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- Sowmyanarayan Sampath is the CEO of Verizon's consumer group — his seventh job at the company.
- He wants leaders to keep planning for the long term despite economic uncertainty.
- Sampath's insights are part of Business Insider's year-end leadership series, "Looking Ahead 2024."
Sowmyanarayan Sampath, who goes by Sampath and has worked at Verizon since 2014, took on his latest challenge at the communications giant in March.
He became the CEO of Verizon's consumer group, which includes its flagging mobile unit.