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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.

Elon Musk at a Tesla factory
LeadershipDuring ‘the most concentrated pain’ in his life, Elon Musk saved Tesla and created ‘the algorithm’ that would become his manufacturing and management philosophy
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 13, 2023
Walmart CSO says the trouble with ESG is it’s ‘become a boogeyman’ but the Fortune 500 giant is ‘addressing the things that matter’
ConferencesWalmart CSO says the trouble with ESG is it’s ‘become a boogeyman’ but the Fortune 500 giant is ‘addressing the things that matter’
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 13, 2023
Elon Musk sitting in a chair dancing
LeadershipOne of Elon Musk’s favorite video games taught him the ‘life lesson’ that ‘empathy is not an asset.’ It’s the opposite of what most CEOs preach
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 12, 2023
Bob Iger
LeadershipDisney and Charter finally end their cable TV fight—with Charter getting the streaming services it wanted
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 11, 2023
Bob Iger
LeadershipCharter’s CEO isn’t flinching in the $2.2 billion rumble with Disney and ESPN: ‘We had to say enough is enough, or else we’re gonna have to move on to a different model’
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 7, 2023
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts
LeadershipThe second-largest streaming service in the U.S. could change hands as Comcast moves up deadline for $27.5 billion option to sell Hulu. ‘That’s a scarce kingmaker asset’
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 7, 2023
The Disney-Charter cable TV dispute could cost Disney up to $2.3 billion—it all depends on how many customers ditch cable for good
LeadershipThe Disney-Charter cable TV dispute could cost Disney up to $2.3 billion—it all depends on how many customers ditch cable for good
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 7, 2023
David Zaslav
FinanceDavid Zaslav just put a $500 million price tag on the crippling Hollywood strike—for this year
By Paolo Confino and The Associated PressSeptember 6, 2023
The cast and writers of the popular shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
LeadershipHollywood’s strikes are bulldozing the economy to the tune of 17,000 jobs and forcing a major studio to cut earnings guidance by $500 million
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 5, 2023
Walgreens’ new interim CEO Ginger Graham.
LeadershipWalgreens’ new interim CEO Ginger Graham isn’t the only temporary member of the pharmacy giant’s C-suite
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 1, 2023
Beyoncé onstage holding a mic.
FinanceThe $8.5 billion ‘Barbenheimer,’ Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift bonanza is fading, and the summer’s pop culture economy is giving way to a winter in consumer spending, Morgan Stanley warns
By Paolo ConfinoAugust 31, 2023
Newly appointed CNN CEO Mark Thompson stands next to a window.
LeadershipNew CNN CEO Mark Thompson once rescued the New York Times from the end of newspapers. Can he do the same with CNN as cable TV dies?
By Paolo ConfinoAugust 30, 2023
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo sits at a table in front of a nameplate with Chinese lettering.
PoliticsBiden’s commerce chief just denied the U.S. is breaking up with China and then listed all the ways it’s doing exactly that
By Paolo ConfinoAugust 29, 2023
Man sitting at a computer desk
TechWhy current-generation A.I. is ‘mostly crap,’ but still came along at the ‘perfect time’ to save the flatlining economy, according to a boutique VC firm
By Paolo ConfinoAugust 29, 2023
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
TechIBM’s CEO, who froze hiring for thousands of back-office jobs and predicted A.I. would take up to 50% of new jobs, just piled into a $4.5 billion tech unicorn’s massive new $235 million funding round
By Paolo ConfinoAugust 28, 2023
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