Greg Fischer: podcast appearances and interviews

Gregory Edward Fischer, born on January 14, 1958, is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of the consolidated city-county of Louisville Metro in Kentucky from 2011 to 2023. During his tenure, he oversaw significant economic growth, including the creation of 80,000 new jobs and the attraction of 3,000 new businesses. Under his leadership, Louisville Metro attracted a total of 24 billion dollars in capital investment since the Great Recession. His administration saw the development of a renovated and expanded convention center, numerous new hotels, and several tourist attractions centered around bourbon. Fischer's leadership was recognized nationally; in 2016, Politico named him the most innovative mayor in the United States, and in 2013, Governing magazine named him its Public Official of the Year. In addition to his role as mayor, Fischer was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2019 and served as its president in 2020. He also made a bid for the U.S. Senate in the Kentucky Democratic primary in 2008, where he finished second with 34 percent of the vote. Fischer was subsequently elected mayor in November 2010 in a competitive race and was reelected in 2014 and 2018, defeating Republican opponents. Due to term limits, he was ineligible to run for reelection in 2022.