Flutter CEO Thanks Amy Howe, Refocuses US Sportsbook Strategy
Flutter CEO Peter Jackson statement on Amy Howe's departure as FanDuel head: "I would like to thank Amy for her contribution to Flutter and FanDuel, and recognize the impact she has had on the business since joining in 2021. We wish her every success for the future. Within the US business we have also narrowed ownership of the drivers of sportsbook performance. These changes will sharpen focus on US sportsbook, strengthen the connection between our US and International operations, and fully leverage the Group's expertise and strategic ambition."
Flutter Confirms FanDuel Leadership Shuffle: Taylor Named President
Flutter reaffirms FanDuel management shake up in earnings release: • Dan Taylor, CEO of International, appointed President of Flutter Entertainment • Christian Genetski, President of FanDuel, will now lead the US business
80x Growth Drives Aggressive Compute Acquisition Strategy
Dario: “We saw 80x growth earlier this year on usage and revenue” “That’s why we are going to keep acquiring as much compute as we can” https://t.co/Hwj18IV7KB
Cohen Sells Odd eBay Items to Fund $56B
Incredible move by Ryan Cohen to finance GameStop’s $56B acquisition of eBay. Listed items on eBay under the user name ryan_5050 and already secured bids for top-tier lots including used socks ($4,200) and sealed box for Windows 2000 Server installation disk...
Elon Musk Merges xAI Into New SpaceXAI Venture
JUST IN: Elon Musk says xAI will be dissolved as a separate company and form "SpaceXAI"
Elon Reluctantly Forced Into Deal, Ignoring Human Values
100% accurate. elon didn't want to do this deal. he had to do the deal. human values be damned. https://t.co/QIGk1AjsNp
Sam's Firing Was About Trust, Not AI Safety
Mira Murati’s testimony is gripping – and what it makes absolutely clear is how utterly wrong most of Twitter was about why Sam was fired. – It had nothing per se to do with AI safety - It had nothing do with...
Media CEOs Earn Billions While Employees Need Centuries
Our survey of media CEO pay: It would take the avg. WBD employee 1,378 years to make what David Zaslav earned in one, David Ellison's comp hit $63.2 mil. & he stuck Paramount w/ a $648 life insurance tab, and...
Sam Is No Longer the Right CEO for OpenAI
And how many times have I told you that Sam is no longer the right CEO for OpenAI?
Marty Makary's Potential Dismissal Seen as Boost for QURE
Would be Positive for $QURE @rachaelmbade "MARTY MAKARY is expected to get the ax in the coming weeks, according to two well-placed individuals familiar" https://t.co/K0Uirzy1Pc
Elon’s Critique of Anthropic Highlights Money’s Power
So many layers to this, including how critical Elon has been of Anthropic. I guess a few hundred billion here and there can make a lot of issues go away.
Media CEOs Rake in Record Pay Amid Hollywood Slump
Media CEO Pay 2025: How David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos and Other Moguls Made Bank as Hollywood Struggled https://t.co/tjc7yQfprC via @variety
McDonald's CEO Quits to Join Anthropic’s AI Kitchen
SCOOP: McDonald’s CEO will resign from the chain to join Anthropic. “I treasure my decades in the food industry,” he said in a statement. “But AI is moving so fast, I want to explore more creative work as an individual contributor.” He...
From Near-Death to $180B: Razorpay’s Founder Lessons
.@Razorpay is India's largest payments platform, processing over $180 billion annually. They were also the first Indian company YC ever invested in, and went through the W15 batch. In this fireside at Startup School India, co-founder and CEO @harshilmathur sat down...
RBI CEO Declares Consistent Outperformance of Burger QSRs
"We want to outperform the burger QSR segment consistently year upon year and we've started to do that." -RBI CEO Josh Kobza. $QSR
AVXL CEO Chris Missling Fired for Cause
$AVXL CEO Chris Missling - fired. The 8K spells it out. Terminated for cause. https://t.co/HzBCPfX0gV One of biotech's worst peddlers of bullshit is gone. I might actually miss him. https://t.co/ZbDslD7jGj
Disney+ to Evolve Into Immersive Interactive Digital Hub
Disney+ Will Become ‘Immersive, Interactive Digital Centerpiece’ of the Company, CEO Josh D’Amaro Says https://t.co/9NWmCGWdHm via @variety
New Disney CEO Beats Earnings, Signals Major Shift
JUST IN: The new Disney CEO achieves an earnings beat as an important change is underway.
Microsoft Appoints Office and LinkedIn Chief to Lead Teams
scoop: Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle. The departure of veteran exec Rajesh Jha has triggered another wave of organizational changes inside Microsoft. Full details 👇 https://t.co/wc20qWX7b0
CEO Joins LegalEng to Deliver Execution, Not Just Advice
Thrilled to be joining LegalEng Consulting Group as CEO. LECG is built around a simple but powerful idea: in-house legal teams don't need more advice. They need someone who will stay to build, implement, and run the thing with them. Strategy...
AI: America's Prime Path to Reindustrialization, Says Nvidia CEO
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI is the "United States’ best opportunity to re-industrialize". https://t.co/mZVO4KZfAD
United's Customer‑Centric Strategy Beats Spirit's Model
Spirit Airlines just died. @united is thriving. My latest @ForbesCMO piece shows the contrast in strategies, the initiatives from United's CEO Scott Kirby, and the importance of customer experience. https://t.co/cIzKUQzRt3
Brockman Says Sam Fired for Lack of Candor
Brockman confirms that Sam was fired for not being consistently candid. Crazy that @karaswisher blocked me for saying that the board fired Sam for not being consistently candid, when that is in fact what happened. But she did. And continues to do...
Analyst Year Highlight: Unscripted, Honest AMA with Arvind
MyPOV - One of the treats / highlights of the analyst year - AMA with @ArvindKrishna ... Always non scripted. Honest. Matter of fact with a dose of good humor. #IBMThink https://t.co/u2YtboO8qK
Berkshire Hathaway's Float Doubles in a Decade, Aiming Higher
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel: "As you can see, our float effectively doubled from 2015 to 2025... A core and important objective is to grow our float over the long run."
Real Work: Painful Decisions that Protect Your Business
“Working hard” is the wrong frame. Real work is making decisions that hurt your soul but save your business. Here's what every level actually cost me: https://t.co/5jQuU2E9Eo
Neocloud Lambda Hires Ex‑Sprint CEO, Pivots to Data‑center Expansion
Neocloud Lambda names former Sprint chief Michel Combes as CEO. Co-founder and former CEO Stephen Balaban moves to CTO as the company's looking to raise more funds to invest in data center capacity, develop its own properties https://t.co/TtM96o2aJA
The $200M‑$500M Leap Is Healthcare’s Toughest Scale
Scaling a healthcare unicorn looks a lot different from the inside. @_KateRyder and I go deep on why the $200M–$500M jump is the most challenging phase, the absolute absurdity of pitching postpartum care to rooms full of "trolls", and why...
Cheap Scales Could End Over‑serving, Save CEOs' Time
CEO rather spend a day of travel away from his family to explain portion sizing than simply spend $25 a location for food scales. 4oz servings - give 4.5oz every time to make the customer feel happy. Delis been doing...
Jim Bridenstine Steps Down, Gabe Sherman Takes Helm
Jim Bridenstine is stepping aside as Managing Partner of The Artemis Group. He remains majority owner and will be Partner Emeritus. Gabe Sherman is the new Managing Partner. https://t.co/5RUe0HaK54
Huang Urges US AI Lead, Blocks China From Top Chips
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China should not have its most advanced chips CEO backs US lead in AI while pushing for ability to sell older chips in China https://t.co/5ZqkduCG9u via @NikkeiAsia
Decades‑Long IBM‑Aramco Partnership Evolves with AI
Next up - a convo between @IBM's @ArvindKrishna with @Aramco's Sami All-Ajmi, an IBM customer since the punch card era. #IBMThink https://t.co/YWtJAeY82h
AI Becomes IBM’s Core Model, Saving $4.5B
AI isn’t just helping your business, it is your business model, says @IBM CEO @ArvindKrishna during #Think2026 keynote. IBM will save $4.5 billion using AI (annualized), he added. #Think #FitForPurpose https://t.co/7F0wqGVNOY
AI Efficiency Drives Layoffs Amid Pandemic Over‑hiring
Today we made the difficult decision to lay off a decent chunk of our employees b/c AI has made everyone more efficient In unrelated news, our stock price is down 50% and we massively over-hired coming out of the pandemic
CEO Profanity Can Signal Imminent Premium Buyout
Guess $MDV's CEO wasn't lying when he said the stock was way too f***ing low back in March. Just got bought out at a 20%+ premium to those levels. Lesson learned, look out for more swearing from CEOs. Might be a strong...
Growth‑first Strategy Stalls Both Users and Revenue
Last quarter, the CEO mentioned: “we’ve decided to prioritize user growth over monetization.” Not a good trend to see both continue to decelerate.
GameStop CEO Can’t Justify $56B eBay Bid
GameStop’s CEO struggles to answer the question of how his company worth $12B can afford to buy eBay for $56B. This is amazing television.
Altman Plans Spin‑offs for Robotics, Hardware to Boost Growth
JUST IN: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed spinning out the company’s robotics and consumer hardware divisions last year to let them grow without burdening the core business.
AI ROI Hinges on Workflow Redesign, Not Just Tech
JUST IN: Arvind Krishna says unlocking AI returns depends more on changing company workflows than on technology alone.
Chevron CEO Admits Oil Market Is Totally Doomed
Allow me to translate @TheChiefNerd Chevron CEO is saying "We're totally f**cked" Any questions? #oil #energy #inflation #markets
Tim Cook Deserved $100 B for Shareholder Value Gains
Tim Cook should have been paid $100 Billion for the shareholder value increase under his tenure
Announces Bid to Acquire eBay, Refuses Questions
I’d like to announce I am bidding to acquire eBay I will take no further questions about the matter.
Leaders Reveal Unfiltered Ambitions on Standing Table
Pull up a chair while Dan and Guy, co-founders of RiskReversal Media and contributors to CNBC’s “Fast Money,” break bread with founders, CEOs, and creators in this season of Standing Table. These guests have built empires, disrupted industries, and dominated...
GameStop's eBay Bid Driven by CEO's Market‑cap Incentives
Why is GameStop trying to buy Ebay? A company over 4x the size. As always, follow the incentives... It's a lot easier for a CEO to be in the money on his ginormous options package if it's based mostly on market cap. https://t.co/1xDawEaAzI
Paying for Talk, Not Action, Fuels Exec Salary Hikes
Ah. A classic case of paying for smart talk as a substitute for smart action. I bet there were some recommendations to pay senior execs more money that did get implemented.
Reffkin Steps Back, Elevates Navab at Compass-Anywhere
Now that #RobertRefkin h/conquered #realestate, he is backing off+letting folks like #NedaNavab take higher profiles. How he's letting others run the show at the combined #Compass-#Anywhere megafirm. #realestate #CRE #mortgage #brokerage https://t.co/yaMObh60gK
Leaders Should Speak Last in Meetings
Jeff Bezos: the most senior person at a meeting should speak last (superb leadership advice) https://t.co/l74D0OEF6N
Brockman Confirms Altman Was Not Fully Candid to Senate
Greg Brockman just confirmed what I speculated in December 2023! Sam Altman was not fully candid in his testimony to the US Senate.
GameStop CEO’s CNBC Cameo: Vague, Awkward eBay Acquisition Answers
💥GAMESTOP CEO’S CAMEO ON CNBC WAS NOTHING BUT AWKWARD When asked about the potential acquisition of eBay, Ryan Cohen gave blunt replies Host and interviewer Andrew Sorkin prodded for more information regarding how GameStop planned to finance the purchase Cohen gave the same...
Founders and CEOs: All Company Outcomes Rest on You
If you're the founder or CEO of your company, everything that happens in your company is on you.