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Ancestry’s CEO says a billionaire boss taught him to eat lunch with employees in the break room—it gives him access to ‘unfiltered information’

Ancestry’s Howard Hochhauser says that CEOs get wrapped “in this bubble. ” Apple and Duolingo execs are also breaking free by breaking bread with staffers.

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Howard Hochhauser, Ancestry’s CEO, eats lunch in the company’s eating area instead of a private office. The habit comes from former Bear Stearns executive Ace Greenberg, who used to dine with employees while Hochhauser worked in equity research at the bank in the late 1990s. Greenberg, who later became Ancestry’s long‑time CEO, believed that sharing meals gave him “unfiltered information.” Hochhauser follows that practice, meeting colleagues in the break room during midday.

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