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5 inspiring quotes from legendary basketball coach John Thompson display how he modeled leadership
Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr. died on August 31, 2020 at 78 years old.Georgetown Uni…
Allana Akhtar
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Microsoft chairman John Thompson explains why CEO Satya Nadella is poised to win the cloud wars
If the company's cloud wasn't welcoming to rival products, if the whole cloud was nothing but Micro…
Julie Bort
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John Thompson grew a pair of investing funds by nearly 20,000%. He shares his one stock pick that could triple in the next few years - and explains why it's his largest holding.
In order to find new opportunities, he scours the 52-week low list - a list comprised of issues tra…
Christopher Competiello
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Microsoft chairman John Thompson tells us about his insanely fabulous life and his $100 million startup
JT: Once I got involved I went out and tried to help the company raise its first round of capital i…
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Microsoft investors seek investigation into handling of alleged misconduct by Bill Gates and the company's sexual harassment polices
A proxy firm asked Microsoft investors to vote out the director who oversaw an investigation into B…
Kevin Shalvey
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Satya Nadella said reading his late mom's diary entry about a Danish philosopher reminded him what leadership is really about
Microsoft CEO Nadella wrote for Fast Company about his three principles of leadership: "creating cl…
Stephen Jones
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A Microsoft investor asked why Satya Nadella's salary is 249 times more than the median employee's. Here's what Microsoft's chairman said.
The general perception of Nadella is that he's transformed Microsoft into a friendlier, more collab…
Ashley Stewart
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US economy beats estimates, adds 225,000 jobs in January as wages grow
The BLS also made major revisions to data for 2018 and 2019, offering a more accurate picture of th…
Gina Heeb
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Elon Musk says the US's F-35 stealth jet 'would have no chance' against a 'drone fighter plane'
Problems with the F-35 surfaced soon after it joined the fleet. Over 800 flaws riddled the software…
David Choi
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After selling his first company to Cisco for $475 million at 26 years old, this Israeli founder raised $117 million in a round including a who's who of US angel investors to take on Cisco
And now he's back in a much bigger way with DriveNets, a hot Israeli startup that has burst out of …
Julie Bort
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Google will let you stream free audio commentary for the rest of the March Madness games on Google Home speakers
In the past, Google has encouraged sports fans without a place to watch games to sign up for its li…
Nick Bastone
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Microsoft makes all new managers read and review these leadership principles from CEO Satya Nadella
The leadership principles - which encourage Microsofties to "create clarity," "generate energy," an…
Ashley Stewart
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Here's why one Wall Street chief strategist thinks the market's turbulent January is the new normal
Global equities markets will continue to rise on positive economic data, but the stability seen in …
Ben Winck
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The battle over Tesla, a real estate rags-to-riches story, and stock picks from 10 top-ranked analysts
On the other side of the debate is Brian Yacktman, the founder of YCG Funds. He says Tesla's recent…
Joe Ciolli
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Microsoft chairman: 'I see a lot of stress at Microsoft'
The reason he wants Microsoft to move faster: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that total cloud sof…
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How Satya Nadella's leadership style catapulted Microsoft to a trillion dollar valuation - and what you can learn from it
According to New York University psychologist Jay Van Bavel, acquiring a growth mindset means focus…
Sherin Shibu
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a cute joke about what it's really like to work with Bill Gates
That's Microsoft's latest entry in the lucrative and ultra competitive cloud database field. It's a…
Julie Bort
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How to beat jet lag, from a CEO with an insane travel schedule
In a two-week period in February, he will travel from the Bay Area to Detroit to Toronto back to th…
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Outages, runaway costs and frustration with tech support have hurt Microsoft's cloud in the eyes of its customers, says analyst firm Gartner
But Gartner has found another interesting problem, with some Azure customers complaining about clou…
Julie Bort
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Peloton's internal marketing docs, WeWork's legal operator, and Microsoft CEO's paycheck
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is finishing 2019 with another strong year under his belt. The company'…