Leadership – Page 3 – Charm

82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Bill Gates’ pledge to give away 99%

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CEOs with major controlling stakes in their billion-dollar companies have the power to make themselves richer and richer, but one 82-year-old tech leader isn’t cashing in for herself. Judy Faulkner, the CEO of Epic Systems, has been selling her non-voting shares back to the company—and redirecting the profits elsewhere. “I’ve never cashed a single share…

How the New York Liberty Became the WNBA’s Most Fashionable Team

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Last month, while celebrating on-court milestones on Instagram — like the team’s 93 regular-season wins as of July 9, the second-most in franchise history — New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello was posting almost as much about fashion. On July 23, she shared a courtside shot in a silvery-blue, head-to-toe Kallmeyer look. A week…

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold stocks and didn't snap up bargains even as markets crumbled after 'Liberation Day'

Here’s the one-page memo Warren Buffett sent to his managers every two years for over 25 years

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Even though he may seem like an easy-going, Coca-Cola-loving old man, he admits his leadership style can sometimes be “ruthless.” In fact, the billionaire sent a stark reminder to his manager every two years of his nonnegotiables, which include “to zealously guard Berkshire’s reputation,” something he believes is the foundation of the entire enterprise. “We…

What Fashion and Beauty Professionals Want From Employers

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In the five years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the fashion and beauty industries have navigated significant transformation amid ongoing geopolitical unrest, a turbulent economic climate and the mounting climate crisis. Such change is ushering in a workplace reckoning, with employees across the world reassessing where their professional priorities lie. Needs have changed…

XAI Will Pay You $440K to Make Anime Girl AIs for Elon Musk

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Elon Musk’s xAI says it is willing to pay out six-figure salaries to software engineers who can help the AI startup to develop its AI “companions.” The listing, titled “Fullstack Engineer – Waifus,” was posted on xAI’s career portal on Tuesday, just a day after the company released two AI “companions” on its Grok platform….

Exclusive: Everlane’s New CEO Gets Real About Its Ambitions

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Whoever decided to step into the top job at Everlane was always going to have their work cut out for them. One of the stars of the 2010s direct-to-consumer boom, by 2022 the basics brand, known for its $30 organic cotton T-shirts and transparent pricing, was struggling to scrape together enough cash just to cover…

Marco Bizzarri Gives Address With Advice for Fashion’s Next Generation

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At a ceremony in London’s Royal Festival Hall last Thursday, Marco Bizzarri, the former Gucci chief executive who led the brand during its dramatic growth under creative director Alessandro Michele, offered his words of advice to students entering the fashion industry. “You’re going to face a lot of hurdles,” he said. “But I really wish…

Europe’s automotive industry at a crossroads

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Around 1.8 million BEVs were produced in Europe in 2024 (including the EU, UK, EFTA and Serbia, T&E calculations), very close to those sold in the same year (2 million). Germany leads the way with 1.2 million BEVs produced, followed by France with 330,000. Based on the current EU regulation on car CO2 standards, the…

Bill Gates was right to defend USAID amid Elon Musk’s attacks—take it from someone who experienced its impact

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Butch Meily is president of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, IdeaSpace, and QBO Innovation. He is the author of the new memoir From Manila to Wall Street: An Immigrant’s Journey with America’s First Black Tycoon. In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy created a new federal agency, the United States International Agency for Development (USAID)….

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Vibe shift in House as Trump, GOP leaders begin to flip votes

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Republican opposition to the GOP’s “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill appeared to be softening Wednesday night after President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought spent hours meeting with party holdouts during procedural votes that party leaders held open. House leaders have no desire to change the contents of the Senate-passed bill, which would…