For Mark Stewart, becoming CEO and president of Goodyear was a lifetime dream realized. Stewart grew up with his father working at the Dunlop Tire plant (owned by Goodyear) and spent his afternoons after school in his grandfather’s repair shop surrounded by the car parts he now helps create and sell.
“I got a call from Goodyear more than a year-and-a-half ago now. I’ve been here nine months. It was really a privilege to be asked to enter that process for such an iconic company, and I felt a little bit of a heart-string pull with my dad having been in the tire business on the manufacturing side,” Stewart said.
Stewart’s career has taken him all over the world to multiple companies with histories that span more than a century, and it has now come full circle. To hear it in his own words, watch the video above.
Episode Overview
- Stewart’s early experience in the automotive world (1:01)
- Stewart’s passion for do-it-yourself (DIY) work (6:07)
- The impact of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in the tire industry (7:18)
- Lessons in next-generation technology from Amazon (11:19)
- Insights from Stewart’s most recent trip to Asia (13:43)
- Goodyear’s industry focus (15:13)
- Goodyear’s position as a B2B and consumer brand (18:34)
- The latest on the Goodyear blimp (20:24)
- Lightning round (25:42)
