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Meet the team of Black executives who quickly mobilized hundreds of CEOs to oppose restrictive voting laws
The men, who texted and emailed hundreds of companies, didn't expect to have 700 corporations, nonp…
Natasha Dailey
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100 top business leaders met to discuss halting donations to politicians who back 'restrictive' voting laws, including in Georgia
Top business leaders, including former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault, met on Zoom to map ou…
John L. Dorman
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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier is retiring. He is one of only 4 Black CEOs in the Fortune 500, and famously stood up to Trump over Charlottesville in 2017.
Kenneth Frazier, who has led the US pharma giant Merck for nearly 30 years, is retiring, and will b…
Kate Duffy,Reuters
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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier is getting praised after leaving Trump's manufacturing council
In January, Merck published a report outlining the company's average list-price increases for …
Lydia Ramsey
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PM Modi’s Maiden US Visit Over, India To See Investments Pouring In?
The two head of states have discussed various issues spanning across economic, political and cultur…
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'People will try to stop you': Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier told us the inside story of how a janitor's son rose to graduate from Harvard Law and lead the $200 billion US pharma giant Merck
"This man scrubbed floors for a living, and sometimes I do feel the pressure of being inside Merck.…
Emma Court
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One crucial quote from Merck CEO Ken Frazier at an event for big-time investors in Manhattan shows the US drug giant at a crossroads
After nearly a decade of leadership by Frazier, Merck is preparing for transition at the top, thoug…
Emma Court
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How Trump's presidency became a roller-coaster ride for many of America's top CEOs
Donald Trump's relationships with many business leaders disintegrated in the aftermath of the 2017 …
John L. Dorman
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More than 70 top Black business leaders are reportedly urging US companies to fight against Republican voting laws
Black business executives across America claim the new voting bill that was passed in Georgia could…
Kate Duffy
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George Floyd 'could be me,' says one of America's 4 black Fortune 500 CEOs
Kenneth Frazier runs the $190 billion, coronavirus-fighting pharma giant Merck. But on Monday, he s…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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Hundreds of American companies signed a new statement opposing voting-restriction laws - here's who signed and who didn't
Companies including Netflix, Starbucks, and Amazon signed the statement, though The New York Times …
Sinéad Baker
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Dick Parsons, one of America's first Black CEOs, says Georgia's 'bone-headed' new voting law is a 'bald-faced' attempt to suppress Black voters
Dick Parsons, former CEO of Time Warner and CBS, is one of 72 Black corporate leaders calling on US…
Kate Duffy
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From fashion star Telfar Clemens to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, these 10 leaders are transforming how America addresses racial equity
2021 was a year of incredible change when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in large pa…
Marguerite Ward
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The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck is a Harvard-trained lawyer, and he shares what attorneys need to do to be 'treated as the wise people in the room' again
Pressure to specialize in one area, like trial law, had already started to build. But upon his arri…
Emma Court
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The CEO of Merck says he got the best advice of his life from his father and it helped him turn the company into a $210 billion drug giant
When Frazier was a young, basketball-playing teenager, the popular style of athletic sneaker shifte…
Emma Court
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There are only four black Fortune 500 CEOs. Here they are.
The four black men currently leading Fortune 500 companies are Kenneth Frazier of pharmaceutical co…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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The future of corporate leadership: How CEOs will navigate the next decade
Chief executives are at a turning point — and how they address today's most pressing issues can mak…
Brandon T. Harden,Karen K. Ho…
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'I think there's a wisdom in term limits': The longtime CEO of $210 billion US drugmaker Merck just hinted he could soon step down
Born right after the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, and raised in …
Emma Court
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The CEO of Merck has an ominous warning for the middlemen who stand between drug makers and patients
The way he sees it, Merck publishes the list prices the company sets for a particular drug. The lis…
Lydia Ramsey
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Merck's CEO is staying on board after he turns 65
Frazier attended Penn State University (he later served on the university's board of trustees), and…