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How Ivan Espinosa got Nissan to face reality

Nissan’s vehicle sales and share price have plummeted. Espinosa has a mandate to turn them around.
Ivan EspinosaIssei Kato/Reuters

How old records and new AI technology brought growth back to Ancestry

CEO Howard Hochhauser says the site had stopped listening to its customers.
Howard HochhauserAncestry/YouTube

Richard Edelman on trust, ‘Succession,’ and how to advise a CEO

The C-suite adviser says clients should spend more time hearing their critics.
Richard Edelman speaks onstage during the Edelman session at the Cannes Lions Festival 2018.Richard Bord/Getty Images for Cannes Lions

Inside the five-year succession plan at a $130B warehouse giant

Prologis’ Dan Letter says a long period of “letting the leash out” prepared him to be CEO.
Dan Letter and Prologis logo Courtesy of Prologis

Georges Elhedery on HSBC’s big bets on the Gulf and Asia

HSBC is planning to stay the course amid global turmoil.
Georges ElhederyTyrone Siu/Reuters

Emma Walmsley on leading and leaving GSK

What does it take to hand over a company after years at the helm?
Emma Walmsley Courtesy of GSK/Joey Pfeifer/Semafor

The three questions a CEO should ask about their AI agents

Okta’s Todd McKinnon sees a digital workforce creating new vulnerabilities.

Why JLL is betting its biggest clients will drive growth in ‘crazy’ times

Christian Ulbrich says companies succeed by reducing complexity for their clients.

LSEG’s David Schwimmer on activists, AI, and a global market test

The exchange operator is juggling investor expectations with the need to reshape its business model.

Schneider Electric’s Olivier Blum on moving at the pace of Nvidia

Remaking an old industrial giant to meet new energy demands started with defining its mission.

Why CEOs should care about the quantum ‘space race’

IonQ’s Niccolo de Masi says getting quantum security right is ‘a matter of survivability.’

How Brian Niccol jolted Starbucks back to growth

Corporate turnarounds require quick decisions and ‘brutal’ feedback for the CEO, Niccol said in the first episode of Semafor’s ‘CEO Signal’ show.

How Kyle Clark got BETA’s air taxis ready for takeoff

The electric aircraft company’s CEO has a ‘burn-the-boats’ approach to decision-making.

Upwork’s CEO on the AI agents that try to hire human workers

Hayden Brown sees the pairing of technology and human “orchestrators” redefining workforces.

Why Vlad Tenev thinks you’ll want Robinhood’s ‘James Bond’ credit card

A platinum-plated physical product advances the broker’s bid to become a financial “super app.”

Autodesk’s model for building an AI ‘moat’

CEO Andrew Anagnost says software companies need three defensive qualities.

Aflac’s Dan Amos on succession after 36 years as CEO

The long-tenured leader has a time and a person in mind — and some advice on what the job takes.

US Soccer’s goal for the 2026 World Cup

CEO JT Batson says the tournament is forcing brands to see the value of the sport’s fans.