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Amanda Gerut

Amanda Gerut has been a journalist and editor for more than 20 years and currently serves as Fortune’s West Coast Editor. She edits and reports on publicly traded businesses, executive compensation, Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and investigations. Amanda previously worked for 13 years at the Financial Times’ Agenda, a publication for corporate board members of publicly traded companies. She is the former managing editor of BoardIQ, an FT publication dedicated to the governance and oversight of mutual funds. She previously worked as a reporter at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger and The Herald News.

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Big Tech
Battle over Elon Musk’s trillionaire pay package builds as pension funds face off against Tesla
By Amanda GerutOctober 9, 2025
More CEOs demand ‘moonshot’ pay—billions in compensation for aggressive, seemingly impossible targets
Newsletters
More CEOs demand ‘moonshot’ pay—billions in compensation for aggressive, seemingly impossible targets
By Amanda GerutOctober 8, 2025
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C-Suite
These co-CEOs swear by splitting the job: ‘The demands on a modern CEO are close to unsustainable’
By Amanda GerutOctober 5, 2025
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Investing
More CEOs want Elon Musk–style ‘moonshot’ pay packages—but comp experts are raising alarms
By Amanda GerutOctober 5, 2025
North Korean agents pretending to be IT guys have funneled up to $1 billion into Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program
Magazine
North Korean agents pretending to be IT guys have funneled up to $1 billion into Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program
By Amanda GerutOctober 4, 2025
Oracle’s new Gen X and Millennial CEOs get stock options worth $350 million—but they’ll have to keep the stock soaring to collect
C-Suite
Oracle’s new Gen X and Millennial CEOs get stock options worth $350 million—but they’ll have to keep the stock soaring to collect
By Amanda GerutSeptember 22, 2025
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Cybersecurity
London teenager orchestrated ‘help desk’ extortion scheme against 47 U.S. companies that netted $115 million, says DOJ
By Amanda GerutSeptember 20, 2025
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Banking
Markets expected the rate cut, but the ‘real surprise’ is the Fed’s opinion on the current state of the economy, quant CEO says
By Amanda GerutSeptember 17, 2025
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Politics
Tesla board blocks shareholder vote on policy that would ban political statements by CEO Elon Musk and other executives
By Amanda GerutSeptember 16, 2025
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Big Tech
Opendoor brings back its founders and welcomes a new CEO from Shopify—who could earn $2.8 billion if he sends the stock soaring
By Amanda GerutSeptember 11, 2025
Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S. President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions during a press availability in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Finance
Tesla investor presses board to finally address the elephant in the room: Elon Musk’s politics and their impact on the EV maker
By Amanda GerutSeptember 6, 2025
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Finance
CEO who ran tech unicorn once valued at $1.2 billion charged with fraud after allegedly spending millions on his wedding and art classes
By Amanda GerutSeptember 4, 2025
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Cybersecurity
Colleges have a new worry: ‘Ghost students’—AI powered fraud rings angling to get millions in financial aid
By Amanda GerutAugust 23, 2025
Life360 co-founder Chris Hulls in a black shirt.
C-Suite
‘I disdain corporate speak’: Tech founder disregards comms and legal in tell-all sign-off post about the heavy weight of being CEO
By Amanda GerutAugust 12, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
C-Suite
Elon Musk retains title as the highest-paid CEO in history with $26 billion pay package—and the only thing he has to do is show up for two years
By Amanda GerutAugust 4, 2025
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