At Home CEO Lee Bird stands to receive a $100 million payout if the retailer’s suitor, private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, succeeds in taking the Plano-based superstore private. CAS Investments, At Home’s largest shareholder that owns 17% of the stock, has opposed Hellman & Friedman’s $2.8 billion all-cash offer […]
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Former McDonald’s CEO warns $15 minimum wage directly contributing to fast-food industry’s automation push
Many businesses are worried President Biden’s economic plan to raise taxes and minimum wage could hurt their companies. FOX Business’ Grady Trimble with more. Former McDonald’s CEO Ed Rensi is warning that the fight for a $15 minimum wage is directly contributing to the restaurant industry’s push toward automation. WHY […]
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Worldwise: Aero CEO Uma Subramanian’s Favorite Things
Uma Subramanian, CEO of luxury airline Aero. Summer Wilson Text size Uma Subramanian wants to change the future of flight, and during her two years as CEO of Aero, she’s already started to. Founded by Uber co-founder Garret Camp, Aero is a leisure-focused luxury airline that operates on a private […]
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Knox Street’s new RH furniture gallery and its CEO Gary Friedman have strong Dallas connections
The last time investors and retailers devoted millions of dollars to Knox Street, Gary Friedman was there. Friedman was head of Pottery Barn in 1995, and the chain’s expansion into Texas started on Knox Street that year. Crate & Barrel, the Apple Store and others came later. Friedman was back […]
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Here’s what the CEO says is next for Carbone after successful pasta sauce launch
Whether you live across the country or simply can’t snag a reservation for a coveted table at Carbone, you can now recreate the taste of the iconic New York City Italian restaurant’s pasta sauce from the comfort of home, no reservation required. Eric Skae, CEO of Carbone Fine Foods spoke […]
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Aviation ‘fighting for survival’ says Heathrow CEO
Heathrow’s CEO has warned the industry is ‘fighting for survival’ amid news of dire figures – getty Britain’s busiest airport has revealed it lost almost three-quarters of its passengers last year due to ‘lockdowns and border closures’. Only 22 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in 2020; 73 per cent less than the previous […]
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Logitech CEO Fires And Rehires Himself
To refresh his thinking, Bracken Darrell uses a thought experiment. The Logitech CEO pretends to fire himself — and then rehires himself as a bold, free-minded newcomer. X Darrell, also president of computer peripheral maker Logitech (LOGI), finds the exercise liberating. He returns to work with a clean slate and […]
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Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app Bumble that just reportedly filed for a $6 billion IPO
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Getty/Vivien Killilea Once a victim of online harassment, Whitney Wolfe Herd is working to make the internet a kinder place for women with female-led dating app Bumble. Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder, but left the company two years later and filed […]
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‘UK’s tech sector is going to help generate recovery from the pandemic’, Tech Nation CEO says, as platform selects 2020’s top Silicon Roundabout start-ups
London’s Old Street has long been dubbed the “Silicon Roundabout” due to its prevalence of tech firm HQs (Alamy) (Alamy) Gerard Grech is chief executive of Tech Nation, a growth platform for tech companies and leaders. It has seen start-ups including Monzo through from very early stage to huge success. […]
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How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time: Crazy Deadlines, a Pushy CEO
Pfizer Inc. PFE -4.64% was months from proving its Covid-19 vaccine would even work when Chief Executive Albert Bourla got into a tense WebEx debate with his head of manufacturing. It was a warm day in June and Pfizer was racing to develop a radical new vaccine based on a […]
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‘Top 100 Female Founder’ and CEO of Joylux on her audacious promotion of pelvic floors
Colette Courtion, founder and CEO of Joylux. (Joylux Photo) Colette Courtion has staked her claim where tech innovation has largely feared to tread: women’s pelvic floors. “People want to discount this body part as not being important or not wanting to talk about it,” said Courtion. “This is a part […]
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5 Things CEO Elon Musk Said on the Tesla Earnings Call
Text size Alexander Hassenstein Tesla reported third-quarter earnings Wednesday evening. Numbers were better than expected. That’s the fifth consecutive quarterly “beat” for the electric vehicle pioneer. Management hosted a conference call shortly after the earnings release and CEO Elon Musk said several things which should be of interest to investors. […]
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The Designers Group CEO on how COVID-19 has changed interior design
Blima Ehrentreu is the founder and CEO of The Designers Group, an interior design firm with offices in Toronto, New York, and Miami. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo for Designing Women, a series of interviews with brilliant women in the design industry. Doreen Lorenzo: Have you always been interested in […]
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Microsoft CEO Says Remote Work Can Feel Like ‘Sleeping at Work’
Bloomberg The Unemployed Trader Who Became a $700 Million Exile (Bloomberg) — When Sanjay Shah lost his job during the financial crisis more than a decade ago, he was one of thousands of mid-level traders suddenly out of work.Shah didn’t take long to get back into the game, setting up […]
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How Figma CEO Dylan Field grew the $2 billion design software startup
The demand for user experience and product design in tech are growing, and apps like Instagram, Uber, Slack, TikTok, and even Starbucks have become popular largely because of their design. Figma CEO Dylan Field launched the design software company to help teams better collaborate on their designs online. The growth […]
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Playboy CEO Sells $25.8 Million Brentwood Mansion to Bitcoin Investor Josh Jones
Around the time he became CEO of Playboy Enterprises, L.A.-based financier Ben Kohn began the construction of a lavish new estate in L.A.’s Brentwood neighborhood, within one of the area’s only guard-gated communities. Before the house was completed earlier this year, Kohn changed his mind about moving into the mansion […]
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Lego Makes a Hundred Billion Bricks a Year. CEO Niels Christiansen on Why They’re Now More Important Than Ever
A portrait of LEGO CEO Niels Christiansen LEGO CEO Niels Christiansen Credit – LEGO (Miss this week’s The Leadership Brief? This interview below was delivered to the inbox of Leadership Brief subscribers on Sunday morning, Sept. 20; to receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business […]
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Agent Provocateur Marks New Chapter Under CEO Michelle Ryan
LONDON — Agent Provocateur is turning a fresh page and tapping into many a growth opportunity under its new chief executive officer Michelle Ryan. Ryan — who has held executive positions at brands including Saint Laurent, Jimmy Choo, Burberry and most recently Kurt Geiger — joined creative director Sarah Shotton […]
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Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app Bumble that’s about to file for a $6 billion IPO
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Getty/Vivien Killilea Once a victim of online harassment, Whitney Wolfe Herd is working to make the internet a kinder place for women with female-led dating app Bumble. Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder, but left the company two years later and filed […]
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Elon Musk just made $8 billion in one day. Here’s how the CEO makes and spends his $84.8 billion fortune.
Tesla Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, reacts to a reporter’s question following the electric automaker’s initial public offering on Nasdaq, Tuesday, June, 29, 2010 in New York. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Sources: MONEY, Esquire – Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Musk graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physics […]