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Out of the Office: Tickling the Ivories with Steinway & Sons CEO Ron Losby

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Ross Kohan
Ross Kohan
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November 26, 2019, 4:57 PM ET

There are more than 30,000 pianos sold in the United States every year. And you can’t talk about pianos without talking about Steinway & Sons. 

Steinway’s CEO Ron Losby has been with the company for more than 30 years, holding a number of positions before reaching the C-Suite. He’s also a classically trained musician who studied at both The Juilliard School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 

So Fortune’s Radhika Marya stepped out of the office and onto the stage with Losby to talk about how he transitioned from music student to CEO, his favorite composer, and how he still puts that music education to good use.

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