CEOs work an average of 62.5 hours per week. But within that number is significant variability. Some hover closer to 50 and 40 hours. But many work well above 80-hours. There are the tales of Elon Musk, former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who worked north of 120 hours a week.
How do they do it? The truth is — it wasn’t sustainable. Elon was on the verge of crying in interviews during that period, and admittedly fraying at the seams. Marissa remembers those long hours like it was time spent as a hostage.
