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‘It’s always better to drink wine a year early than a day too late’: McKinsey’s CEO whisperers on successfully transitioning out of the top job

As Caterpillar’s former CEO Jim Owens puts it, “In the end, the hardest part of the CEO role is leaving.”

By Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra and Kurt Strovink
October 7, 2025

C-Suite

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How Coca-Cola’s leadership developed a taste for AI that helped distribute the technology across its beverage empire

How Coca-Cola’s leadership developed a taste for AI that helped distribute the technology across its beverage empire

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October 7, 2025
KPMG chief on CEO uncertainty about tariffs, the AI ‘hourglass’ org shape and the fear ‘that honestly keeps me up at night’

KPMG chief on CEO uncertainty about tariffs, the AI ‘hourglass’ org shape and the fear ‘that honestly keeps me up at night’

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October 7, 2025
Tan Su Shan, CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank, is Fortune’s most powerful woman in Asia for 2025

Tan Su Shan, CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank, is Fortune’s most powerful woman in Asia for 2025

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October 6, 2025

Future of Work

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‘Our chapters will work for any enterprise’: Honeywell’s AI chiefs share the strategies that helped the firm mature its AI efforts

‘Our chapters will work for any enterprise’: Honeywell’s AI chiefs share the strategies that helped the firm mature its AI efforts

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October 7, 2025
How Visa wove AI into every facet of the company by approaching it as both a science and an art

How Visa wove AI into every facet of the company by approaching it as both a science and an art

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October 7, 2025
The Great Exit: Return-to-office demands and skyrocketing childcare push young mothers out of the workforce, KPMG research finds

The Great Exit: Return-to-office demands and skyrocketing childcare push young mothers out of the workforce, KPMG research finds

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October 6, 2025

Success

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Introducing Fortune’s first-ever Most Influential Women Asia ranking

Introducing Fortune’s first-ever Most Influential Women Asia ranking

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October 6, 2025
These 2 kinds of employees are emerging in the AI-generated ‘workslop’ era—here’s why it may be better to write the email yourself

These 2 kinds of employees are emerging in the AI-generated ‘workslop’ era—here’s why it may be better to write the email yourself

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October 6, 2025
Jeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: ‘I started Amazon when I was 30’

Jeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: ‘I started Amazon when I was 30’

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October 6, 2025

Workplace Culture

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‘You better buckle up’: DBS’s Tan Su Shan prepares for AI, crypto, and geopolitical change

‘You better buckle up’: DBS’s Tan Su Shan prepares for AI, crypto, and geopolitical change

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October 7, 2025
Before the McLaren CEO got a $50 million payday from his team’s F1 championship, he was a high-school dropout who got his start on Wheel of Fortune

Before the McLaren CEO got a $50 million payday from his team’s F1 championship, he was a high-school dropout who got his start on Wheel of Fortune

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October 6, 2025
More CEOs want Elon Musk–style ‘moonshot’ pay packages—but comp experts are raising alarms

More CEOs want Elon Musk–style ‘moonshot’ pay packages—but comp experts are raising alarms

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October 5, 2025

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov smiles while wearing an all-black outfit
Success

Telegram’s CEO built two dominant social networks from scratch before 40 and has fathered more than 100 biological children. He’s also facing up to 10 years in prison

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May 22, 2025
Misty Skolnick and her father Jerry, co-owners of Uncle Jerry's pretzels
Success

How one small business owner is preparing for the tariff economy—And her advice for staying resilient

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May 22, 2025
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (
Tech

Tesla brand damage revealed: Consumers rank its ethics and character near the very bottom of new Axios Harris poll

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May 22, 2025
Larry Miller
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Nike’s Jordan brand chairman hid his criminal past for 40 years. Now he wants CHROs to consider second chances

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May 22, 2025
GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik and others from the GE family celebrate the New York Stock Exchange listing by ringing the bell and applauding.
Investing

Why GE Vernova’s stock is power surging after just one year of existence

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May 22, 2025
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon
Newsletters

Andy Jassy continually explaining Amazon’s AI bets is something other CEOs can learn from

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May 22, 2025
Ilene Eskenazi, Chief Human Resource Officer, Chipotle Bijal Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Guild
Conferences

Chipotle employees are rising through the ranks and making 6 figures after Guild suggested a simple switch that transformed the workforce

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May 22, 2025
Ziad Ahmed, head of Next Gen at United Talent Agency (right), Jonah Stillman, co-founder of, GenGuru (middle), and Tiffany Zhong, founder and CEO of noplace, speak with Kristen Stoller at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit.
Conferences

Gen Z is tired of hearing they’re lazy and will only work remotely: ‘People talk about us but not to us’

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May 21, 2025
Andy Jassy presents onstage at a 2024 AWS event
Tech

Andy Jassy makes the case for Amazon’s extraordinary AI spending, promising shareholders they will end up ‘very happy’

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May 21, 2025
Microsoft’s and Google’s dueling developer conferences reveal opposite AI strategies—and a big weakness for one company
Tech

Microsoft’s and Google’s dueling developer conferences reveal opposite AI strategies—and a big weakness for one company

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May 21, 2025
OpenAI’s hiring of legendary former Apple design boss Jony Ive is a $6.5 billion move to dominate the AI age by creating the next iPhone
Tech

OpenAI’s hiring of legendary former Apple design boss Jony Ive is a $6.5 billion move to dominate the AI age by creating the next iPhone

By Verne Kopytoff, Jeremy Kahn and Alexei Oreskovic
May 21, 2025
Paul Singer sits during a conference panel.
Investing

Phillips 66 and Elliott’s contentious proxy battle ends in split vote over fight to break up energy giant

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May 21, 2025
Target reports dismal earnings amid DEI ‘headwinds’ and says two C-suite women leaders are on the way out
Leadership

Target reports dismal earnings amid DEI ‘headwinds’ and says two C-suite women leaders are on the way out

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May 21, 2025
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Success

Gen Z creators may soon have a new $20,000-paying side-gig thanks to this new Instagram feature

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May 21, 2025
Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett that being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success
Success

Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett that being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success

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May 21, 2025
Google exec reveals how the company prevents burnout: ‘You have to be able to recognize when somebody on your team is struggling’
Conferences

Google exec reveals how the company prevents burnout: ‘You have to be able to recognize when somebody on your team is struggling’

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May 21, 2025
Former U.K. prime minister Theresa May says ex-world leaders need to stop commenting on everything: ‘be a measured voice’
Conferences

Former U.K. prime minister Theresa May says ex-world leaders need to stop commenting on everything: ‘be a measured voice’

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May 21, 2025
United Way CEO Angela Williams
Leadership

You can win a grant for up to $50,000 to give a nonprofit of your choice, thanks to a new award for ‘civic bravery’

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
May 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, aka Robert Prevost, gives a speech
Leadership

Sexual abuse survivors say Pope Leo XIV should’ve done more to strip priests of their titles: ‘This is the underground story of Prevost’

By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
May 21, 2025
Gerry Connolly shouts into a microphone at a rally against Elon Musk and DOGE
Leadership

Gerry Connolly is dead at 75. He was one of the leading voices calling for a full investigation of Elon Musk and DOGE

By Olivia Diaz and The Associated Press
May 21, 2025
Technologists are embracing ‘vibe coding’ as they deploy more AI-enabled tools to boost productivity
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Technologists are embracing ‘vibe coding’ as they deploy more AI-enabled tools to boost productivity

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May 21, 2025
Elon Musk attends a state dinner at the Lusail Palace on May 14, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.
Tech

Elon Musk brushes off fears of Tesla’s demand problem and denies declining sales — ‘they’re fine, don’t worry about it’

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May 21, 2025
Jolen Anderson, Chief People and Community Officer at BetterUp, Cesar Carvalho, Chief Executive Officer of Wellhub and Phil Wahba, Senior Writer, Fortune; Cochair, Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit
Newsletters

Why executives need to redefine what ‘hustle culture’ means for their employees

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May 21, 2025
Actress Daniella Rahme thinks Netflix’s next global streaming hit can come from the Middle East
Conferences

Actress Daniella Rahme thinks Netflix’s next global streaming hit can come from the Middle East

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May 21, 2025
H.E. Dr. Hala bint Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri talks at the MPW SPOTLIGHT
Newsletters

Cultural context is key to understanding the changes happening for women in Saudi Arabia

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May 21, 2025
Acumen CEO: Entrepreneurs who think they can cure poverty with the Silicon Valley model are a red flag
Conferences

Acumen CEO: Entrepreneurs who think they can cure poverty with the Silicon Valley model are a red flag

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May 21, 2025
Elizabeth Brink, co-CEO of architecture and design firm Gensler, at Fortune's Workplace Innovation Summit
Conferences

Pets and PJs aren’t why people want to work from home. Privacy is the real perk.

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May 20, 2025
Vernā Myers, diversity consultant, author, lawyer and founder of The Vernā Myers Company, and Anson Frericks, author and founder of venture firm Athletic Capital disucss DEI on stage during the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit.
Conferences

Why this diversity leader says scrapping DEI commitments without recognizing the benefits is ‘morally unjust and bankrupt’

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May 20, 2025
A woman sitting at a desk surrounded by computers, had her head in her hand.
Success

AI in the workplace is nearly 3 times more likely to take a woman’s job as a man’s, UN report finds

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May 20, 2025
Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home
Conferences

Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home

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May 20, 2025

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