personnel

Toyota Puts Its CFO in the CEO Seat

Toyota Puts Its CFO in the CEO Seat
Toyota Puts Its CFO in the CEO Seat
February 09, 2026  |  CFO

Toyota’s next CEO isn’t an engineer, a product visionary or a car guy. He’s a numbers guy. An operations specialist. The automaker announced Friday (Feb....

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Kroger Picks Walmart Vet Greg Foran as New CEO
Kroger Picks Walmart Vet Greg Foran as New CEO
February 09, 2026  |  Personnel

Grocery giant Kroger named former Walmart executive Greg Foran as its new CEO. Foran took the job Monday (Feb. 9) and succeeds Ron Sargent, who...

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PayPal Replaces CEO With HP Vet Who Managed Company Breakup
PayPal Replaces CEO With HP Vet Who Managed Company Breakup
February 03, 2026  |  Personnel

PayPal sprang a surprise on investors Tuesday morning (Feb. 3), unveiling a CEO change during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. PayPal said it has named...

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Walmart’s Choice for New CEO Signals Intent to Expand Digital Footprint
Walmart’s Choice for New CEO Signals Intent to Expand Digital Footprint
January 30, 2026  |  Personnel

Walmart’s appointment of John Furner as its new CEO signals that the retailer intends to expand its digital footprint, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 30). Furner,...

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OpenAI Preps Fourth-Quarter IPO and Builds Out Finance Team
OpenAI Preps Fourth-Quarter IPO and Builds Out Finance Team
January 30, 2026  |  IPO

OpenAI is accelerating plans for a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter, positioning the ChatGPT maker for a high-profile debut just...

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Pinterest Reshapes Workforce as Company Pivots Toward AI
Pinterest Reshapes Workforce as Company Pivots Toward AI
January 27, 2026  |  Personnel

Pinterest is cutting around 15% of its workforce as it shifts resources to artificial intelligence, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 27) filing with the Securities...

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Wells Fargo Appoints AWS Exec Faraz Shafiq as Head of AI Products and Solutions
Wells Fargo Appoints AWS Exec Faraz Shafiq as Head of AI Products and Solutions
January 26, 2026  |  Personnel

Wells Fargo appointed Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive Faraz Shafiq as head of AI products and solutions, effective Feb. 9. Shafiq will oversee the vision,...

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Google Recruits Hume CEO Alan Cowen to Bolster Voice AI Efforts
Google Recruits Hume CEO Alan Cowen to Bolster Voice AI Efforts
January 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google DeepMind inked a licensing agreement with voice artificial intelligence startup Hume AI, Wired reported Thursday (Jan. 22). As part of the deal, DeepMind will...

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