Why Temasek’s CFO is moving into a new power role

Good morning, CFO Daily readers! Angelica Ang here, reporting from Singapore and standing in for Sheryl…

Who are the 11 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies worth $432 billion?

Thasunda Brown Duckett says she learned everything she needed to know about being a CEO at…

Perplexity CEO’s secret to success is ‘sleeping with that fear’ your competitor will steal your idea

Being a startup founder today means operating with a constant sense of urgency. The clock is…

How Elon Musk sold SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion IPO dream—and what other CEOs can copy

Good morning. It’s SpaceX IPO day! Hooray? Odds are high that investors will clamor for some…

For SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen, the challenge starts after the $75 billion IPO

Good morning. Elon Musk is the face of SpaceX but behind the scenes, Bret Johnsen has…

What Anthropic’s Mythos-class Fable 5 means for CEOs governing AI: ‘Oh God, no! Not another thing:’

Good morning. I was speaking with a CEO in financial services this week when I noticed…

OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs are paying up for H-1B visas and their application numbers are soaring

When President Donald Trump suddenly imposed a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas last year, leading…

Finance teams can’t quit Excel. Workday wants to change that with AI

Good morning. There’s a dirty little secret in finance—and maybe even in your own organization: A…

The man behind Claude Code says you’re comparing AI costs to the wrong thing

Good morning. Five years after its founding, Anthropic is preparing for what could be one of…

Jenn Landis rebuilt Citi’s Wall Street credibility. Her reward: CFO of a $22 billion business

Good morning. Jenn Landis always knew she’d want to return to a CFO role. After spending…

From ‘reinvention exhaustion’ to ‘friction absorption’: CEOs who built instant delivery are worn out

You tap your phone and a stranger appears at your door with your groceries. You click…

These COOs became CEOs. Here’s what they wish everyone knew about succession planning

Good morning. CEO succession is never easy and coming up through the COO role can be…

Anthropic’s CFO Krishna Rao is steering one of the most anticipated IPOs ever

Good morning. Anthropic’s leadership has taken a significant step toward going public—and CFO Krishna Rao is…

Tim Cook is just one of hundreds of CEOs quietly hitting the exits

For many Americans, the term CEO is interchangeable with owner. When they think of people like…

CEOs are losing confidence in the economy and expect conditions to worsen in the next six months

If you’ve been feeling uncertain about the future of the economy, you’re not the only one.…

A SpaceX-Tesla union would mark the largest merger of all time. But does the math work?

Elon Musk may be about to use SpaceX’s soaring valuation as a lifeline for Tesla—and in…

Silicon Valley CEOs increasingly make major sacrifice as Al demand shifts

Every gold rush has its true believers and its skeptics. The believers see a new frontier,…

Intuit CFO on why the company is simplifying its structure

Intuit beat expectations across nearly every major metric in its third quarter. But the company also…

Carlyle takes stake in Sole’s School for CEOs – Daily Business

Time for Change: David Sole and Fiona James-Martin Executive Search firm Carlyle has acquired a majority…

AI ‘godfather’ says CEOs hyping job loss are ‘extremely destructive’—and kids are paying the price

It’s become a common pattern over the past few months: A business leader makes an ominous…