CEOs in the News

CEO Fired For Secret Relationship WIth Employee

WSJ - May 22, 2013

India—Outsourcing company iGate Corp.said its board fired President and Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy for allegedly failing to report a relationship with a subordinate employee. Read »

Shell Searching For New CEO

Reuters - May 22, 2013

The hunt for Shell'snext chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group's annual shareholder meeting. Read »

The Steve Jobs Emails That Show How To Negotiate

Business Insider - May 22, 2013

Ahead of its court date, the US released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme to set artificially high ebook prices with some of the largest American publishers, which have already settled... Read »

Tells Jury Trump’s A Liar…

CBS News - May 22, 2013

An attorney for an 87-year-old grandmother who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a condo deal has told jurors the "Apprentice" star lied on the witness stand. Read »

Tony Hsieh Makes Strides With Vegas Project

Inc - May 22, 2013

With 20 start-up investments and nearly 30 acres of land, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is slowly, but surely, fulfilling his promise to revitalize downtown Las Vegas. Read »

Marissa Mayer: We’re Making Flickr ‘Awesome Again’

USA Today - May 22, 2013

Marissa Mayer has been busy. Fresh off the heels of the company's Tumblr acquisition, the Yahoo CEO unveiled a major redesign of Flickr. Read »

Abercrombie CEO Meets With Teen Protester

Forbes - May 22, 2013

Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries meets with Benjamin O'Keefe, an 18-year-old who is protesting the company because of comments made by the CEO. Read »

NYT Chief: See? Digital Subscriptions Work

Businessweek - May 21, 2013

Mark Thompson hailed the company’s digital subscription strategy and dismissed skeptics who say media outlets can’t reinvent themselves. Read »

5 Ways Tim Cook Stayed Cool Under Fire

Forbes - May 21, 2013

“It’s important to tell our story and that you hear directly from me." Read »

Lloyd Blankfein Is Wrong About Europe

Fortune - May 21, 2013

The desperate patchwork of fixes for Europe is deluding the best financial minds, including Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, into believing that the euro is virtually certain to survive. Read »

Tim Cook: We Are The Largest Corporate Taxpayer

VentureBeat - May 21, 2013

Apple CEO Tim Cook testified before a Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations this morning about Apple’s offshore business operations. Read »

Otellini’s Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It?

Atlantic - May 21, 2013

As the CEO steps down, he leaves the Intel machine poised to take on the swarming ecosystem of competitors who make smartphone chips. Read »

NFP Names Douglas Hammond As New CEO

Businessweek - May 21, 2013

National Financial Partners Corp. said Monday that it named Douglas Hammond, its current president and chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer. Read »

A Look At Marissa Mayer’s First 300 Days As CEO

TNW - May 21, 2013

Yahoo has been plagued by leadership changes among its C-level positions for years. Many of its CEOs have been struggling to find ways to either cut down on cost or innovate on products. Read »

Jamie Dimon Keeps Both Roles

USA Today - May 21, 2013

The board of JPMorgan Chase did not strip CEO Jamie Dimon of his chairmanship during a vote at the bank's annual shareholder's meeting in Tampa. Read »