Sentences with phrase «executive chairman»

He is serving as executive chairman on a temporary basis.

So after much back - and - forth, father and daughter nailed down his tasks as executive chairman while on a business flight.

In the role of executive chairman of Shaw Communications, JR Shaw is one of the most generously compensated executives in Canada, earning $ 13.2 million in fiscal 2015.

Such actions will probably please the likes of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who recently said at Dreamforce 2011 that he thought patents have been handed out too generally in the past and would like to see a more systematic approach to the approval process.

Hinton, a life - long employee of Murdoch companies, became executive chairman of News International in 1995.

As Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said in response to Musk and Hawking: «Don't you think humans would notice this happening?

Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma looks back at a giant electronic screen showing real - time sales figures on the «Singles» Day» online shopping festival.

Hours after his ouster from the West Wing, Steve Bannon was named to his former position of executive chairman at the hard - charging right - wing website Breitbart News, and led its evening editorial meeting.

Fontinalis Partners LLC, the venture firm funded by Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford, has previously invested in Lyft.

The former executive chairman of Breitbart News, Bannon was widely credited as a key architect of Trump's surprising victory after joining his campaign as CEO in August.

Led by executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Google's chief legal officer David Drummond, the committee recently released a 44 - page report following public meetings held in seven European cities this fall, laying out the criteria and procedure for removing the results.

Carol Meyrowitz stepped down but as CEO of American retailer TJX, but will stay on as executive chairman for three more years.

The four - day event features more than 800 industry experts and thought leaders, including Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma and Chief Technology Officer Jeff Zhang.

Bega Cheese executive chairman Barry Irvin says a super Australian dairy company could be formed if Murray Goulburn accepts its bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.

Schultz, who is now executive chairman of Starbucks, also announced the return of the company's original series Upstanders.

«The next chapter of trade between China and Australia will require closer cooperation and this agreement provides a new framework to ensure more businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, can benefit through the partnership between Austrade and Alibaba,» said Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma in a statement.

«The company's founding values are based on humanity and inclusion,» said Executive Chairman Howard Schultz, who was also in Philadelphia to meet with community leaders and Starbucks employees, the company said.

He remains executive chairman of CloudBlue but has suspended any active involvement with the company during the campaign, his spokesman Rob Ryan said.

Bega executive chairman Barry Irvin will meet WCB suppliers and farmers next week to press his case for an Australian dairy champion that can deliver farmers some cash while retaining ownership in a larger dairy processing operation.

«I'm so excited that Roger has agreed to join our Board,» said former Google CEO and current executive chairman of Alphabet's board, Eric Schmidt, in a statement.

Last week Google co-founder Larry Page announced he was taking over as chief executive of the search company from April, with Schmidt becoming executive chairman in a move that shocked Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz is urging anyone in a leadership position to step in and contribute to uniting the country following the divisive attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Tim is also Executive Chairman for Eden Project International which aims to have an Eden Project on every habited continent by 2025.

Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore offered his own tribute to Arsene Wenger.

Cuomo added that Lin's meteoric popularity may have influenced Madison Square Garden Company executive chairman James Dolan and Time Warner chairman Glenn Britt in coming to a deal.

Oracle execs, including executive chairman Larry Ellison, have argued that Oracle's big machines can actually work cheaper and more efficiently than the other public cloud configurations.

But Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore insists competition integrity was the main motivation for this move, with clubs eager to stop their domestic rivals poaching players after the first day of the season.

Bega has said offshore parties have expressed interest in its stake with executive chairman Barry Irvin claiming he did not feel pressured by Saputo's deadline.

We founded Starbucks on the concept of being the Third Place in customers» lives — a place that is neither work nor home, a place that's safe, uplifting and welcoming for everyone,» said executive chairman Howard Schultz.

Naím also pointed to examples of shake ups within corporate America, citing a statistic noted earlier in the conference by Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers that 40 % of the companies on Fortune 500 won't exist in a decade.

He served as Executive Chairman from December 2013 to September 2015, and as Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to December 2013.

Bannon, the Breitbart News Network executive chairman who went on to become the CEO of the Trump campaign and then the short - lived senior counselor to President Trump, was deeply involved in the formation of Cambridge Analytica, and served as a vice president of the London - based start - up.

Benioff and Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison are frenemies of the first order.

But the journey begins with a single step and thus far the cloud news out of Oracle OpenWorld after executive chairman Larry Ellison's Sunday night keynote comprised a collaboration with Intel (INTC), a couple of new software applications delivered as a service, but not a word about Oracle's plans to offer public cloud computing capabilities.

Shapard will be named executive chairman of Oncor.

President & CEO Greg Liberman has left the company, leaving Michael McConnell — the company's Chairman of the Board — to serve as Executive Chairman until Liberman's successor is in place.

«We are thrilled with the positive reception the BlackBerry Passport has received since we launched in September,» said BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO, John Chen.

«The McLaren P1 will be the result of 50 years of racing and road - car heritage,» McLaren Automotive executive chairman Ron Dennis said.

Tyler Young has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Board.

DHX Media executive chairman Michael Donovan is building a kids» TV empire for the Netflix generation.

«We believe the project as it sits right now is a mine, a buildable mine, and our internal financial modelling on a 45 - 46Mt reflects excellent project economics,» says executive chairman Mark Sumner.

Since taking the reins from longtime CEO and current executive chairman Terry Lundgren, he has won kudos from investors for his frankness about store clutter and shopper defections.

Wattle executive chairman Lazarus Karasavvidis said the deal had allowed the company to enter one of the fastest - growing and most dynamic economies.

In this latest episode of «Ventured,» I had the opportunity to moderate a panel that included my fellow partner John Doerr, Stripe COO Claire Hughes - Johnson and Twitter Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani.

The recent decline is due in part to concerns over cord - cutting and increasing competition for ad dollars, as well as questions over the health of executive chairman Sumner Redstone, who owns 80 % of the company's shares.