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Paolo Confino

Paolo Confino is a formerreporter on Fortune’s global news desks where he covered each day’s most important stories. In addition to his breaking news stories Paolo has written several in-depth features on a variety of subjects, including Flagship Pioneering, the biotech VC that founded Moderna, Italian soccer team AC Milan’s efforts to build a new stadium, and a profile of David Rawlinson, one of only eight Black Fortune 500 CEOs. At Fortune, Paolo previously worked on the Leadership desk where he covered the C-suite and helped launch the CHRO Daily newsletter alongside two of his colleagues. Prior to working in journalism Paolo worked for several years in the marketing department of a Fortune 500 CPG company. He has a bachelor's degree from NYU and a masters degree from Syracuse University.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing a VR headset
TechMark Zuckerberg’s $46.5 billion loss on the metaverse is so huge it would be a Fortune 100 company—but his net worth is up even more than that
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 27, 2023
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
TechMicrosoft gains $70 billion and Alphabet loses more than twice as much as Satya Nadella steals Sundar Pichai’s thunder on AI
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 25, 2023
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman
SuccessBillionaire CEO of the biggest owner of commercial real estate says remote employees ‘didn’t work as hard’
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 24, 2023
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PoliticsTrump regrets talking to the ‘red haired weirdo from Australia’ as billionaire Mar-a-Lago member cooperates with special counsel probe, reports say
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 23, 2023
Bill Ackman
PoliticsFrom CEOs to billionaires to Harvard students, everyone is struggling to discuss the Israel-Hamas war. Here’s what you need to know before you talk about it
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 19, 2023
Billionaire former Democratic presidential primary candidate Tom Steyer
EnvironmentBillionaire Tom Steyer says the crusade against climate change depends on one thing: Business fixing the problem. ‘We have to win in capitalism’
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 16, 2023
Israel’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism
PoliticsIsrael’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 13, 2023
Union members picket outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
LeadershipThe Hollywood strike gets uglier as the studios spike talks over an $800 million residuals ask. The guild calls out ‘bully tactics’ and says that’s a 60% overstatement
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 12, 2023
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
PoliticsWith Israel and Gaza at war, there’s no smoking gun pointing to Iran yet, but that doesn’t stop some from seeing it
By Paolo Confino and Nick LichtenbergOctober 11, 2023
‘It was like waking from a nightmare’: Israeli peace advocate who served with former prime minister recounts early morning attack
Conferences‘It was like waking from a nightmare’: Israeli peace advocate who served with former prime minister recounts early morning attack
By Irina Ivanova and Paolo ConfinoOctober 10, 2023
A Saudi Arabian man dressed in a traditional thobe stands in front of a sign the reads Israel in a large conference hall.
PoliticsPotentially historic deal to normalize Saudi-Israel relations is ‘off the table’ after this weekend’s 9/11-scale attack, top political analyst says
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 9, 2023
Employees in a meeting in a conference room
SuccessCEOs want employees back in the office, and 90% say they’ll likely give raises and promotions to those who actually show up, survey finds
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 5, 2023
Pryon CEO Igor Jablokov
ConferencesThe founder who sold the startup that would become Amazon’s Alexa called Big Tech ‘apex predators’ and says that’s why everyone is scared of AI
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 3, 2023
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
TechIBM’s CEO says ‘the first thing you can automate is a repetitive, white-collar job,’ but he’s not cutting workers: ‘I’ll get more’
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 3, 2023
General Catalyst managing director Hemant Taneja
ConferencesCommerce Department and VC firms partner to encourage “responsible” AI use for startups
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 3, 2023
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