The 25-year-old CEO of the lidar startup that's about to go public copes with 100-hour weeks by walking up to 10 miles a day during phone calls

5:07am PDT - September 12th, 2020    trevor milton - Business Insider

Summary List Placement Running a startup can require a brutal schedule that makes a work-life balance all but impossible. Austin Russell, the founder and CEO of the lidar maker Luminar, estimated that he works 80 to 120 hours a week. One week in August, he s…