CEO

I landed a job by cold emailing the CEO. Nothing else worked for me.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cathy Xie, a 25-year-old marketing professional based in Toronto. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I remember opening my laptop about a month into my job hunt, seeing yet another automated rejection, and feeling this kind of collapsing desperation. I knew…

After years of stomach pain, this CEO rebuilt her diet for gut health

Samantha Citro Alexander was about 11 years old when she first realized her health was linked to every bite of food she ate.Growing up in an Italian-American family, food was part of her culture. Meals were home-cooked, nutritious but quite rich: heaping helpings of Grandma’s lasagna, with a side of…

Red Lobster’s wunderkind CEO might have the secret sauce for turnarounds. Private equity should be taking notes.

An Ivy League-educated, former private-equity investor with a knack for chasing turnarounds doesn’t sound like a sympathetic figure. Damola Adamolekun is different.The 37-year-old Red Lobster CEO is the face of the seafood chain’s turnaround, building a cult following along the way, writes BI’s Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert.The irony is that traditional Wall…