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Listen to Palantir CEO Alex Karp's outlook for how AI will change the economyPalantir was an early leader in developing and implementing AI into its technology. When asked about the potential risks of AI (like the threat many say it poses to so-called "knowledge workers"), Karp has said that specialized knowledge or skills will inevitably become more valuable. WIREDPalantir CEO Alex Karp is an avid skierKarp takes health and fitness very seriously and reportedly skis more than five hours each week. He has frequently recommended Norwegian-style cardio training, which emphasizes the length of a workout rather than effort level. In 2023, Karp reported having just 7% body fat—similar to that of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps during the 2008 Olympics. Watch a rare early interview with Palantir CEO Alex KarpPrior to Palantir's public listing in 2020, CEO Alex Karp did not give many interviews. In a rare interview from 2009, Karp discussed the dominance of American technology, his academic background, and the founding idea of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs as key players in aiding the fight against terrorism. Read Palantir CEO Alex Karp's most recent shareholder letterAlex Karp's latest shareholder letter details both the company's outlook and recent performance, but also provides insight into what leadership finds important more generally. In this letter, Karp addresses Palantir critics and external concerns about the use of Palantir's technology for government surveillance. Listen to Palantir CEO Alex Karp discuss the threat of a surveillance statePalantir has been criticized for providing the US government with software tools that give government agencies access to data about citizens and could be used for surveillance. Karp often counters those claims by asserting that empowering the work of the American government is absolutely essential for maintaining Western democratic leadership and that private surveillance is a larger threat than government surveillance. Listen to Palantir CEO Alex Karp explain how ICE uses the company's servicesAlex Karp is well-known for being outspoken both about his own beliefs and about the role of Palantir in protecting Western civilization. Karp has said that while supporting government institutions doesn't always mean supporting every policy or decision those institutions make, not allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access Palantir's services would go against the company's central mission of supporting Western democracy. The New York TimesLearn about Palantir CEO Alex Karp's background—including his history of social activismPalantir has been criticized for its close proximity to conservative politics, including the company's partnership with ICE, cofounder Peter Thiel's long track record of large donations to Donald Trump's campaigns, and the company's support for Israel. But its leader, Alex Karp, is a self-proclaimed progressive with a PhD in social theory. For many, Karp's background and leadership are a paradox for Palantir. BBCWhitney Wolfe Herd's return as CEO boosted Bumble's declining stock priceWhile the uptick didn't last, when Bumble announced Founder Wolfe Herd's return in 2025, shares rose in premarket trading and later that day. Investors likely hoped that her strategy could restabilize the business. FortuneListen to a 2026 interview where Bumble's CEO said its stock is down 96% since its IPO 'for no reason'CEO and Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the company is still performing very well. She added that the business makes $1B per year and referred to it as profitable. She went on to say "who knows what people trade stock on?" and that she believes the stock market has written Bumble off as if it were debt The BossticksRead about why Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd stepped down as CEO in 2024 only to return in 2025When Wolfe Herd stepped down as CEO in 2024, assuming an executive chair role, she said she was eager to return to her "founder roots" and do more big-picture thinking. However, when her replacement as CEO, the former Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, left the company "for personal reasons," Wolfe Herd once again assumed the CEO role. (Some users may experience a paywall.) FortuneThe life of Anthropic's CEO, and how losing his father inspired his vision for AIIn 2006, Riccardo Amodei passed away from a rare illness, four years before a breakthrough treatment made it 95% curable. Seeking to accelerate scientific progress to prevent similar losses, Dario Amodei shifted his graduate studies at Princeton from theoretical physics to biology and has since pursued technological solutions to address complex biological problems. MediumThe CEOs of the two top prediction markets have a fierce rivalryKalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan are both billionaire CEOs of the top two prediction markets—but they don't exactly get along. For instance, Mansour reportedly does not say the word "Polymarket" out loud, referring to it as the "non-American, unregulated platform." NPRThe FBI once raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's homeIn 2024, after Polymarket markets favored what turned out to be the winning outcome of the US presidential election, agents raided Coplan's New York City apartment. Coplan, who was only 26 years old at the time, was home during the raid and turned over his devices to authorities. NBC NewsPrediction market Polymarket's CEO dropped out of New York UniversityPolymarket CEO Shayne Coplan started building Polymarket when he was 21. Polymarket has been backed by billionaire investors such as Peter Thiel and Vitalik Buterin. 60 MinutesLVMH CEO Bernard Arnault was among the world's 10 wealthiest people as of early 2026With a reported net worth of about $190B, Arnault consistently ranks among the world's richest individuals. He held the number one spot on the list until early 2023, when Elon Musk overtook him. InvestopediaSome refer to LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault as 'The Wolf in the Cashmere Coat'Likely a play on the phrase, "a wolf in sheep's clothing," the nickname was earned via Arnault's "take no prisoners" approach to business. As he ages, many have wondered who will succeed him as CEO, and if it will be one of his children already employed under the LVMH conglomerate. BloombergLVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's children are involved in the businessArnault has five children, and each of them hold executive roles under LVMH. His daughter Delphine Arnault, for instance, is the CEO of Christian Dior Couture as of this writing. People.comFamily CEOs tend to prioritize a non-economic goal: keeping the business in the familyCompanies led by family CEOs tend to prioritize corporate social responsibility, but they also tend to invest less in innovation and international growth. They also have more debt on average. The ConversationNvidia CEO Jensen Huang once saved Nvidia from bankruptcy with a multi-million dollar Hail MaryNvidia is now known as one of the top companies contributing to the AI boom, but back in the 1990s, it almost failed. One last-ditch effort conversation that CEO Jensen Huang had with an investor saved the company. SpotifyNvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynotes have become a main event at CESWatch Jensen Huang’s 2025 CES keynote, where he unveiled major advances in AI and GPU technology. His presentations now draw global attention, blending product reveals with sweeping visions of the future of computing. NvidiaAdvertising powerhouse Mary Wells Lawrence was the first female CEO of a public company listed on the NYSEThe TV show “Mad Men’s” character Peggy Olson is inspired by Wells Lawrence, who founded ad agency Wells Rich Greene in 1966. Wells Lawrence is also known for her famous Alka-Seltzer campaign slogan, “plop plop fizz fizz.” YouTubeGoogle’s CEO has warned that today’s AI boom shows ‘elements of irrationality’An interview with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai warns that the trillion-dollar surge in AI valuations may contain clear signs of irrationality, echoing past tech bubbles. He says no firm—including Google—would be immune if the boom cools or bursts. BBCSteve Bannon was made CEO of the company in charge of Biosphere 2 in 1994After providing $200M to launch and upgrade B2 before its second mission, billionaire philanthropist Ed Bass appointed the future political strategist and then financial consultant to help find new investments and bring costs under control. Fearing interference from non-science experts, Biospherians from the first mission vandalized the project. WIREDFormer Temu CEO Colin Huang is among China's richest peopleWith a $43.3B net worth as of September 2025, Huang was the founder of PDD Holdings, Temu’s parent company. ForbesCEO Gary Tan explains Y Combinators guiding philosophyHear YC President and CEO Garry Tan talk about why he values earnesty and excellent communication skills in YC founders, his thoughts on AI, and more in this unexpectedly deep and in-depth interview. The Knowledge Project with Shane ParrishThe X Games hired new CEO Jeremy Bloom in December 2024In this podcast interview, X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom reflects on his first time running the competition—discussing event logistics, athlete relations, and strategies to grow the brand under new ownership. Sports Media PodcastSoftBank's founder and CEO had a volatile relationship with WeWork's Adam NeumannSoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, as WeWork's largest financier, had been Neumann's biggest champion for years—until he volleyed for Neumann to be removed from his position as WeWork's CEO. CNBCWho are America's highest-paid CEOs?As of 2024, Apple's Tim Cook, Starbucks' Brian Niccol, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella were among America's highest-paid CEOs, each making tens of millions of dollars per year. Visual CapitalistOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called OpenAI 'the most capital-intensive startup in history'As of 2024, Silicon Valley was set to spend $1T in the coming years building AI. As companies, including Google and Microsoft, fling billions at AI dreams, concerns are rising about whether that money will ever be recouped. To learn about the argument that there is an AI bubble—and that it could soon burst if AI doesn’t prove its worth—read this article. VoxApple's first backer recruited his own CEO to help manage the companyWanting Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to focus on developing Apple computers, Mike Markkula brought in his colleague from Fairchild Semiconductor, Michael Scott. As employee number five, Scott helped professionalize the fledgling computer company and getting manufacturing off the ground. (Some users may experience a paywall.) Business InsiderFacebook was almost sold to Yahoo! for $1B, but its CEO refusedThe board tried to fire Mark Zuckerberg for his resistance, which he blames for failing to communicate the long-term vision of the company. He claims the company has succeeded by launching products quickly to learn faster than its competitors. AcquiredApple CEO Tim Cook on what it takes to run the world's largest companyApple CEO Tim Cook is a tough interview subject. He doesn’t give many of them, and when he does it’s often difficult to move him off of his talking points. In this interview for Dua Lipa’s podcast, however, he opens up for a wide-ranging discussion about everything from artificial intelligence to the impact of technology on climate change—in addition to his own personal journey and his philanthropic endeavors. BBC SoundsEric Schmidt, Google's former CEO, didn't believe in its ad model at firstHe admits the company made many mistakes during its growth from 100 Google employees to nearly 200,000 in 2022. His biggest mistake as CEO involved social media, which was not executed well with the Google+ platform. CNBCA chat with YouTube CEO Neal MohanIn a conversation with Bloomberg, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan maps out how the company is taking what it’s learned thus far and embedding itself into the “lean-back” TV viewing experience. BloombergAmerican CEOs getting super rich has a lot to do with stock buybacksIn 1965, the pay gap between American CEOs and their workers was roughly 15-to-1. But by 2018, that ratio had ballooned to 220-to-1. VoxInside the first year as a CEOThe CEO role is a complicated one, especially for those who haven't held it before. A recent study found that among CEOs who left their jobs in the first quarter of 2024, 15% held the job for less than 24 months. That's up almost 10% from 2019. This article highlights the challenges CEOs face in their first year on the job, and describes how they can overcome them. Read more here. Harvard Business ReviewTikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on its futureTikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew dives into how the trendsetting video app and cultural phenomenon works, from what distinguishes its algorithm and drives viral videos, to the challenges of content moderation and digital addiction in this wide-ranging conversation with the head of TED, Chris Anderson. TED TalksElon Musk once tried to make himself CEO of OpenAIAfter three years of funding the company since its 2015 launch, Musk believed OpenAI had fallen too far behind Google and proposed taking the helm. Rejected by OpenAI's other founders, Musk walked away and reneged on a $1B donation. (Some users may experience a paywall.) SemaforWhat should CEOs know about generative AI?While AI may mean different things for different companies, this article explains that exploration of AI is a must, not a maybe. It explains that the requirements to start are not prohibitive, and it cautions that the downside of doing nothing is the potential to quickly fall behind competitors. While generative AI may be able to eventually automate some tasks, it appears that its real gains could come from how software vendors are able to embed the technology into everyday tools in order to substantially increase productivity. Read this article to learn more about the business implications of AI and what it could mean for CEOs, businesses, and employees. McKinsey & CompanyThe story of Klarna, founded in 2005 before BNPL was a categoryKlarna was founded in 2005 in Sweden under the name Kreditor long before BNPL apps became commonplace. The podcast hosts interviewed founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski in 2024, where he shared the story of how he built the company. AcquiredDario Amodei explains what led to his company being designated a supply chain riskWhen pressed about the use of Claude in the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Anthropic's CEO acknowledged its contract with the Pentagon. However, he also emphasized that Claude is not to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, in part because the technology is not yet safe or reliable for such uses. The EconomistMark Zuckerberg has nearly exclusive decision-making authority in MetaMeta has a dual-class stock structure, meaning there are two types of stock that have different voting rights. Zuckerberg owns 90% of the company's Class B stock, which is allotted 10 votes per share, whereas Class A shareholders get one vote per share. He's also the CEO and the chairman of the board, meaning Zuckerberg has majority control over the company. (Some users may experience a paywall.) Business InsiderRobinhood's pivot from everyday investors to hyperactive tradersThe platform was conceived as a hub for first-time investors looking to get into trading. After criticism in 2021, the company pivoted to focus on more regular, daily traders, among whom the company's CEO has now become a cult hero. The JournalAirbnb's Brian Chesky explains 'Founder Mode' and how he took back controlThe short-term rental CEO learned hard lessons through the pandemic, specifically around a culture focused on management and not building products. In the fall of 2024, Chesky gave a well-received speech at a startup conference that prompted debate in the startup world. He summarizes the talk here. The Social Radars'No big challenge has ever been solved, and no lasting improvement has ever been achieved, unless people dare to try something different.'- Apple CEO Tim Cook (1960 - present) TIMEBluesky is gaining momentum by offering users full control over their experienceControversial changes made by Elon Musk to X have inspired an exodus from that platform and growth in Bluesky. The latter's open-source model gives users customizable feeds, portability between services, and a “billionaire-proof” design that prevents corporate takeover. CNBC TelevisionMark Zuckerberg has been a huge advocate for open source technologyOpen source technology is software, hardware, or code that's publicly accessible for viewing or editing. Zuckerberg has been an advocate for open source since 2003 and said he wouldn't have been able to build Facebook without open source code. Bloomberg OriginalsY Combinator tends to outperform many other Silicon Valley startup acceleratorsIn a podcast episode, Garry Tan—CEO of startup accelerator Y Combinator—speaks about how YC has a better track record than the rest of Silicon Valley at placing bets on startups. Learn how Tan earned his first million dollars, as well as lessons from other successful businesspeople, including Y Combinator’s Paul Graham. My First MillionTim Cook refused to give the FBI a backdoor into iPhones during a terrorism caseThe Apple CEO's refusal to comply with the government’s request was viewed as controversial, despite support from privacy advocates. The FBI would later back down, claiming to have gained access to the device without disclosing additional details. WIREDYouTube plans on embracing AI-powered featuresYouTube CEO Neal Mohan lays out a series of priorities and predictions for how the online video giant will continue to evolve. Mohan says the company wants AI to play a bigger role—in addition to figuring out how YouTube can evolve and improve the experience of streaming its content. YouTube