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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson is the former US News Editor at the Financial Times, where he oversaw coverage across business, politics, and the economy. Andrew also served as the FT’s US Business Editor and Global Media Editor, and edited its management coverage. He has spent three decades reporting on global business leaders and the forces shaping modern capitalism.

Syngenta’s Jeff Rowe on making Big Ag less ‘easy to hate’

The agrochemical CEO uses his family farm to navigate the politics of running a Chinese-owned crop giant with IPO ambitions.
Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe.Courtesy of Syngenta

‘Keep LinkedIn as LinkedIn’: CEO Ryan Roslansky on his AI task

The site’s product-focused chief is focusing on its core as he takes a wider role at Microsoft.
Ryan Roslansky, CEO, LinkedIn speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit.Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit

‘48 hours in a day’: Gensler’s co-chairs on the case for power-sharing at the top

Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen credit an unusual joint leadership structure with making their architecture firm the world’s largest.
Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen, co-chairs of Gensler.Courtesy of Gensler

How Steve Hasker plotted an AI course for Thomson Reuters

Hasker estimates that his team will have $10 billion in “dry powder” to deploy for AI deals by 2027, in additions to the ones the company has already struck.
Steve HaskerBrendan McDermid/Reuters

How a Robinhood co-founder launched a space-lasers startup

‘The thing I’m chasing is the uncertainty,’ says Baiju Bhatt, as he tries to turn sci-fi into reality.
Baiju Bhatt in 2018.Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch

‘We’re in a hurry, OK?’: How Athene’s new CEO leads a hard-charging insurer

The Apollo-backed group’s new CEO looks for people who can make decisions quickly — and not look back.
Grant Kvalheim.Courtesy of Athene

Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost on surviving an activist attack

The design software CEO says resolving an investor standoff starts with admitting which critiques are fair.

Lumen Technologies’ CEO on ‘playing to win’ after its $6B deal with AT&T

Culture change was key to turning the legacy telecoms company into a trusted network for AI, says CEO Kate Johnson.

‘I’m not an apologist for myself’: Grindr’s George Arison on its return-to-office revolt

The gay dating app’s stock has more than doubled as its CEO pushes teams to ‘go through all the pain’ of a startup.

‘Addicted to negativity’: Allstate’s Tom Wilson takes on America’s trust deficit

The insurance company CEO is doubling down after a backlash to his call to overcome the country’s divisions.

How Christian Klein’s AI bet turned SAP into Europe’s most valuable company

The German software giant’s CEO pivoted away from its lucrative traditional business to evade an existential threat.

‘Our future is not in the headquarters’: Jan Jenisch on spinning Amrize out of Holcim

The CEO who turned around the world’s largest cement company is pitching the New York market on a fast-growing building ‘solutions’ market.

‘There is no sustenance mode’: Bipul Sinha on staying ahead of change

The Rubrik CEO and co-founder says executives must always be in “creation mode” to keep up with accelerating change.

CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s blunt truths about Klarna’s AI-first future

The buy-now-pay-later pioneer says automation may herald a recession, but letting people pay for pizza in installments will not.

‘Nobody got any joy from our products’: John Hancock’s CEO on nudging behavior

John Hancock nudges its customers to get more exercise, eat healthier food, and go for preventative health screenings. That’s helped its business, too.

How David Gitlin turned Carrier into one of America’s biggest industrial growth stories

Gitlin’s turnaround of the US air conditioning and refrigeration group has earned him a reputation as one of the country’s most effective industrial executives.

‘If we don’t innovate, we die’: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving a 30-year-old dot-com star

His challenge is to breathe new life into an old brand by persuading advertisers and users to look at it afresh.

Cognizant’s CEO on staying ahead of the tech jobs ‘tsunami’ in an AI world

Ravi Kumar S expects AI to have profound implications for the 350,000 people he employs — and for who he decides to hire in the future.