What in the world is a Chief eXploration Officer? Tencent's David Wallerstein says why the world needs CXOs
Radio Davos12 Okt 2022

What in the world is a Chief eXploration Officer? Tencent's David Wallerstein says why the world needs CXOs

Every big company has a Chief Executive Officer - a CEO - many have CFOs and COOs but how many have a CXO, a chief exploration officer?

Davis Wallerstein is an American at a big Chinese tech firm, Tencent. He explains what he does as CXO and how sustainability is at the heart of what he is exploring around the world.

A version of this interview was published as an episode of our sister podcast Meet the Leader.

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Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/chief-exploration-officer-tencent-wallerstein-radio-davos

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