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The Promotion Playbook, from Fortune Success: How top executives worked their way up—from first jobs to the corner office—and the moves, mindset shifts and strategies that'll accelerate your career.
Melinda French Gates shares the one skill Gen Alpha girls can learn in high school that will determine if they become a CEO later in life
Success
Melinda French Gates shares the one skill Gen Alpha girls can learn in high school that will determine if they become a CEO later in life
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 27, 2025
Young man holding laptop outside and typing
Success
Gen Z is ‘task masking’ to look as busy as possible in the office. Experts warn they’re self-sabotaging
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 22, 2025
ReliaQuest CEO Brian Murphy leaning against a desk, with the company logo above it
Success
This CEO went from bagging groceries at Publix to founding a $3.4 billion cyber company—after skipping the Ivy League and teaching himself to code
By Preston ForeJune 1, 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
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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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 20, 2025
Two business people on a private jet
Success
Forget becoming a self-made billionaire—working for others is a fast-track to ultra-wealth like Tim Cook and Satya Nadella
By Preston ForeMay 20, 2025
Gen Z worker
Success
Meet the Gen Z tradies who are shunning college and picking up the tools instead—they plan to be in the top 1% without being saddled with crippling student debt
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 16, 2025
TodayTix CEO took over at 31. He tells aspirational Gen Zers to ditch the ‘fake it till you make it’ act if they actually want to be successful
Success
TodayTix CEO took over at 31. He tells aspirational Gen Zers to ditch the ‘fake it till you make it’ act if they actually want to be successful
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 8, 2025
Pret CEO Pano Christou
Success
How Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 29, 2024
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Success
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: An ‘embarrassing’ amount of your success in your 20s depends on your attitude
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 24, 2024
Peter Jelkeby, IKEA's U.K. CEO
Success
IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 20, 2024
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Leadership
Kurt Geiger’s CEO went from cleaning toilets to running a $432 million fashion brand—he says he got promoted by making his boss look brilliant
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 1, 2024
Gen Z job seekers should be ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO, who cold-called firms from the phonebook for her first role
Success
Gen Z job seekers should be ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO, who cold-called firms from the phonebook for her first role
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 20, 2024
Tubi’s CEO credits being promoted to Vimeo’s top job at just 33 years old for being totally at ease running America’s most-watched free TV service
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Tubi’s CEO credits being promoted to Vimeo’s top job at just 33 years old for being totally at ease running America’s most-watched free TV service
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 12, 2024
Former L’Oreal exec says he told bosses to acquire a buzzy hair tech startup but they passed. 10 years later he’s now GHD CEO—and it’s selling nearly 6 products every minute
Leadership
Former L’Oreal exec says he told bosses to acquire a buzzy hair tech startup but they passed. 10 years later he’s now GHD CEO—and it’s selling nearly 6 products every minute
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 22, 2024
Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel
Success
Whole Foods CEO’s least favorite type of worker is the know-it-all—despite being one himself
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 14, 2024
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By Sydney LakeAugust 11, 2026
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he losesplaceholder alt text
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