Chipotle CFO's insights on leadership: Build a 'humble' team

Earlier this month, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) CFO Jack Hartung announced his plans to retire from his long-standing executive role on March 31, 2025, staying on in the new year to help the company and his successor, Chipotle Vice President of Finance Adam Rymer, ease in the transition. Hartung joins Catalysts alongside Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi to discuss his plans for retirement and the lessons he learned from his 22-year tenure as Chipotle's chief financial officer: "I would say the most important thing is to build a culture and build teams that match the culture. And what that means to me,is hire people that are humble, but they're really confident at the same time. And now I know that sounds like those are two contradictory, but if you hire people that are very skilled, and they're confident and they're skilled, but they're also humble, you could build a team around folks like that. And when a team like that buys into a purpose, like Chipotle is a purpose-driven company, you can accomplish great things." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino