Tag: Leadership
CEOs of the world, unite!
I was a business reporter for almost 30 years, specializing in CEOs – the great, the mediocre, and the really, really bad (sometimes all...
82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Bill Gates’ pledge to give away 99%
CEOs with major controlling stakes in their billion-dollar companies have the power to make themselves richer and richer, but one 82-year-old tech leader isn’t...
‘Million Dollar Listing’ star used to sling paninis, but now leads a team closing $15 billion in deals—because someone was ‘stupid enough’ to hire him
Fredrik Eklund has made it in U.S. real estate—the Million Dollar Listing New York star has helped close more than $15 billion in sales...
These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will give you $200,000. He only asks that you have a great idea and fully commit to it—and the $26...
Future CEOs, erased: the economic cost of losing Black women in the workforce
The year 2025 will be remembered for a stunning reversal in workforce equity: almost 300,000 Black women exited the labor force—thinning a pipeline that...
Ikea’s incoming CEO started his career as a store manager—he recalls working at 5 a.m. in the loading area and eating hotdogs with the founder
Staying loyal to one company for decades feels like a career strategy of the past—but it’s paid off for Ikea’s incoming CEO Juvencio Maeztu,...
The new American workplace crisis: Return-to-office mandates lead to a working mom exodus
The historic surge in employment among working mothers seen during the pandemic has reversed sharply in 2025, as new data reveal tens of thousands...
‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’
CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Millionaire entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is famous for his...
Houston Public Media Announces Key Leadership Appointments | Houston Public Media
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Justin McKee, Director of Creative Services713.743.6160jmckee@houstonpublicmedia.org
HOUSTON, TX (August 4, 2025) – Houston Public Media announced the appointments of Scott Flannigan as senior...
How abortion travel benefits have so far survived Trump’s second term, and why they’re more necessary than ever
When the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago, and abortion rights laws once again became state-level concerns, corporate America...
