Sentences with phrase «executive chairman of the company»

Schultz, who built Starbucks into a global public company, stepped down from his role as CEO in April this year but will remain as executive chairman of the company.

Amoruso will continue to stay on as executive chairman of the company she founded in 2006, but has been replaced as CEO by Sheree Waterson.

Today's must - read story is from Fortune «s Peter Elkind and it looks at the recent leadership developments at CBS (CBS) and Viacom (VIA), where 92 - year - old Sumner Redstone stepped aside from his long - held role as executive chairman of both companies.

Larsen will become executive chairman of the company — a common move in CEO transitions.

Until the election last fall, Bill Morneau was executive chairman of the company, which describes itself as Canada's largest provider of pension - administration technology and services.

There's a new twist in the BroadQualm saga this afternoon as Qualcomm has said it won't renominate Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of the company, after he notified the board that he decided to explore the possibility of making a proposal to acquire Qualcomm.

It's a little strange to think that the Executive Chairman of the company that grew Android into what it is today owns a handset from its main competitor, but over the course of the past few years Google has worked tirelessly to bring its core services to iOS.

The executive chairman of the company, Howard Shultz, said «I think blockchain technology is probably the rails in which an integrated app at Starbucks will be sitting on top of.»

Wolstein, who has served as CEO since 1992, will maintain a leadership position as executive chairman of the company's board of directors.

Not exact matches

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

The National Stock Exchange has approved the appointment of controversial businessman Frank Timis as non executive chairman of African Petroleum Corporation, but subject to unusual rules relating to the company's disclosure and governance.

Chris Larsen, the cofounder, executive chairman, and former CEO of the cryptocurrency company Ripple, became the world's fifth wealthiest person as the price of Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency soared past the $ 3 mark this week.

The chairman and co-chief executive of a Melbourne - based toy company has become the first Australian to be selected as global winner of EY's Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Rob Ferguson has resigned as chairman of litigation funder IMF Bentham after failing in a push for the company's three executive directors, including founder Hugh McLernon, to retire from the board.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.

Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim Horne.

For an executive chairman of a major company, David Teoh would fail a first - year organisational behaviour unit.

«We're an industry that is extremely effective at managing controlled substances,» Galen G. Weston, president and executive chairman of Shoppers parent company Loblaw, said in May.

Kinross Gold's Tye Burt, Centerra Gold's Stephen Lang (he's now chairman) and Great Basin Gold's Ferdi Dippenaar are just three of the many gold company executives who found themselves out of a job or kicked upstairs.

Buffett, a widely followed investor who is chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a), scorned Trump's 1995 move to list Trump hotels and casino resorts on the New York Stock Exchange, saying it lost money for the next decade and that «a monkey» would have outperformed Trump's company.

Just over half of S&P 500 companies had the same CEO and chairman last year, down from 71 % a decade ago, according to executive search firm Spencer Stuart.

If you ask Bill Doyle, the executive chairman of the board of Novocure, the two - pronged strategy for expanding his tumor - tackling biotechnology company is «relatively simple.»

Lefkofsky, 43, is a co-founder of Groupon and prior to being named the CEO was the company's executive chairman.

Criteo Founder and Chairman JB Rudelle Returns to Chief Executive Officer Role to Lead the Company Into Its Next Chapter of Growth

Headquartered in Calgary, Hopewell began in 1991 as the single operating company of Sanders Lee, a Hong Kong — born businessman who now sits as executive chairman.

SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, who died this month at age 47, embodied the idea of the tech disruptor, the company's temporary executive chairman said Friday.

By 1998, Musk, who remained chairman and executive vice president, was thoroughly frustrated with the direction of his company but found himself unable to do anything about it.

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

Thirty - two percent of shareholders supported the split in roles, down significantly from last year's tally of 40 percent on the same issue, a reversal that will emboldened companies that still embrace having one person serve in the chairman and chief executive roles.

Oracle spent $ 1.5 million on security for Larry Ellison, who recently stepped down as CEO of Oracle but will serve as executive chairman and chief technology officer of the business software company.

«I have decided to step down as Chairman of the Group and retire from the position of Executive Director at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company,» Li said in a statement.

So now, as HP chief executive and chairman Meg Whitman is trying to drive a bifurcation of the company into two independent, publicly traded companies, she has to deal with the anchor that Enterprise Services has become, hence the layoffs (another 30,000 or so coming!)

Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma poses for a photo outside the New York Stock Exchange prior to the company's initial price offering (IPO) on September 19, 2014.

Larry Ellison, Oracle's executive chairman, said Sunday during the company's annual customer conference in San Francisco that he considers Amazon to be Oracle's number one competitor when it comes to the business of selling computing capacity on demand, also known as cloud computing.

Vice Chairman Carlie Munger, in a separate note, hinted that either Ajit Jain, an insurance executive at the company, or Greg Abel, head of Berkshire's energy unit, would take over as CEO.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 - Google parent Alphabet Inc replaced long - time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt with board veteran John Hennessy, a former Stanford University president and one of search engine company's first users, it said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

bemoaned Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet, at a shareholder meeting in June.

Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse look on before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), November 27, 2017 in New York City.

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman Google parent company Alphabet, has lots of experience building and selling technology to big companies.

In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by cutting commute time from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.

«I think he'd be really happy with the company and the foundation,» said Bob Forrester, the president and CEO of the Newman's Own Foundation and the executive chairman of the food company.

Later this month, the executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba will decamp to Detroit, hoping to woo more American businesses to use his company's services.

The new combined company will be run by Burger King chief executive Daniel Schwartz, who will oversee with overall day - to - day management and operational accountability, while Alex Behring, executive chairman of Burger King and managing partner at 3G Capital, will become executive chairman and director.

Kraft Foods Group announced Chairman John Cahill will also take on the chief executive role, leading a food - and - beverage giant at a time when many of the largest packaged foods companies are facing a challenge to find growth.

Pearlstine, a former executive editor of the Wall Street Journal and editor - in - chief at Time Inc., will remain at the company as vice chairman.

Guest Sharks over the years have included Nick Woodman (founder and CEO of GoPro), Steve Tisch (film producer and chairman and executive vice-president of the New York Giants), and billionaire John Paul DeJoria (co-founder of Paul Mitchell hair products and the Patrón Spirits Company).

Stargroup has easily placed the 16 % of its stock held by retiring director David Dickinson in an oversubscribed on market book build managed by the company's Executive Chairman and CEO Todd Zani.

But some of the region's most politically active executives — including Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet; and Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX — have contributed generously to Republicans in recent months in a bid to maintain steady relationships with both parties.

The Company has been hit with allegations of sexual harassment by former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Stephen A. Wynn.

On the same day DowDuPont announced that longtime Dow Chemical leader Andrew Liveris would step down as executive chairman by the end of the month after a 14 - year tenure at the 121 - year - old company.