Browsing: Executives
Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview
Job-seekers may believe that an Ivy League degree or Fortune 500 work experience will land them a gig—but who they…
Eventbrite CEO sold her company for $500 million—she’s playing chess with robots, eyeing internships
Twenty years ago, Julia Hartz ditched a budding career at MTV and FX, drove up the coast of California, and…
NASA advisor turned $65 billion founder says ex-Intel CEO Andy Grove helped him get out of a crisis
When a business is on the brink of crisis, CEOs assemble their war rooms of execs and board members to…
Apple is currently undergoing the most extensive executive overhaul in recent history, with a wave of senior leadership departures that…
Apple taps John Ternus as its next CEO—and Tim Cook says he is handing down the same advice Steve Jobs gave him
“I would probably say the same thing,” Cook told the Wall Street Journal just weeks before the succession announcement. “Because…
Zillow’s CEO says his friends were shocked when he quit a cushy Microsoft job—but Steve Jobs led to his success at the $10.5 billion real estate firm
The 2008 financial crisis burned bad memories into the back of Americans’ brains: employees being laid off in droves, families…
The CEO of Nissan manages his stress by playing the drums in his band and hitting tennis on the weekends
Stress comes with the territory of being at the helm of billion-dollar corporations—so CEOs are turning to personal rituals and…
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby lies on his office floor and takes 20-minute naps—and he says it doesn’t mean he’s accomplished any less
“A thing I do that people have thought is weird is that, throughout my whole career, when I’m in the…
United Airlines CEO judges candidates by whether pilots would want to go on a four-day trip with them—if not, they don’t get hired
CEOs who have climbed to the top of their industries have an eagle eye for talent who drive success—and many…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s ‘learned and relearned’ to not make big decisions when he’s tired on Fridays
No worker, from front-line employee to CEO, is immune to the end-of-week brain fog that comes after a string of…












