Maelle Gavet
Maelle Gavet
Maelle Gavetis a businesswoman from France. She is the Chief Operating Officer of The Priceline Group...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth22 May 1978
CountryFrance
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I have American friends in France, and when I meet with them, they tell me about everything that is wrong with France. I think there is a general expat syndrome, which means that whatever country you are in, you are always missing your own country and always thinking that the country you live in is actually not as good as it could be.
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Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.
competition good itself
Competition is good because we need to educate customers, and Ozon.ru itself will not be able to do it.
across companies good incapable industries largely multiple proved repeated scandals
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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When a handful of tech giants are gatekeepers to the world's data, it's no surprise that the debate about balancing progress against privacy is framed as 'pro-data and, therefore, innovation' versus 'stuck in the Dark Ages'.
russians work
The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
The Russian customers don't feel very comfortable with online transactions.
hard nicely russians
Russians are not a very friendly people. It's hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It's just not in their culture.
amazing country
Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
based
At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
less mantra people tells work
That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
adapt people russia
I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well.
either hard means trying worried
I tell my colleagues that it is actually all right to make mistakes, and I am worried when they do not make them, because it means that they either hide them from me or are not trying hard enough.
amazing ends great guys miss silicon talking white
The problem is Silicon Valley, which is an amazing ecosystem, also ends up being an amazing bubble, with white guys talking to white guys about white-guy problems. So it's great, but you kind of miss a lot of things around you.