Catherina Gioino
- Business
- May 27, 2026
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Meet the founder who turned his hotel night shifts as a 14-year-old into a $2.5 billion company
Richard Valtr built one of the most valuable hospitality technology companies in the world simply because he was a teen who wanted to stop working the night shift. “I always…
- Business
- May 15, 2026
- 13 views
China dominates AI minerals. But one company claims the ocean floor has hundreds of years of supply
The next frontier in the AI arms race may be a couple miles beneath the Pacific Ocean. Minerals like copper and cobalt are in high demand thanks to the $700…
- Business
- April 25, 2026
- 33 views
Tim Cook built Apple into a $4 trillion company. Then his greatest strength became his biggest liability
The most dangerous moment in a CEO’s career comes the morning you realize the instincts that built everything are the same ones now holding it back. Tim Cook just gave…
- Business
- April 18, 2026
- 27 views
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…
- Business
- February 27, 2026
- 41 views
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…
How a $280 billion tobacco company plans to grow by getting smokers to quit cigarettes
Philip Morris International (PMI) is attempting an ambitious reinvention, repositioning itself around smoke-free alternatives in the U.S., while still carrying the financial weight of a global cigarette business. The roughly…
- Business
- November 21, 2025
- 67 views
Nvidia CEO says the company is in a no-win situation amid AI-bubble chatter, leaked meeting reveals
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told employees this week that the company has been pushed into a no-win situation by mounting fears of an AI bubble, even as it continues to…
- Business
- November 12, 2025
- 57 views
As Gen Z question the values of higher ed, CEO at this nearly $1 billion company says it’s ‘silly’ to think one degree will be enough education for life
That reality has reignited the long-standing debate between pursuing a degree and focusing solely on skills training. But according to Udemy CEO Hugo Sarrazin, the two shouldn’t be seen as…
- Business
- November 8, 2025
- 115 views
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped tunnel drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—and then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again
A county environmental regulator has fined Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, nearly $500,000 after the company dumped “drilling fluids” into manholes around Las Vegas, which led to “substantial damage”…
- Business
- August 8, 2025
- 119 views
The day after Trump called Intel’s chief ‘conflicted,’ former directors call for a new company, a new board, and a new CEO
Four former Intel board members are backing President Donald Trump’s surprise attack on the company’s CEO, but they are pushing for a shake-up that is both more dramatic and wholly…
