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Mar 13 2024
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Walton scion next CEO of Runway
Tom Walton, co-founder of Bentonville-based holding company Runway Group, will take over as chief executive officer when current CEO Chris Seay retires at the end of the month. Walton, a grandson of Walmart Inc. founder Sam Walton, and his brother Steuart founded Runway Group in 2017. The company invests in real estate, businesses, outdoor initiatives and hospitality. Seay told company
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteMar 29 2024
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Alaska SeaLife Center announces new president and CEO
The Alaska SeaLife Center this week announced Wei Ying Wong as the organization’s new president and CEO. Wong has worked at the SeaLife Center since 2021, when she became the facility’s chief science and education officer, according to the announcement. She will step into the role as president and CEO on Monday. Wong previously worked in executive roles at Washington Sea Grant, Woodland Park
Anchorage Daily NewsApr 24 2024
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Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao — who called SBF a ‘liar’ — faces 3 years for money laundering
Former crypto kingpin Changpeng Zhao may soon share a cell with FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried — and if the feds get their way it will be for three years. US prosecutors recommended an above-guidance, 36-month sentence for the disgraced Binance chief after the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges pleaded guilty to money laundering charges. Prosecutors asked for the longer
New York Post (News)Apr 17 2024
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Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in Google Cloud CEO's office
Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office. The arrests, which were livestreamed on Twitch by participants, follow rallies outside Google offices in New York, Sunnyvale and Seattle, which attracted hundreds of
CNBCApr 09 2024
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Artificial Intelligence’s ‘Insatiable’ Energy Needs Not Sustainable, Arm CEO Says
Chip-design company Arm made its name by devising ways to minimize smartphones’ power consumption and extend battery life. Now, the company’s head says the same push for energy efficiency is needed in artificial-intelligence applications.
Rene Haas, chief executive of Arm, spoke ahead of an announcement Tuesday by the U.S. and Japan about a $110 million program to fund AI research at
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 09 2024
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Former Shell CEO Talks Up Benefits of Listing in New York
International oil companies listed in the US benefit from higher multiples, greater access to capital and a friendlier investor base, according to Shell Plc’s former chief executive officer.
“It’s a major issue,” Ben van Beurden said when discussing the valuation gap between European and North American oil and gas players at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland.
BloombergApr 20 2024
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It's Not Hard to See Why NPR's New CEO Dodged This Simple Question About the Network
Is it a preview of the horror show that is to come from National Public Radio? Sure, but it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. This circus is like Friday the 13th franchise—we know what will happen. We’ve seen NPR’s bias for years accelerating into absurd depths post-2016. It’s why now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner penned an essay criticizing the network’s hard left turn. He was
TownhallApr 12 2024
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says AI Will Boost Productivity, Worker Pay
BlackRock Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said that his firm’s investment in artificial intelligence will ultimately raise his employees’ pay.
“If we continue to drive more productivity, what it also means is rising wages,” Fink said on the company’s earnings call Friday. “So people do more, and the whole organization is doing more with less people. That is really our ambition
BloombergApr 07 2024
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MTA CEO ‘confident’ NJ lawsuit won’t derail congestion pricing
MTA CEO Janno Lieber appeared unfazed over the fate of New York’s congestion pricing plan as the state follows a New Jersey lawsuit that could temporarily halt the program. “We are pretty sure that we have followed the law to a T,” he said on CBS’s “The Point with Marcia Cramer” on Sunday. “And we are about to find out that every last aspect of it is satisfactory under the law. But we are
GothamistApr 24 2024
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Ari Emanuel Earned $65 Million Pay Package in 2023 as CEO of TKO Group, Parent of WWE and UFC
Ari Emanuel, in his capacity as CEO of TKO Group Holdings — the parent company of UFC and WWE — had a compensation package last year that hit nearly $65 million. Emanuel, who also is CEO of Endeavor, had a base salary of $911,538, plus a $24 million cash bonus and stock awards worth $40 million in 2023, per a regulatory filing by TKO. All told, the exec’s pay package totaled $64.91 million.
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