1 hr 46 min

Nick Cannon: How I ACCIDENTALLY Built A $1.3 Billion Business & My Ex-Wife Mariah Carey Saved My Life‪!‬ The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Nick Cannon has lived many different lives, and if you ask him he’s won them all. 
In this new episode Steven sits down with TV host, actor, rapper, and comedian, Nick Cannon.
At 16 years old, Nick began performing stand-up comedy, a year after this he appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch series, ‘All That’, as a writer for the show, at 17 years old, he became the youngest writer in TV history. Nick made the move into film in 2002, appearing in ‘Drumline’, and in 2005, he created, produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series ‘Wild ’N Out’. From 2009 to 2016, Nick was the host of ‘America’s Got Talent’.

In this conversation Nick and Steven discuss topics, such as:

The power of optimism in his life 

How imagination was his superpower as a child

His unorthodox childhood 

His father turning his life around 

The importance of gratitude in his life 

Going down the wrong path in his childhood

Starting doing stand up comedy at 11 years old

Being wise beyond his years 

His connection with Jamie Foxx 

Living his life in the public eye 

Believing in luck rather than alignment 

Speaking himself into existence 

His ADHD and not being challenged when he was younger

Meeting Will Smith at 16 years old 

The lessons he learned from Will Smith

Losing his TV show at 19 years old 

Likeminded people intuitively connecting and coming together

Becoming the youngest ever TV writer 

The career advice he would give to his children 

How fun is the battery for success 

The importance of intuition in the world 

Sad money vs happy money 

The negativity of the music industry 

The power of narcism and the need to balance it

Self funding and taking a risk on ‘Wild N Out’

The importance of owning your intellectual property 

Wild N Out being an platform for young talent 

Wild N Out being a billion dollar business

Working with Kehlani in her early career

Why he struggles with signing young artists 

Why networking is overrated 

Being an outgoing introvert 

Being diagnosed with lupus at 32 years old 

His near death experience 

Facing his own mortality 

The death of his child

How grieving is forever

Turning grief into purpose 


The 20th season of Wild ’N Out’ premiered on VH1 on the 6th July. 

Follow Nick:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3t1p7ts
Twitter: https://bit.ly/3LryOrB
TikTok: https://bit.ly/3LwA2lv

Follow me:
https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo
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Nick Cannon has lived many different lives, and if you ask him he’s won them all. 
In this new episode Steven sits down with TV host, actor, rapper, and comedian, Nick Cannon.
At 16 years old, Nick began performing stand-up comedy, a year after this he appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch series, ‘All That’, as a writer for the show, at 17 years old, he became the youngest writer in TV history. Nick made the move into film in 2002, appearing in ‘Drumline’, and in 2005, he created, produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series ‘Wild ’N Out’. From 2009 to 2016, Nick was the host of ‘America’s Got Talent’.

In this conversation Nick and Steven discuss topics, such as:

The power of optimism in his life 

How imagination was his superpower as a child

His unorthodox childhood 

His father turning his life around 

The importance of gratitude in his life 

Going down the wrong path in his childhood

Starting doing stand up comedy at 11 years old

Being wise beyond his years 

His connection with Jamie Foxx 

Living his life in the public eye 

Believing in luck rather than alignment 

Speaking himself into existence 

His ADHD and not being challenged when he was younger

Meeting Will Smith at 16 years old 

The lessons he learned from Will Smith

Losing his TV show at 19 years old 

Likeminded people intuitively connecting and coming together

Becoming the youngest ever TV writer 

The career advice he would give to his children 

How fun is the battery for success 

The importance of intuition in the world 

Sad money vs happy money 

The negativity of the music industry 

The power of narcism and the need to balance it

Self funding and taking a risk on ‘Wild N Out’

The importance of owning your intellectual property 

Wild N Out being an platform for young talent 

Wild N Out being a billion dollar business

Working with Kehlani in her early career

Why he struggles with signing young artists 

Why networking is overrated 

Being an outgoing introvert 

Being diagnosed with lupus at 32 years old 

His near death experience 

Facing his own mortality 

The death of his child

How grieving is forever

Turning grief into purpose 


The 20th season of Wild ’N Out’ premiered on VH1 on the 6th July. 

Follow Nick:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3t1p7ts
Twitter: https://bit.ly/3LryOrB
TikTok: https://bit.ly/3LwA2lv

Follow me:
https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 hr 46 min

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