Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login O Oh!media chief executive Cathy O’Connor wanted to be a businesswoman when she was a schoolgirl, and stuck to her guns. She has spent her career working on the business side of arts and media, combining several passions in a way she hadn’t ever expected back then.
oOh!media boss Cathy O’Connor on becoming a CEO: “I really did love that the buck stopped with me.” Louie Douvis “I couldn’t believe this world of music and content and business came together,” says O’Connor. “It was probably my perfect role.
” She loves leadership. “What that’s about for me is the ultimate accountability. I really did love that the buck stopped with me.
” Listen below or stream 15 Minutes with the BOSS on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Here is an edited transcript of Sally Patten’s conversation with Cathy O’Connor. Sally Patten: What time do you get up? What happens? When do you have your first cup of coffee? Cathy O’Connor: I get up at 5am and I have a big glass of water.
Then I almost immediately have a big cup of tea and not just a normal tea cup, a giant teacup. I have collected a series of giant tea cups because one small cup just doesn’t seem like enough. It’s like my fuel.
So depending on what time I need to be somewhere, I can always take a travel mug and drink it on the way to.