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Sasha Rogelberg

The CEO behind the world’s top sleep and meditation app says most leaders are operating at ‘about 20%’ without a ‘fully recharged’ battery

David Ko stands in front of a blue and purple "Fortune" background. (Credit: Stuart Isett—Fortune)

CEO burnout may be hiding in plain sight. The CEO of Calm, the world’s top sleep and meditation app, said business leaders are losing sleep, feeling drained, and contemplating quitting their jobs. But when asked how they are, they say they’re doing just fine.

Calm chief executive David Ko, speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference earlier this month, said his company conducted a survey of more than 250 C-suite executives, and posed a simple question to them: “How are you doing?”

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