New NRG CEO leans into growth with ‘bring your own power’ for the AI boom and ‘virtual power plants’

Robert Gaudette took over as the new CEO of power and electricity giant NRG Energy at the end of April ready to ride the AI wave and build the “bespoke…

The CEO who was told he’d never run Amex has made it cool again—and is trouncing the S&P 500

Stephen Squeri appeared to check all the boxes as the next CEO of American Express. By 2016 he had spent three decades at the credit card colossus, reshaped tech operations,…

Nvidia CEO says that AI agents will make workers busier than ever—they’ll ‘harass’ and ‘micromanage’ you, instead of take your job

Tech leaders are split on how AI will shake up the world of work. While some CEOs are staunch believers that a white-collar jobs Armageddon is imminent, others say it…

Zillow’s CEO credits Steve Jobs’ App Store launch for kick-starting his career at the $10.5B company

The 2008 financial crisis burned bad memories into the back of Americans’ brains: employees being laid off in droves, families struggling to put food on their tables, and a housing…

Delta’s CEO invested in a premium brand. Now, customers pay 20% more per seat than rivals

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has never wavered in his commitment the same bet: that Americans will pay more for a better experience in the sky. Fifteen years in,…

Workday CEO: ‘Vibe coding’ threat to enterprise software is overblown—his vision of what comes next

Good morning. Agentic AI could be the catalyst that gets most finance chiefs on board with using AI to support the finance function. Aneel Bhusri, cofounder and CEO of Workday,…

Less than 10 out of 250 billionaires have kept their promise to give away their fortune—and a philanthropy CEO says Elon Musk is right about why

Giving away billions sounds easy. Write a check and change the world. But Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, admitted last year that, actually, “it is very difficult to give…

CEO of the tech company behind Hinge and Tinder set up an employee hotline where staff can DM him anytime: ‘No hierarchy. No filters. Just real input.’

As the top boss of their companies, CEOs often rely on layers of management to do their employee bidding—but Match Group leader Spencer Rascoff has broken down the barriers of…

You’ve vanquished your rival in a CEO succession race. Now, how do you lead them?

Disney this week announced Josh D’Amaro, its parks chief, as the winner of its very public race to be its next CEO; he’ll take the reins from outgoing chief executive…

Devon CEO: ‘Stars align’ to acquire Coterra for $26B in combo of near equals as M&A mania returns

U.S. shale producer Devon Energy will acquire Coterra Energy for nearly $26 billion in a combination that creates a domestic oil and gas juggernaut trailing only household names Exxon Mobil,…