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Major players in the anti-DEI movement: Here’s who’s attacking Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, IBM, and other Fortune 500 companies

A guide to the people and activist organizations who paved the way for Donald Trump's attacks on diversity practices in corporate America.

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Fortune

Lila Maclellan

A top Starbucks analyst went on a stealthy mission to test the company’s vibe shift and saw three signs of tactical changes

A new push to make the stores more luxurious and inviting went into effect this week.

28.01.2025 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Is your company’s board ‘Trump friendly’? Meta’s appointment of UFC chief Dana White marks a new era of politicized boardrooms

Meta's appointment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO to its corporate board could kick off a new trend.

11.01.2025 6

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Movie giant Paramount responds as wildfire smoke surrounds its famous studios and headquarters

The 100-year-old company owns iconic property in central L.A. Its offices remain open today, but employees were encouraged to work remotely from a...

10.01.2025 6

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky’s advice for winning at business: Make them say ‘No’ 

It’s not as easy as it sounds.

09.01.2025 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

At Paramount—as moguls, executives, and 3 CEOs struggled for control—some employees describe a brutal year

Paramount Global laid off more employees in 2024 than any of its rivals. A larger reckoning is still playing out.

31.12.2024 5

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

How new Shark Tank judge Daniel Lubetzky built a $5 billion snack empire based on wild ideas and off-the-cuff leadership

“Daniel was probably the best boss I ever had,” said one of his former deputies, “but also one of the most challenging.”

18.12.2024 5

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Uber’s stock has had a volatile 2024 but it could go gangbusters next year, analysts say

Neither autonomous vehicles nor Trump’s immigration policies should worry Uber investors, analysts say.

17.12.2024 5

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Your next Marriott hotel room might be a cabin in the woods

The world’s largest hotel company is adding tiny cabins and nature retreats, on the heels of similar moves by Hyatt and Hilton.

12.12.2024 5

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Southwest Airlines’ lawsuit could be a ‘new playbook’ for DEI litigation moving forward

“This lawsuit signals a new and more aggressive approach."

11.12.2024 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Suspected arrested in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing went to an Ivy League school and police say he showed ‘ill will toward corporate America’

Luigi Mangione was arrested Monday in Pennsylvania.

09.12.2024 5

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

The killing of a top health care executive has set the business world on edge as police search for answers

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was gunned down early Wednesday morning.

07.12.2024 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

UnitedHealthcare investor day attendees in shock after killing of ‘stand up’ CEO Brian Thompson: ‘I’ve never met anyone who had anything bad to say about him’

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson was gunned down early Wednesday morning.

04.12.2024 7

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Intel’s outgoing CEO is living every executive’s nightmare: A post-departure stock bump and no succession plan

Pat Gelsinger’s troubles at Intel show that boards would rather take big swings than hope for the best.

03.12.2024 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Inside a Fortune 500 CEO’s manic plan to escape the U.S. ‘death tax’: ‘It’s not that I’m selfish for myself’

'Death and Taxes' tells the story of Harvey Schien, whose years-long pursuit is memorialized in a new film produced by his son.

23.11.2024 2

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Donald Trump reveals the leadership qualities we actually value—whether we want to admit it or not, says a top professor

Prevalent wisdom about the effectiveness and appeal of empathetic and modest CEOs is all wrong.

08.11.2024 4

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

The 63 jobs that make it easier to move to Canada

As former president Donald Trump returns to power, more Americans who worry about a future under him may look north.

06.11.2024 2

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

The rapid descent of Southwest Airlines: How the company plunged from customer cult-favorite to activist investor target

Southwest was a customer darling. But 'active inertia' hobbled the stock and precipitated a leadership crisis.

26.10.2024 3

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Behind the scenes at 23andMe, questions about a star CEO 

Some past employees weren’t exactly surprised when the entire board at 23andMe tester quit last month

18.10.2024 20

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savable

The blue-chip board and the startup star had been on a collision course for months. Here’s what really happened.

17.10.2024 6

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Exclusive: Mozilla adds 4 new directors from diverse backgrounds to its nonprofit board in stark contrast to OpenAI

"We don't think you can have a public institution like this without having a board that represents all kinds of dimensions of diversity."

15.10.2024 7

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

CEOs shouldn’t worry about the economic fallout of the Israel-Iran conflict—yet

There’s a risk of ‘immediate, massive implications’ if either side starts to target oil infrastructure.

03.10.2024 10

Fortune

Lila Maclellan

Billionaire Mike Lynch’s stranger-than-fiction life is revealed in fraud trial court documents: From mopping floors to British tech mogul

Court transcripts show a more personal side of the recently deceased British businessman.

28.08.2024 2

Fortune

Lila Maclellan