, explorers vs first believers + a special announcement!
We're joined by Ben Simai, the program led for Startmate’s first believers and Jess Walker, the program lead for Airtree’s explorers in their first joint appearance for this episode #117 and installm…
Investment memo: ":Different", The power duo's quest from holiday idea to re-thinking property mgmt using learnings as early hire at Uber & more!
We're joined by Co-Founders and Co-Ceo’s of Different, Mina Radhakrishnan and Ruwin Perera in their first joint appearance on a podcast for this episode #116 and installment #21 of the special Curios…
#115 The hungry not the proven, LIVE at the Sunrise festival ft. Niki Scevak, Blackbird VC & Vince Allen, SunDrive
In this special (live) episode #115 w Niki Scevak and Vince Allen, learn about:
- Source of Niki’s ambition
- Vince’s first meeting with Niki
- Dynamic of a university student as Vince was (Phd I might add) a…
#114 Marcus Thompson: Rising up to Major General in the Australian Army, Suprises about deployment in Afghanistan & Iraq + setting up the Information Warfare division
Last week, we learnt this show ranked in the top 10% most shared podcasts by Spotify globally for 2022, all thanks to you!
In this final episode of the year, #114 w Marcus Thompson, learn about:
- sunri…
#113 Daniel Petre: Insecurities, reporting to Bill Gates, founding Airtree VC, realities of philantrophy
In this episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about:
- sunrise in Sydney and immigrant parents from Romania being sent to Australia after World war 2
- reflections on childhood not being the happiest and loo…
Investment memo: "Smileyscope", VR & AR therapeutics focused on managing pain and anxiety for kids and adults
Today, we're joined by with Dr Evelyn Chan, the co-founder and CEO of Smileyscope, a leading technology company bringing virtual and augmented reality therapeutics focused on managing pain and anxiet…
Laura Henshaw: Parents seperation early, importance of financial independence, building the multi-faceted KIC business, social media following & more!
In this episode #111 w Laura Henshaw, learn about:
- sunrise in Melbourne, Australia w 2 younger sisters and the effects of seeing her parents seperate when she was 11
- the guiding light her mum has been …
Will Richardson: Mixed race family, making career & life changes, real founding story of Giant Leap & abundance mindset!
In this episode #110 w Will Richardson, learn about:
- sunrise in Melbourne, Australia with an asian mum and white Australian dad
- what it means to be of mixed race
- what is private equity given his 7 year …
Terence Jeyaretnam: Sri Lanka civil war & refugee status, building one of the first B corps in Australia & acquisition by EY; solving climate change, diversity & inclusion
In this episode #109 w Terence Jeyaretnam, learn about:
- sunrise in Sri Lanka with dad, a veterinary doctor and mum a teacher
- memories of seeing Sri Lanka goes through a brutal civil war which resulted …
#108 Rowan Simpson (Rare Public Interview): NZ lifestyle, high flyer teachers, scaling success stories in Trade Me + Xero from early days, investing, ambition & more
In this episode #108 w Rowan Simpson, learn about:
- sunrise in NZ with fond memories of his high school teachers, the real high flyers in society
- deep love for sport and being the first in his extended …
Stew Glynn: Early years in Zimbabwe, Big transition from corporate to family office + meeting Steve Baxter, inside how Ten13 invests in emerging markets of Africa + Columbia
In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:
- Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instability
- Fun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimbabwe in 2008 was at 230 million percent, incredib…
Investment memo: "COVIU", the all-in-one virtual care engagement platform for better care + creating the video caption function for YouTube!
Today, we're joined by with Silvia Pfeiffer, the co-founder and CEO of COVIU, the all in one virtual care engagement platform for better healthcare.
Learn about Silvia’s fascinating journey to date,…
#105 Simon Cant: Balancing creative and academic side, Co-founding Reinventure at age 45 and why it's never too late to start + being early investors in Coinbase & Immutable!
In this episode #105 w Simon Cant, learn about:
- Sunrise in Sydney when it didn’t have the big city nature it does today
- Influences of Mum (sociology lecturer) and dad (Qantas pilot)
- Personal tension bet…
Michael Overell: Nuclear family sunrise, learnings building startup for 8 yrs, growth @ Lyft + ClassDojo & more!
In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:
- Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sisters
- Influences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad, an accountant
- Desire to play rugby professionall…