24 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year — and a big one didn't

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Laura Alber, chief executive officer of Williams-Sonoma Inc., during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.
Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber was the highest-paid retail CEO last year.

WEF

Read the Dropbox memos about CEO Drew Houston's plan to train his replacement and step down

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Drew Houston
Drew Houston is the founder of Dropbox.

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What Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and other tech execs have said about parenting

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Mark Zuckerberg side by side Sundar Pichai
Tech execs like Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Sundar Pichai, right, have spoken about their approach to parenting.

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Here's how CEOs can talk about layoffs without saying 'lower-value human capital,' 3 PR experts say

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Bill Winters, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Plc, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Bill Winters used the phrase "lower-value human capital" to refer to employees he was planning to lay off.

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I'm the CEO of a mocktail company. I embrace the art of puttering and balance the 'yucky' part of business with creativity.

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the CEO of Mingle Mocktails poses with her product
Laura Taylor.

Mingle Mocktails

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Taylor, the 54-year-old founder and CEO of Mingle Mocktails, based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Delta CEO stands by his decision to choose Amazon over Elon Musk's Starlink for one main reason

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Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian.

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Europe's most outspoken airline CEO has a bumper bonus on the table

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LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 25: Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary makes a face during a press conference in Radisson Blu Hotel to announce an increase of summer flights
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary.

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I'm the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot. Here's a day in my life, from battling sleep issues to flying a plane.

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CEO of Headspace
Tom Pickett is the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot.

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'Still don't want me?' — trial reveals Sam Altman's frantic texts after 2023 OpenAI ouster

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This side-by-side image shows OpenAI's Mira Murati and Sam Altman.
Mira Murati and Sam Altman shared a frantic text exchange during his brief 2023 ouster as CEO of OpenAI.

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky regrets not obsessing over hiring sooner

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Brian Chesky
Brian Chesky is the founder and CEO of Airbnb.

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