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In-depth cover-story profiles of the executives defining their industries. Who they are, how they think, and the calls that made them.
FedEx Freight’s 2026 spin-off was more than a corporate restructuring. It was a bet that a focused, independent LTL business could make better operating and capital decisions — and deliver stronger…
"Leadership is not measured simply by the authority we possess, but by the results we help create, the people we help develop and the positive difference we leave behind."
Masayoshi Son is rebuilding SoftBank around AI, from OpenAI and Arm to data centers, power and robotics. The strategy is moving from vision to massive capital commitments, financing and…
Bruce Flatt is betting that AI's biggest bottleneck is not models or chips, but the physical infrastructure behind them. Brookfield's Naver and Paducah projects show how that strategy is being built…
Aliko Dangote built Africa's largest refinery almost entirely under his own control. Now, with Nigeria's SEC approving a public listing, he's giving up a small slice of ownership to fund a plan that…
Coca-Cola HBC agreed to spend $2.6 billion for control of Africa's largest Coca-Cola bottler. CEO Zoran Bogdanović says the bet isn't new territory — it's decades of Nigeria and Egypt experience…
Fernando Fernández is reshaping Unilever around fewer, more focused businesses. His strategy is already showing early signs of progress, but the biggest test of his tenure has yet to be completed.
The experienced life sciences finance executive offers valuable insights into how patient access and commercial performance can be understood as parts of the same system.
Airbnb spent a decade positioning itself as the alternative to hotels. Now it's adding hotels, car rentals, grocery delivery and airport pickups — and betting that owning more of the trip, not just…
In January 2023, Salesforce cut a tenth of its workforce as two activist investors circled and the company's stock had lost more than half its value. Three years later, the numbers show how far…
JPMorgan elevated two executives to Co-President without naming a successor to Jamie Dimon — and backed the move with tens of millions in retention awards. Here's what the record actually shows.
In 2013, Michael Dell took his company private after a fierce battle with Carl Icahn. Five years later, Dell returned to public markets after using that private period to pursue a $67 billion…
In April 2024, Under Armour's founder came back to run the company he built, and chose to make it smaller. More than two years later — and after 13 consecutive quarters of declining revenue — the bet…
Twenty years ago, Amazon turned an internal engineering problem into AWS. Today, Andy Jassy is overseeing that business at a vastly different scale, with AI demand pushing Amazon toward a $220…
The co-founder and CEO of GIV Gowns believes dignity, coverage and clinical access should no longer be treated as competing priorities.
For more than a decade, Tim Cook turned Apple’s enormous cash generation into one of the most aggressive capital-return programs in corporate history. As he prepares to hand the company to John…
SpaceX's first earnings as a public company reveal a business increasingly built on Starlink and AI, not just rockets — and a decision to build the chip-making infrastructure behind it.
Sundar Pichai has reshaped Google DeepMind’s leadership structure as the company faces growing pressure to move faster in AI. The decision changes who leads day-to-day operations while giving Demis…
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Nvidia has emerged as a powerhouse in the technology sector, primarily recognized for its cutting-edge graphics processing units (GPUs). Established in 1993, the company has continually evolved…
Inspired by Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock, the scientist-engineer behind L1 Therapeutics is combining genomics, open-source software and AI-assisted development to pursue one of medicine’s harder…
What the best new CEOs do before they touch the strategy — a field guide to the highest-leverage three months in any executive's tenure.