How Leaders Lead with David Novak · 2026-08-20 · 69 min · 12,525 words

#305: Harry Arnett, Cofounder & CEO, MUNICIPAL – Bet on yourself

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Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of How Leaders Lead with David Novak. Today's guest is Harry Arnett. He's the co-founder and CEO of Municipal. The sport utility gear brand that he launched with Mark Wahlberg in 2020, and they've built this brand from nothing into a national brand. Before that, Harry spent 14 years in the golf world, including seven years leading marketing at Calaway Golf, where he helped turn it into one of the most respected brands in sports. In today's episode, you're gonna learn why the best brands and the best leaders don't just sell products, they inspire people to bet on themselves. Enjoy this conversation with David and Harry, and I'll see you at the debrief. You know, you you you started municipal with Mark Wahg, who's famously

You're known for working out at four AM in the morning. So I gotta ask you. What's the earliest he's ever called you about something in business? He doesn't have the normal clock that you and I have, David. So I've heard from him at two AM, I've heard from at one a.m. I've heard from him at ten p.m. If the thing that I think is really cool about him is he keeps that schedule no matter what. So if he If he flies to Australia, for example, and that's like

Eleven hours. Behind but tomorrow or whatever. He stays on that same schedule. And That's

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