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From Employee #2 to a $10 Billion Company: John Campbell on Growth, Grit, and Great Lawyering

From Employee #2 to a $10 Billion Company: John Campbell on Growth, Grit, and Great Lawyering

by Zac Ferren | Sep 14, 2026 | Blog, Business Strategy, Career & Leadership, In-House Counsel, In-House Legal, Kansas City, Legal Leadership, Legal Recruiting

Some general counsel spend a career refining a specialty; John Campbell helped build a company. When he was hired as employee number two at the fiber startup that would become Metronet, the business had a federal loan, a mandate, and almost nothing else. His boss, a...

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