Women Fortune 500 CEOs are stuck at 10% Women run 10.4% of Fortune 500 companies, the same as last year. Fortune · Jun 4, 2024
Women run just 10.4% of Fortune 500 companies The share of Fortune 500 companies run by women stayed flat at around 10% over the past year. Fortune · Jun 4, 2024
2 shock CEO resignations reveal the risks of appointing an executive chair Having both a CEO and executive chair can muddy a company's lines of authority. Fortune · Sep 7, 2023
What’s behind Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer’s abrupt resignation? The most powerful Black woman in the Fortune 500 steps down as Walgreens CEO. Fortune · Sep 5, 2023
Walgreens’ new interim CEO Ginger Graham isn’t the only temporary member of the pharmacy giant’s C-suite Graham, a longtime board member, is running the company alongside an interim CFO. Fortune · Sep 1, 2023
Walgreens aims to cut more costs amid weaker demand for COVID vaccines, uncertain economy Walgreens Boots Alliance is raising its cost-savings goal by 17% to $4.1 billion after a disappointing quarter — a move that comes just weeks after it said it was eliminating 10% of its corporate workforce. Chicago Tribune · Jun 27, 2023
Abortion pill Mifepristone got Walgreens into hot water Two parallel storylines related to the pill are capturing headlines. Fortune · Mar 9, 2023
Walgreens’ abortion pill decision sparks Pritzker meeting and protestor demands ‘they follow the law’ Walgreens’ decision not to sell the pills in 20 other states prompted immediate condemnation from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who met with CEO Roz Brewer about it on Friday. The pharmacy made the policy change after 20 Republican attorneys general threatened legal action. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023
Starbucks likely to tap board director to fill top job as Schultz exit looms Starbucks Corp.’s hunt for a new chief executive officer has no shortage of complications: The coffee giant’s crucial China business is sputtering and its US stores are grappling with unionization efforts, potential turnoffs for plum candidates. The company lacks natural internal successors after the departure last year of two C-suite… Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022