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In this issue

70 Years in the Fortune 500 Time Machine
A look back at dramatic changes in Big Business and the economy.
BY MATT HEIMER

The Ever Vigilant Satya Nadella
Can the CEO maintain Microsoft’s lead in the latest tech race?
BY JEREMY KAHN

The Death of the American Pharmacy
A beloved Seattle drugstore’s demise reflects a national health care crisis.
BY MARIA ASPAN

Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Products

Aligning its climate strategy with customer needs has helped RPM International drive continuous growth.

2 mins

HOW TO KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOUR CEO TO GO

IT'S EASY TO TELL when some things have expired. Stock options. Eggs. Prescription meds. Credit cards. But corporate America has long been stumped trying to find a more elusive expiration date: How can a company know when it's time for a CEO to go? Anecdotes fall all over the map.

5 mins

RACHEL ROMER BUILT GUILD INTO A $4.4 BILLION UNICORN. AFTER ROMER SUFFERED A STROKE AT 34, BIJAL SHAH WILL NAVIGATE ITS NEXT CHAPTER

RACHEL ROMER remembers lying on the ground on a warm August evening last year, watching as darkness descended around her. She had been sitting on her outdoor patio in Denver, where she liked to unwind from long days as the CEO of Guild, the $4.4 billion education and upskilling startup she cofounded. Suddenly, she fell. She could barely move her right arm or leg, and night was closing in.

6 mins

TECH HOW WAYMO STEERED TO THE FRONT OF THE PACK AND MADE SELF-DRIVING TAXIS A REALITY

THE ROAD TO autonomous driving is not for the faint of heart. Look behind to view the wreck of Uber's self-driving car. In the ditch to the left is General Motors' Cruise robo-taxi. And that scent of burning rubber? That's from the skid marks Apple made as it careened toward the exit ramp.

5 mins

TECH SUPER MICRO RIDES THE AI WAVE TO A FORTUNE 500 DEBUT

SUPER MICRO Computer spent over 30 years in one of the least sexy segments of the tech landscape: building high-performance servers. But lately the company has caught the broader AI wave, and it's now plenty sexy.

1 mins

Tech Silicon Valley Startups Are Invading The Military Market - Silicon Valley and the military have a complicated history.

At the end of February 2022-a few days after cofounders Luke Allen and Steven Simoni sold their 90-person restaurant-tech startup to DoorDash― Russia invaded Ukraine.

4 mins

HEALTH THE BEST GAME PLAN FOR YOUR BRAIN AS YOU AGE

SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD founder Marie Jerusalem has never felt more able to adapt to the changing demands of the corporate world. \"My body's not as agile as it used to be, but mentally I'm stronger today than I've probably ever been in my entire career,\" she tells Fortune.

4 mins

INVEST AVIATION STOCKS ARE A BARGAIN.ARE THEY WORTH THE TURBULENCE?

IN RECENT MONTHS, Boeing's share price has fallen almost as fast as its aircraft parts have tumbled from the sky.

3 mins

TRAVEL BLURRING THE LINES OF FITNESS AND LUXURY AMID THE SCI-FI GLITZ OF DUBAI

GO ON VACATION.

5 mins

A 70-Year Journey in the Fortune 500 Time Machine

The 1955 list, our first-ever ranking of U.S. companies by revenue, reveals a lot about how American business once saw itself. It also shows how dramatically the economy and the list have changed.

2 mins

Walmart's Mr. Fix-It

When Doug McMillon became CEO in 2014, Walmart's sales had stagnated, and customers were defecting to Amazon in droves. Over the next 10 years, he built an e-commerce powerhouse-and extended Walmart's ironfisted hold on the Fortune 500's No. 1 spot. Can McMillon and the big-box giant stay on top in a digital age?

10+ mins

The Vigilance of Satya Nadella

Ten years in as CEO, Nadella has turned Microsoft into the world's most valuable company and one of the top players in Al. He's navigated two sweeping tech transformations. His biggest worry is that he won't see the next one coming.

10+ mins

The Death of the American Pharmacy

Bartell's, a beloved Seattle drugstore now owned by debt-laden Rite Aid, is closing many of its locations. Its demise is the latest symptom of a national health care crisis that hurts all of us.

10+ mins

A Disastrous Hack

The health care industry is still recovering from a cyberattack that shut down insurance payments and stole a third of Americans' health data.

10+ mins

Inside the Cult of Costco

The retailer's hundreds of warehouse stores are overstuffed and overwhelming-and that's all by design. We delve into the method behind the madness that turns shoppers into obsessives.

10+ mins

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Fortune US Magazine Description:

Publisher: Fortune-Media-(USA)-Corporation

Category: Business

Language: English

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

FORTUNE covers the entire field of business, including specific companies and business trends, tech innovation prominent business leaders, and new ideas shaping the global marketplace. FORTUNE is particularly well known for its exceptionally reliable annual rankings of companies. FORTUNE furthers understanding of the economy, provides implementable business strategy, and gives you the practical knowledge you need to maximize your own success.