Name: What time do top execs start working?
Uploaded: 2025-11-04
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: Top execs at the Fortune Global Forum shared what time they start their workdays.

Top execs at the Fortune Global Forum shared what time they start their workdays.

What time do top execs start working?

Portia Archer, Chief Executive Officer, Women's Tennis Association.

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6 a.m. at about 9 in the morning. I start work every day with the sun. I think it's about 6 a.m., 5:40, 7. Normal days, I start work at 8 a.m. Oh gosh, it depends. Franklin Templeton is a global business, so I have to tell you, whenever the first meeting is, I usually wake up and in bed. I will read the paper and check my emails, so I guess I'm starting to work. Well, honestly, work and life is blended very much, but I try to be in the office at about 9 o'clock. I check my email as soon as I wake up. That is at 6:50 a.m. most mornings, but I don't really start working probably until around 8:30 a.m. when I get in front of my desk and have my cup of coffee. Well, in the WTA because we're sport it is always morning for somebody, so the time I start really depends on who I'm talking to. It could be 6 a.m. to catch up with a partner or a staff member in Asia. It could be 10 a.m. to catch up with my colleagues on the West Coast, which is about 7 or 8 a.m. for them. So it really depends, depends on who I'm talking to.