Italian Government Poised to Replace Leonardo’s CEO Who Oversaw Order Surge
The Italian state is preparing to replace Leonardo’s chief executive, who has steered the defence and aerospace group through a sharp surge in orders last year. Under his tenure, Leonardo secured multi‑billion‑euro contracts from European, U.S. and Middle‑East customers, boosting its backlog by roughly 15 percent. The move reflects growing political pressure to align the firm’s strategy with national security priorities. A successor will be appointed before the end of the fiscal year, pending parliamentary approval.
NAHREP Installs 2026 President; JPAR Promotes Industry Veteran
Edwin Acevedo, founder of Century 21 LOTUS, was sworn in as NAHREP’s 2026 national president, continuing a streak of Century 21 leadership within the Hispanic real‑estate association. His tenure emphasizes expanding homeownership access and mentoring agents across the United States. Meanwhile, Tony Delgado,...
H&R Block Wants to Be More than a Tax Company. It Wants to Be Your Year-Round Financial Advisor
H&R Block’s new CEO Curtis Campbell, a former Dell and AWS executive, is reshaping the 70‑year‑old tax preparer into a year‑round financial platform. Leveraging AI tools like AI Tax Assist for consumers and Sidekick for pros, the firm aims to...
GSN President John Zaccario & Sony TV Head Of Comedy Colin Davis Leaving Amid SPE Layoffs; Studio Shuts Down Wardrobe...
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a wave of layoffs that includes the departure of John Zaccario, president of Game Show Network, after 18 years, and Colin Davis, EVP of Comedy Development at Sony TV. The cuts also signal the shutdown of...
Binance Bets on Prediction Markets to Launch US Reentry
Binance.US is re‑entering the U.S. market under new CEO Stephen Gregory, a compliance veteran from firms like Currency.com, Gemini and CEX.io. After the SEC dismissed its case and the DOJ settled criminal charges—including a $4.3 billion penalty—the exchange is rebuilding with...
Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa to Step Down
Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa announced his departure after six and a half years at the helm of South Africa’s Automotive Business Council. Mabasa, a transport economist, has been the most vocal advocate for a coherent new‑energy‑vehicle (NEV) policy, warning that...
CEOs Are Making Billion-Dollar Decisions Based on AI-Generated Data They Can’t Verify — and That’s a Huge Risk
CEOs are increasingly turning to artificial‑intelligence tools to streamline boardroom analysis, but many of these systems operate as opaque black boxes. The rapid pace of AI adoption has outstripped the development of governance frameworks, leaving leaders to make billion‑dollar decisions...
Airline CEOs Are Under Fire – and Walking Away
Airline chief executives are departing at an unprecedented pace, with recent exits at Air India, IndiGo, Air Canada and flyadeal highlighting mounting pressures. CEOs now grapple with operational crises, heightened regulatory scrutiny and intense public scrutiny, often compounded by personal...
Califia Farms Wasn't Supposed To Be Milk - Now It's An Empire
Califia Farms, originally a struggling juice startup, pivoted to almond milk and now occupies over 20,000 U.S. stores as a leading plant‑based beverage brand. Under CEO Dave Ritterbush—formerly of Quest Nutrition—the company is betting on organic, nutrient‑dense lines and a...
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol Says the Most Underrated Leadership Skill Is Listening More and Talking Less
Starbucks chief executive Brian Niccol told Fast Company that the most underrated leadership skill is listening more and talking less. He argues that truly hearing employees drives higher engagement, sharper customer service, and faster innovation across the coffee chain. Niccol...
Mediawan Appoints Ignacio Soto Pérez as CEO of Boomerang TV
Ignacio Soto Pérez has been appointed CEO of Boomerang TV, the Spanish production powerhouse within the Mediawan group, reporting to Group Chief Content Officer Elisabeth d’Arvieu. Soto brings a blend of broadcast, production and digital experience from roles at Cuatro,...
Silicon Valley's Hottest AI Financial Metric Is Also Its Least Trusted
Cluely CEO Roy Lee publicly admitted he exaggerated the startup’s annual recurring revenue, first claiming a $7 million ARR and later correcting it to $5.2 million. The confession highlights a broader pattern where AI‑focused startups manipulate ARR, a metric that has become...
Olaplex to Be Acquired by Germany’s Henkel for $1.4B
Olaplex Holdings agreed to be acquired by Germany‑based Henkel for $2.06 per share, valuing the hair‑care brand at roughly $1.4 billion. The transaction, approved by Olaplex’s board and majority owner Advent International, is slated to close in the second half of...
Trump Accounts Put Robinhood in Front of the Next Generation of Investors, Says CEO Vlad Tenev
Robinhood will serve as broker and trustee for the Treasury‑backed Trump Accounts, a fee‑free custodial investment product for children born between 2025 and 2028. The government will seed each account with $1,000, and more than 4 million children have already been...
Chad Doerge Named President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Round Hill Music
Round Hill Music, which oversees a $1.1 billion portfolio of over 200,000 song copyrights, has appointed Chad Doerge as President and Deputy CEO. Doerge joins from AI‑driven financial platform Aiera after more than 30 years in institutional finance, investment research and...
Petri Kokkonen Appointed Co-Lead of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Working Group
Petri Kokkonen, CEO of Relevant Digital, has been appointed co‑lead of the IAB Europe Programmatic Working Group alongside Sportradar’s Ralf Ollig. The group unites European ad‑tech stakeholders to shape standards, drive research, and improve transparency as AI reshapes programmatic buying....
Split Capital Winds Down as Founder Joins Stablecoin Startup Plasma
Split Capital, a digital‑asset hedge fund founded by Zaheer Ebtikar, announced it is winding down despite posting over 100% returns in both 2024 and 2025. Ebtikar cited a fundamental shift in the crypto market that makes the traditional hedge‑fund model...
Round Hill Appoints Chad Doerge as President and Deputy CEO
Round Hill has named Chad Doerge president and deputy CEO, succeeding his tenure as president and chief revenue officer at AI‑driven analytics firm Aiera. The appointment signals Round Hill’s focus on expanding its data‑centric investment capabilities. Doerge brings a track...
Data Dominion: How Zeta Global Cracked the AI Code for the Next Generation of Martech
Zeta Global, led by CEO David A. Steinberg, has positioned its AI‑first data platform as a core infrastructure for marketers, now serving 51% of the Fortune 100. The company launched Athena, a voice‑enabled AI copilot built with OpenAI, after proving that...
An AI Company with an Arsenal of Spacecraft: What Exactly Is SpaceX?
SpaceX filed a confidential S‑1 seeking a valuation up to $1.75 trillion, combining its rocket launch business, Starlink satellite‑internet service, and the newly‑acquired AI firm xAI. The filing, which could lead to an IPO as early as June, positions Elon Musk’s...
EXCLUSIVE: Three Top Executives Including Ian Colley Are Leaving The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk announced the departure of three senior executives, most notably chief marketer and executive vice president Ian Colley, who leaves after more than seven years. Colley will be succeeded by Anna Sayre, a longtime marketing leader at the firm. The...
Elon Musk Secretly Shared His Number One Priority at Tesla and It Really Says It All
In a recent Washington Post interview, former Tesla president Jon McNeill disclosed that Elon Musk’s top priority at Tesla is to trim his involvement to roughly one day a week so he can devote more time to rockets. The revelation...
Entrepreneur Acquires Honey Creek Legacy, Rebrands As Legacy Maker Farms
Entrepreneur Steven Hershberger led an investor group to acquire Honey Creek Legacy and rebrand it as Legacy Maker Farms, a premium USDA‑Prime beef producer based in Fairmount, Indiana. The company is deploying the AI‑powered predictive intelligence platform ELI, developed by...
IFIT Inc. Names Wellness Industry Leader Marc Washington as President and Chief Financial Officer
iFIT Inc. announced the appointment of Marc Washington as President and Chief Financial Officer, bringing over two decades of leadership in health, wellness and fitness. Washington previously founded Supergut, served as President and COO of Beachbody, CEO of Irwin Naturals, and...
PharmaForce Appoints Industry Leader Lynn Eschenbacher to Lead Next Phase of 340B Strategy and Execution
PharmaForce has named Lynn Eschenbacher, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, as its new Chief Pharmacy and Strategy Officer to steer the company’s 340B program strategy. Eschenbacher brings over 25 years of pharmacy leadership across major health systems, most recently at Quva Pharma. The...
CEO Interview: Good Vibes Technologies
Good Vibes Technologies positions itself as the primary digital infrastructure for the global neurocare and longevity economy, initially targeting Parkinson’s disease. The company’s platform is built to scale across all neurodegenerative conditions as the aging population expands. It estimates the...
Sam Altman Is Ignoring a Secret Weapon for His IPO
OpenAI closed its video generator Sora and rejected a $1 billion Disney investment to concentrate resources on a new model codenamed Spud, which underpins its "unified AI superapp" strategy. The company recently completed a $122 billion funding round that values it at...
Apparel,Leather Exporter Bhartiya International Appoints Dr G N Venkatesha Babu as Group CEO
Indian apparel and leather exporter Bhartiya International Limited announced the appointment of Dr. G.N. Venkatesha Babu as Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 6, 2026. Babu brings more than three decades of experience leading large‑scale manufacturing and export operations at...
The Word Cloud Is in Our Name Glenn Weinstein, CEO Cloudsmith
Cloudsmith, a Belfast‑based software‑artifact management platform, announced an oversubscribed Series B round in March, raising £18 million (approximately $23 million) from prominent investors. The funding will support the company’s expansion of its fully‑managed solution that secures, stores, and distributes software packages across cloud...
Hershey’s CEO Stays ‘Hungry’ for Growth as Snack Giant Outpaces Rivals
Hershey reported 2025 sales of $11.7 billion, up 4.4 % as it outpaces rivals like Conagra and Kraft Heinz. CEO Kirk Tanner emphasizes the "next‑generation of snacking," blending legacy brands such as Hershey’s and Reese’s with newer better‑for‑you products like SkinnyPop and...
HIG Co-Founder Sami Mnaymneh Steps Back, Firm Veteran Brian Schwartz Named CEO
HIG Capital announced that long‑time executive Brian Schwartz will assume the role of chief executive officer, succeeding co‑founder Sami Mnaymneh who is stepping back from day‑to‑day operations. Schwartz has been with the firm for more than two decades, most recently...
The Works CEO: How the Brand Is Betting Big on Bricks-and-Mortar
The Works, a UK discount retailer with more than 500 high‑street stores, announced it will abandon its ecommerce platform and double‑down on a store‑led strategy. In‑store sales already account for over 90% of revenue and like‑for‑like sales are up 3.3%...
PÜR Gum Founder Jay Klein on Growth and Dragons’ Den
Jay Klein’s PÜR Gum has evolved from a Toronto startup in 2010 to a global better‑for‑you confectionery brand, now available in over 50 countries and 50,000 retail locations. The sugar‑free gum, which uses xylitol and avoids artificial additives, drives annual...
Jungle Creations Appoints Kepler Chief as New CEO
Jungle Creations, the global social and influencer agency behind brands such as PepsiCo and Disney, announced Mallory Simmonds as its new chief executive. Simmonds arrives from Kepler Group, where she led the EMEA and APAC operations and built the firm’s...
People & Appointments: Atkin Joins Board of Australian Sustainable Finance Institute
Andrew Atkin has been appointed to the board of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), bolstering its governance with deep ESG expertise. The move comes as the institute pushes to embed sustainable finance standards across Australia’s capital markets. Simultaneously, ERM’s...
Lowe’s Is Investing $250 Million to Train Plumbers, Carpenters, and Electricians as Its CEO Says Skilled Trades Are ‘Critical to...
Lowe’s Foundation is committing $250 million over the next decade to train 250,000 plumbers, carpenters and electricians, expanding on a prior $50 million pledge. CEO Marvin Ellison says skilled trades are essential as AI reshapes white‑collar jobs and the U.S. faces a...
Jungle Creations Hires Chief Executive From Kepler
Jungle Creations announced the appointment of Mallory Simmonds as its new chief executive, succeeding Melissa Chapman who exited in February. Simmonds arrives from Kepler Group, where she oversaw the digital agency’s rapid growth and data‑centric strategy. The leadership transition is...
Lofted Spirits President Steps Down
Pete Marino, president of Lofted Spirits, will depart at the end of June after three years leading the Kentucky whiskey maker. Under his tenure the company’s brands more than doubled, the portfolio was streamlined, and new tasting rooms and state...
Diageo Names John O’Keeffe as CEO and President for North America
Diageo announced that John O’Keeffe will assume the role of CEO and president of its North America business effective April 2026, succeeding Sally Grimes. O’Keeffe, a Diageo veteran of more than two decades, currently leads the Asia Pacific and Global Travel divisions....
Air India CEO Steps Down Early as Losses Mount
Air India’s chief executive Campbell Wilson announced his early resignation, stepping down before his 2027 contract ends. The airline, under Tata Group ownership, has been grappling with a roughly $1 billion loss in the 2024‑25 fiscal year and heightened scrutiny after...
BP's New All-Female Top Two Means the Renewables Dream Team Is History
BP has installed an all‑female leadership duo, naming veteran Carol Howle as deputy chief executive and Meg O’Neill as chief executive. The appointments replace the former “green dream team” that had steered BP toward offshore wind, solar and green‑hydrogen projects....
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson Resigns, Leaving Behind A Mixed Legacy
Air India confirmed that CEO Campbell Wilson will step down after four years, having signaled his intent as early as 2024. A search committee has been formed to appoint a successor, with Wilson remaining until the transition is complete. During...
Sovato’s New CEO Explains the Plan to Scale Telesurgery and Take It Worldwide
Sovato has appointed former Intuitive executive Brian Miller as CEO to accelerate its telesurgery platform worldwide. Miller argues that surgeon shortages, geographic variability in outcomes, and proven remote‑surgery technology create a ripe market. Sovato’s strategy focuses on integrating with large...
Virgin Money Swallowed up by Nationwide as Top Boss Exits
Nationwide completed its £2.9bn ($3.6bn) acquisition of Virgin Money, creating the UK’s second‑largest retail bank behind Lloyds. The deal netted Nationwide about £2.3bn ($2.9bn) in synergies and gave Sir Richard Branson a £724m ($905m) windfall. Virgin Money CEO Chris Rhodes,...
Tayo Oviosu Transitions to Group CEO as Paga Names Acting Nigeria Head
Tayo Oviosu is moving from day‑to‑day management of Paga Nigeria to the Group CEO role, while Opeyemi Oyinloye steps in as Acting CEO of the Nigerian unit pending CBN sign‑off. The shift enables Oviosu to focus on pan‑African market entry,...
First Defeat, Then Half a Billion Losses for Russia. Shield AI Targets Poland
Shield AI CEO Brandon Tseng admitted early UAV failures in Ukraine’s 2022‑23 electronic‑warfare environment, but the company has since fielded AI‑piloted V‑BAT drones that can operate without GPS or communications. With $1.7 billion invested, Shield AI now offers Poland a cost‑effective,...
The 2026 Agencies Vanguard Awards: Defying the Odds to Make Work That Resonates
The 2026 Agencies Vanguard Awards spotlight a new generation of agency executives who are reshaping the advertising landscape. Leaders such as Nadja Bellan‑White at M+C Saatchi, Jared Belsky at Acadia, and Abbey Klaassen at Dentsu Creative reported double‑digit revenue growth, successful turnarounds,...
Air India Chief Quits Early After Turbulent Tenure
Campbell Wilson, chief executive of Air India, announced his early resignation, ending a turbulent tenure marked by operational setbacks, labor unrest, and financial pressure. Wilson departs after less than two years, leaving Tata Group to install interim leadership while searching...
Jamie Dimon’s Shareholder Letter: Times Are Tough for All of Us
Jamie Dimon’s 2025 annual letter paints a cautiously optimistic picture for banking, noting that the U.S. economy appears stable but warning that geopolitical tensions could sustain higher inflation and interest rates. He stresses that politics now drives economic risk, making...
Pattern Beauty Moves Into Its Next Chapter
Pattern Beauty, the Tracee Ellis Ross‑founded hair‑care brand, announced a strategic shift toward brand awareness after six years of rapid growth. Co‑CEO Christiane Pendarvis said the company is moving beyond its start‑up phase, expanding its product line into body care...