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10/14/2026

Before creating his character PE Guy, Johnny Hilbrant started out as an intern on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He also responds to the allegations that Ellen was unpleasant to work for.

Watch Johnny’s full interview on The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

10/10/2026

Johnny Hilbrant has been creating his PE Guy character for about a year and a half. Things are going great, but he still wonders: what happens if it all goes away?

It’s a question a lot of content creators wrestle with. Hear the advice he received that helped put it into perspective.

Watch the full interview with Johnny on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in comments.

10/09/2026

Johnny Hilbrant uses a Snapchat filter to create his PE Guy character.

So we asked him: What happens if Snapchat removes it?

Watch the full conversation on The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

10/08/2026

Johnny Hilbrant kept finding himself stuck talking to the same type of guy at weddings. So he made a video about it.

That video became the start of his PE Guy character, which has helped him grow his Instagram following to nearly 500,000.

Johnny joined us on The CEO Series to talk about how he comes up with new ideas, his time working on Ellen, the business behind his content, what’s next for his page, and how his satire acts as a form of checks and balances.

Watch the full episode of The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

10/07/2026

Is American capitalism dead? Lossdog co-founder and CEO Tom Sosnoff says no. American capitalism has gotten so big that it has eaten our democracy.

His evidence is the market itself. Wars, interest rates, whoever is in the White House: according to Tom none of it moves markets anymore.

Do you agree?

Watch the full conversation of The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in comments.

10/06/2026

When the Ricketts family wanted to buy the Chicago Cubs they had TD stock but not much cash. Tom Sosnoff, co-founder of thinkorswim, wanted stock. TD Ameritrade had cash. So they made a three-way trade that never came out in public, and it was done in about two days.

Watch the full conversation of The CEO Series with Lossdog co-founder and CEO Tom Sosnoff on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

10/06/2026

We've had a lot of great CEOs on the show. But when we announced Johnny Hilbrant, everyone wanted to know when it was coming out.

He's the guy behind PE Guy, which started because he kept getting stuck talking to the same type of guy at weddings. A year and a half later he has almost 500,000 followers on Instagram and still does everything himself.

He told William Salvi about his first brand deal, his time working at Ellen, and whether he's ever worried about turning into PE Guy.

Full episode releases this Thursday on the Executive House YouTube channel. Subscribe through the link in the comments so you do not miss it!

10/01/2026

Tom Sosnoff sold thinkorswim and tastytrade for a combined $1.6 billion. He has no regrets and no plans to stop working.

In the full episode, Tom goes back to his first days on the CBOE floor in the early '80s and his nearly 40-year partnership with Scott Sheridan. He explains the three-way trade with the Ricketts family that closed the thinkorswim deal, and why he and Scott gave $50 million to their employees.

He also shares his views on CEO pay, the wealth gap, and whether the stock market is due for a crash.

Watch the full conversation on The CEO Series with William Salvi out now on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

Lossdog

09/21/2026

Oftentimes, people lead by calling Ronnen Harary, co-founder and former CEO of Spin Master Global a billionaire.

But Harary believes Spin Master is about much more than financial success. To him, it is a place where people can make an impact, grow, and shape the course of their careers.

Watch the full episode of The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

09/17/2026

PAW Patrol came out of the worst stretch in Spin Master Global's history. Sales had run up to close to a billion dollars on the back of Bakugan and then fell back to $450 million in four years. The company restructured four times and let 350 people go.

Ronnen Harary co-founded Spin Master at 23 and spent the next 27 years leading it. He was behind Earth Buddy, Devil Sticks, Air Hogs, Bakugan, and Paw Patrol.

He sat down with Will to talk about the Bakugan crash, how Paw Patrol came together on the other side of it, and why betting on yourself in your twenties is still the best decision you can make.

Full episode out now on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in comments.

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