He used to work 90-hour weeks and lost ‘years’ of his life. Now the US Polo Assn. CEO clocks off at 5:30 p.m. and won’t text his team on weekends 

The average CEO pulls 62-hour workweeks—around 10 hours a day plus a few more on the weekend. And they’re even at it on holiday. For workers, it can mean a steady stream of out-of-hours demands, whether they’re on duty or not. But after losing “years” of his life to overworking, you won’t catch U.S. Polo’s CEO J. Michael Prince contacting his team on a Saturday morning. 

“One thing I try to respect is—and this never really happened to me throughout my career—unless there’s something major going on, I try to leave people alone in the evenings, so you rarely ever get an email or text from me after the office,” Prince exclusively tells Fortune. 

Despite running a $2.7 billion 24/7 global brand, complete with 1,200 stores across 190 countries and charity polo events at Windsor Castle alongside Prince William, he leaves the office at 5:30 p.m., his team won’t get a text from him after hours unless urgent, and even on long weekends he gives everyone Friday to Monday and goes dark. 

“I leave the office, and I really try to respect people’s weekends, because I feel like that’s your family time, that’s your personal time, that’s your friendship time, that’s your time to reset, recharge spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally.”

It’s a rare feat for someone who runs a business that spans retail and weekend sporting events—and even his own........

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