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Beth Kowitt
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Beth Kowitt is former a senior editor at Fortune, where she wrote features primarily on management and leadership issues, the business of food, consumer behavior, sustainability, and race and gender. Her writing received multiple awards, including several SABEW Best in Business and New York Press Club honors. She also co-edited Fortune's annual Most Powerful Women franchise and was a co-chair of Fortune's's Most Powerful Women Summit, MPW Next Gen, and the Fortune's/U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. Beth, who joined Fortune's in 2008, is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New York City with her children and husband, photographerKarsten Moran.

PepsiCo and Beyond Meat create joint venture for plant-based products
RetailPepsiCo and Beyond Meat create joint venture for plant-based products
By Beth KowittJanuary 26, 2021
President and CEO of Walmart's U.S. e-commerce business, Marc Lore, is leaving the company.
RetailWhat the departure of e-commerce head Marc Lore means for Walmart
By Beth KowittJanuary 15, 2021
Photos: Remembering Alex Trebek as his last episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ airs
Arts & EntertainmentPhotos: Remembering Alex Trebek as his last episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ airs
By Beth KowittJanuary 8, 2021
The "Worry Index" over coronavirus is at an all-time high in the U.S.
RetailAmericans are more worried than ever about coronavirus—but are doing less to combat it
By Beth KowittDecember 17, 2020
PepsiCo chief commercial officer Ram Krishnan and chief design officer Mauro Porcini spoke about the role of design at the food and beverage giant.
ConferencesHow the pandemic led PepsiCo to create Cheetos Mac ’n Cheese
By Beth KowittDecember 9, 2020
Trademark law means that brands like Aunt Jemima with racist roots could have a second life.
RetailInside the cottage industry trying to revive Aunt Jemima and other brands with racist roots
By Beth KowittDecember 8, 2020
Expect a hybrid model of working from home and the office to persist even after the pandemic.
LeadershipThe risk of ‘faux flexibility’ in the post-COVID workplace
By Beth KowittNovember 16, 2020
Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda talks with Fortune about reskilling for this week's episode of the Reinvent podcast.
LeadershipThe rise of the MOOCs: How Coursera is retraining the American workforce for a post-COVID economy
By Beth KowittNovember 16, 2020
McDonald's is launching a plant-based burger.
RetailPlant-based ‘McPlant’ burger launching at McDonald’s
By Beth KowittNovember 9, 2020
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski is positioning the fast food giant to be a winner in a landscape transformed by COVID-19.
RetailMcDonald’s responds to the pandemic with faster drive-thrus, loyalty points, and a new chicken sandwich
By Beth KowittNovember 9, 2020
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski lays out the fast food giant's new strategy to emerge from COVID-19 a winner.
RetailMcDonald’s CEO says the fast food giant has ‘an opportunity to get aggressive’
By Beth KowittNovember 9, 2020
In an example of rethinking its supply chain, farmer-owned cooperative Land O'Lakes diverted its farmers' milk to keep them from having to dump it during the height of the pandemic.
LeadershipHow Land O’Lakes saved its farmers’ milk during COVID-19
By Beth KowittNovember 2, 2020
Chobani employees at the company's plant in South Edmeston, N.Y. plant. The yogurt marker is increasing its starting wage to at least $15 per hour.
RetailChobani’s radical plan to take care of its hourly workers: Pay them more
By Beth KowittOctober 26, 2020
Lyft co-founder John Zimmer talks about the ridesharing company's business during COVID-19 on the Fortune Reinvent podcast.
LeadershipHow Lyft became the company with nine lives
By Beth KowittOctober 26, 2020
Introducing Fortune’s 2020 Most Powerful Women
NewslettersIntroducing Fortune’s 2020 Most Powerful Women
By Kristen Bellstrom, Emma Hinchliffe and Beth KowittOctober 19, 2020
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