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Fortune
Jason Ma

RH's CEO holds 10-hour 'adventures' with execs and says 'I don’t yell at people—I yell at the problem'

RH CEO Gary Friedman sits at table (Credit: Liz Hafalia—The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

RH CEO Gary Friedman has long been known for his soaring rhetoric in the luxury furniture retailer's quarterly earnings reports and more recently for his stark warnings about the economy and housing market.

But a weekend New York Times profile highlighted some of his management habits, including his aversion to meetings and preference for "adventures" with groups of executives that resemble meetings but can last 10 hours or more.

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