As Chief Executive Officer of Oracle, Safra Catz is one of the most influential business women in the world. Her story is more than a little inspiring. Catz, an Israeli immigrant, moved to the U.S. as a young child. Her father worked as a nuclear physicist at MIT while her mother (a survivor of the holocaust) worked as a speech therapist…
Matt Lieberman is a Chief Marketing Officer at PwC, the second-largest professional services network in the world. A member of the Big Four, PwC is a juggernaut in the consulting world, employing 328,000 people spread across 157 countries…
Born in India, Harmit Singh now sits at the helm of a multi-billion-dollar American apparel company. Singh, who joined Levi Strauss in 2013, has been working as the company’s Chief Financial Officer for the last decade. During this time, he’s been instrumental in taking the iconic brand public…
Widely regarded as one of the most important business leaders in China, Daniel Zhang has his fingerprints all over the e-commerce giant Alibaba. A founding member of Alibaba Partnership – a structure adopted in 2010 to help steer Alibaba’s strategic direction – Zhang has since risen to become the company’s Chairman, CEO, and Director…
The new CEO for Adidas is no stranger to the sneaker world – or competition. Bjørn Gulden, who recently took over the top position at the German sportswear giant Adidas, has spent most of his adult life connected to the world of athletic footwear…
Bob Sternfels is the thirteenth global managing partner to lead McKinsey & Company since its founding in 1926. With nearly three decades worth of experience with the consulting powerhouse, Sternfels is also a member of the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility advisory council…
Few people have influenced the world of sports entertainment and professional wrestling more than Vince McMahon. A third generation wrestling promoter, McMahon grew up in a trailer park in North Carolina. His father left when McMahon was still a baby; and they remained estranged until the son was 12.
According to company leaders at Intuit – the global financial technology company that makes TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp – Sandeep Singh Aujla is poised to become the company’s next CFO. Effective August 1, 2023, Aujla will be responsible for managing the overall financial actions for the software giant…
A high school dropout, British entrepreneur Richard Branson is one of the most flamboyant and successful business moguls of his time. He was born on July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England, and was raised in a family of modest means. At the age of 16, he started his inaugural business venture with an underground magazine called Student…
In October of 2020 Jim Farley’s passion for automobiles culminated with his appointment as CEO of Ford Motor Company. In this role, Farley has focused on leading the iconic brand through the digital and electric revolution that is sweeping the automotive industry…
