Michal Lev-Ram

Michal Lev-Ram

Michal Lev-Ram is a special correspondent covering the technology and entertainment sectors for Fortune, writing analysis and longform reporting. She formerly served as the editorial director of Fortune Live Media, the company’s portfolio of global events, and co-chaired Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit and Brainstorm Tech, an annual technology conference. Before joining Fortune, Michal was a staff writer at Business 2.0, a former Time Inc. publication that covered startups. She has also written for CNNMoney, Fast Company, and Popular Science. Born in Israel, Michal holds a degree in journalism from San Francisco State University and lives in the Bay Area.

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    Meet the 2023 Fortune Founders Forum

    By Ellie Austin, Michal Lev-Ram, and others
  • Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight, at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Park City, Utah, in July 2023.Newsletters

    Utah CEO says distance from Silicon Valley has made the state ‘a really strong community of entrepreneurs’

    By Michal Lev-Ram, Nicholas Gordon, and others
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    Ex-Googler Lexi Reese raises $1.3 million in California Senate race to replace Dianne Feinstein

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Joey Abrams
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    Bill Gates says generative A.I. will free us from ever going to ‘a search site’ or Amazon again

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Nicholas Gordon
  • VANCOUVER, CANADA – APRIL 18: The TED logo stands outside of the Vancouver Convention Center at TED2019 – Bigger Than Us on April 18, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images)Newsletters

    A researcher studying whether A.I. can learn common sense says the technology is ‘almost like a new intellectual species’

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Kinsey Crowley
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    Marc Benioff says he can juggle empathy, cost cuts, and layoffs as he doubles down on efficiency at Salesforce

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  • Francis Suarez, mayor of Miami, speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. The biggest Bitcoin event in the world brings a sold-out crowd of 12,000 attendees and thousands more to Miami for a two-day conference. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNewsletters

    Miami startup founders seem to have one thing in common: Mayor Francis Suarez

    By Jackson Fordyce and Michal Lev-Ram
  • 5 November 2015; Ryan Smith, CEO, Qualtrics, on the Centre Stage during Day 3 of the 2015 Web Summit in the RDS, Dublin, Ireland. Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE / Web Summit (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images)Newsletters

    Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith has long championed his home state of Utah. Now, he’s not alone

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Jackson Fordyce
  • Attendees walk past the logo of US multinational technology company Microsoft during the Web Summit in Lisbon on November 6, 2019. &#8211; Europe&#8217;s largest tech event Web Summit is held at Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon from November 4 to November 7. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)Newsletters

    There are two big topics swirling around Silicon Valley right now: Layoffs and ChatGPT. It turns out, they’re related.

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    Casualties of Big Tech layoffs find other companies are clamoring to hire them

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    Trendy apparel firm Cotopaxi has hacked the purpose-driven mission beloved by Gen Z—3,000 people applied for one job opening

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  • BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 07: The Walt Disney Company Former CEO and Chairman Robert Iger speaks onstage during Vox Media&#8217;s 2022 Code Conference &#8211; Day 2 on September 07, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media)Finance

    The Cashmere Prince is back: Bob Iger returns to Disney, but some say he never really left

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  • Melinda French Gates, Co-chair of the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Pivotal Ventures. Photographed at Pivotal HQ in<br /> Kirkland, WA.Newsletters

    Melinda French Gates reminds us that divorce is ‘unbelievably painful’—and that’s why we should talk about it

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Paige McGlauflin
  • Melinda French Gates, Co-chair of the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Pivotal Ventures. Photographed at Pivotal HQ in<br /> Kirkland, WA.Magazine

    Melinda French Gates is investing $1 billion of her own money for women in the United States. Here’s an inside look at her game plan

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  • A panel from the 2021 MPW SummitNewsletters

    ‘Realize Your Power’ at this year’s Fortune MPW Summit

    By Michal Lev-Ram and Paige McGlauflin