The news traveled quickly across Nike’s sprawling headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. Elliott Hill was coming back. Employees high-fived. An audible cheer could be heard in parts of Nike’s 400-acre campus. Current and former employees lit up group chats and social media. On Wall Street, investors joined the celebration, sending Nike shares up roughly 8% in
When Kellyn Smith Kenny joined AT&T as CMO in November 2020, she joined a company whose identity was about to change dramatically. AT&T had spent years expanding into entertainment, including its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, and owned satellite television provider DirecTV. By the time Kenny arrived, that strategy was giving way to a
The most important question in business isn’t always “What’s next?” Often, it’s “What won’t change?” That question sits at the heart of my colleague Kristin Stoller’s profile of Jeff Bezos at a pivotal moment for Amazon. The company, which recently bested Walmart for the No.1 spot on the Fortune 500 and Global 500, is pouring
