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The Blackstone Edge
90 DAYS. DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS. BILLIONS ON THE LINE. HOW BLACKSTONE'S CEO-MAKER GETS THE JOB DONE.
10 min |
February - March 2025
Fortune Europe
IN BLOOM
Diageo once owned Burger King and Häagen-Dazs. Now it's a drinks empire with Guinness, Baileys, and 11 other billion-dollar brands.
8 min |
February - March 2025
Fortune Europe
INVEST AMID ALL THE AI HYPE, THESE IPOS COULD BE POISED FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS
THE AI SECTOR went on a massive tear last year, and there are few signs the pace will slow anytime soon.
4 min |
February - March 2025
Fortune Europe
SEQUOIA IS A VC GIANT. CAN ROELOF BOTHA KEEP IT GROWING?
The low-key investor leads the famed venture capital firm that helped launch Apple, Google, and Nvidia. To keep Sequoia's 50-year winning streak alive in a changing industry, he's uprooting old habits and planting new seeds.
10+ min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
THE LILLY-PALOOZA
Not long ago, it looked like the best days of Eli Lilly were behind it. But tirzepatide, a drug for diabetes and obesity, has sent the 148-year-old pharma giant on a wild ride. It's now the ninth most valuable company in the world.
10+ min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
INSIDE VW'S EV COMEBACK
First Tesla outmaneuvered Volkswagen. Now Chinese EVs are challenging VW's dominance. The world's largest automaker was late to the EV revolution, but it's racing to catch up by reaching into its deep pockets and leveraging its massive scale.
9 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
LEADING THE CHARGE
SPOTLIGHTING THE 25 COMPANIES SMASHING THE GLASS CEILING
4 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
WHAT CAN BUSINESS EXPECT FROM THE NEXT PRESIDENT?
There's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on: higher tariffs on imports to America. Here are the challenges both parties' proposals will pose for corporate leaders.
8 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
LEADING JAPAN'S ECONOMIC SECURITY IMPERATIVE
As geopolitical tensions rise, consulting firm Kitamura Economic Security is helping businesses fortify their defenses and seize opportunities.
3 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
CARS APOCALYPSE CHIC: TESLA'S CYBERTRUCK GIVES LUXURY A NEW SHAPE
FIVE YEARS AFTER Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans for his polarizing Cybertruck, I found myself standing in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot on an afternoon in July, surveying the automaker's surrealist take on the electric utility vehicle: a triangular behemoth, sharp-angled and brutalist.
3 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
EVENTS GLOBAL ADVERTISERS PONDER THE FUTURE OF AI
GENERATIVE AI will revolutionize the advertising sector.
1 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
TECH AI'S HIDDEN BIASES MAY BE INFLUENCING WHAT YOU THINK. HERE'S WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO STOP IT
In less than two years, artificial intelligence has radically changed how many people write and find information. While searching for details about Supreme Court precedent or polishing a college essay, millions seek help from AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude.
4 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
2024 ELECTION VANCEONOMICS: WHAT TRUMP'S VP PICK COULD MEAN FOR BUSINESS
J.D. Vance first caught the public’s attention with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, a populist howl about Appalachia that accuses elites of betraying the white working class.
4 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
NORWAY'S NICOLAI TANGEN RUNS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SOVEREIGN FUND. CAN HE LEVERAGE ITS ASSETS TO CHANGE BUSINESS FOR THE BETTER?
OSLO, WITH ITS neatly painted houses and serene waterfront, is not known for high drama. But in 2020, Norway's capital erupted in controversy over one spectacularly wealthy investor, a splashy event in Philadelphia-and the biggest sovereign wealth fund on the planet.
6 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
GOVERNANCE WHAT AMERICAN POLITICS CAN LEARN ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING FROM AMERICAN CORPORATIONS
A POPULAR ADAGE about leaders says the most effective of them build self-sufficient organizations. If the conductor leaves, the orchestra plays on.
5 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
A RETURN OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
As Japan finally emerges from a long period of slow growth, soy sauce producer Kikkoman continues its global advance.
2 min |
August/September 2024
Fortune Europe
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 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
Where Corporate America Learns History Lessons
Fortune 500 longtimers like Procter & Gamble, Delta Air Lines, and Coca-Cola have poured resources into in-house museums, hoping to learn from the triumphs-and mistakes-of bygone days.
4 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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+ min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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+ min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
TRAVEL BLURRING THE LINES OF FITNESS AND LUXURY AMID THE SCI-FI GLITZ OF DUBAI
GO ON VACATION.
4 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
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?
5 min |
June/July 2024
Fortune Europe
Memo to Silicon Valley: Bring It On
New York City's Runway was the pioneering leader in Al-generated video for years. Now ChatGPT maker OpenAl is coming for it.
6 min |
April/May 2024
Fortune Europe
The No-Jeep Safari
Walking safaris offer a boots-on-the-ground experience-and spine-tingling adventures that would be impossible from a vehicle.
4 min |
April/May 2024
Fortune Europe
THE TRUTH EVEN HE CAN'T DUCK
Aflac's DAN AMOS has spent his 34 years as CEO selling insurance against illness and death. Now he has to confront his aging customers' mortality and his own.
10+ min |
April/May 2024
Fortune Europe
A Healthy Return on HR Investments
Alight is focused on personalizing the experience for all workers—starting with its own employees.
1 min |
April/May 2024
Fortune Europe
SAUDI ARABIA'S POWER PIPELINE
The oil earnings flowing from the most profitable company in history are helping the Saudi kingdom shake up the global economy— and the old geopolitical order.
10+ min |