Emma Grede, who helped found the $5 billion Skims empire, rejects ‘celebrity CEO’ label: ‘I’m a CEO who’s done so well you know my name’
- Business, Finance, Leadership, Success
- April 29, 2026

Just one conversation can make or break an entire career. Take Annika Bizon. She is one of Samsung’s most influential U.K. executives right now. As vice president across the U.K. and Ireland, the 47-year-old is helping steer one of the world’s biggest technology brands through the AI boom. She also sits on Meta’s advisory board.
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Emma Grede may be best known for being a founding partner for some of the Kardashian family’s biggest brands, including Skims and Good American, but she wants to make one thing clear: She’s more than a “celebrity CEO.” “Don’t call me a celebrity CEO,” Grede said on April 15 at Adweek’s Social Media Week in
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The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years—so how is its CEO Marguerite Bérard rallying the troops? By sacrificing her long meals and talking over the growing pains with staffers over weekly lunches. “I now take lunch early and at my desk,” Bérard told
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While billionaires have come under fire for not living up to their philanthropic promises, one person is rising from the rest: MacKenzie Scott. She’s pouring billions into education, public health, and the environment—and now, she just funneled some of her fortune to help feed and support millions of Americans. Scott recently gave a $70 million
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