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Red Lobster’s new CEO, Damola Adamolekun, came with a plan to turn the company around. First, however, he’d have to lift spirits.By May 2024, the lobster chain had gone bad. Its private equity owners had saddled the company with expensive leases, labor costs were rising, and promotions like “Endless Shrimp”…
Many companies have navigated recent economic and geopolitical uncertainties — but the CEO of travel conglomerate Booking Holdings has faced a steady stream of crises over the last two decades.To name a few: the dot-com bubble, 9/11, the 2008 market crash, SARS-1, volcanoes, tsunamis, the pandemic, tariffs, and various wars.…
Collibra CEO Felix Van de Maele said it becomes “a red flag” if job seekers wanting to join his data governance platform cannot show familiarity with AI.”In any interview, you expect people to think AI first in all the ways they do their job,” Van de Maele said in an…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stacey Kennedy, the US CEO for Philip Morris International, based in Stamford, Connecticut. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I began my career with Philip Morris International, a tobacco company, in 1995 as a territory sales manager. I held several other…
As winter temps drop, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski is sharing some cold, hard facts.The 57-year-old fast-food executive recently shared his top career tip in a viral Instagram video, warning that it might “hurt your feelings.””Remember, nobody cares about your career as much as you do,” Kempczinski said.”This idea that there’s…
When Jennifer Goldsack woke up after emergency surgery last Christmas, she was waiting to hear she had a stress ulcer. Maybe appendicitis. But not this.The surgeon had news that made no sense to her, as a 42-year-old CEO and former athlete: late-stage cancer.Goldsack had always prided herself on being able…
Uber is preparing for a robotaxi surge, and its CEO says one market will drive it.Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with Bloomberg Television published Friday that robotaxis are a “trillion-dollar-plus” opportunity and Asia is a huge growth market for the ride-hailing giant.”I expect to be in 10-plus markets by…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Johannes Thomas, CEO of Trivago. It has been edited for length and clarity.In 2011, I took a six-month internship at Trivago. I was in my third year of university, nearing completion of a four-year degree in economics and tourism. I had…
In a video posted to Instagram, EngineAI CEO Zhao Tongyang geared up in leg, stomach, and head pads. Workers taunted him, asking if he was nervous.The company’s T800 robot then appeared to kick Tongyang in the stomach, and he can be seen falling to the ground.”Too violent!” Tongyang said in…
The future of warfare will demand one soldier being able to control huge swarms of drones that can work together autonomously, a Ukrainian arms maker predicted.Achi, the CEO of Ukrainian defense firm Ark Robotics, told Business Insider the shift from one drone per pilot to one pilot controlling many is…
