Angela Chao, CEO of US-based shipping company Foremost Group, dead at 50

Angela Chao, the CEO of United States-based, New York-headquartered American shipping company Foremost Group, has died at the age of 50. Wha...

Tinder gets its first Asian American CEO

Tinder’s parent company Match Group has promoted Faye Iosotaluno to be Tinder’s new chief executive officer. The new position: Iosotal...

Japan’s newest billionaire is a college dropout who built a global udon noodle empire

In his words, it was an “emotional experience of food” that led him to pursue his own noodle venture ...

Y Combinator CEO cartoonized to allegedly mimic Chinese Exclusion Act-era poster in ‘racist’ critique

Venture capitalist Garry Tan is calling out “hard leftists” in San Francisco for using his image in a cartoon that allegedly mimicked a post...

Apple CEO attends first store opening in India, surprised by fan carrying 1984 Mac

Apple recently opened its first store in India, with CEO Tim Cook present at the special event to inaugurate the new outlet. On Tuesday, App...

‘Inventor of email’ asks Elon Musk how he can apply to be Twitter CEO

Indian American entrepreneur V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims to have “invented email,” has shown interest in becoming Twitter’...

Ex-CEO fired for alleged LSD use files discrimination suit, says startup sacked him for being Asian

Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, citing anti-Asian discrimination. Zhu ...

The newest K-pop artist is a 35-year-old Singaporean CEO

A Singaporean businessman who moved to South Korea in May 2021 has realized his mission to become a K-pop artist. David Yong, the 35-year-ol...

Parag Agrawal replaces Twitter founder as its CEO, joins growing club of India-born tech leaders

Twitter appointed Mumbai-born Parag Agrawal as its CEO on Tuesday, following founder Jack Dorsey’s announcement that he would step down from...

Hong Kong defends letting J.P. Morgan CEO skip mandatory quarantine because it’s a ‘huge bank’

Hong Kong reportedly allowed J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon to bypass strict quarantine protocol for arriving travelers because...

Chinese Man Whose Visa Application Was Rejected 8 TIMES is Now a Billionaire America Depends On

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify that Eric Yuan got his visa in his ninth application. A man whose visa applicati...

How an Alibaba Receptionist Became One of the Company’s Top Executives

Before Judy Tong Wenhong became Alibaba’s “most inspiring partner,” she served as the company’s receptionist, then customer serv...

Chinese Billionaire Teacher Blames Women For China’s ‘Moral Degradation’

A Chinese billionaire has sparked outrage for stating that women have caused “moral degradation” in China. New Oriental Group founder and C...

Jack Ma Retiring Early Will Help Him Live Longer, Science Says

Jack Ma is retiring early and science indicates he may be on to something. Ma recently relinquished his ownership of “variable interest ent...

Former Gangster is Now the Badass CEO of a $3 Million Diving Business in Singapore

At 13, Jacki Ng was part of a local gang in Singapore, leading him through a life of petty crime and fighting, which later led to his expuls...

Chinese Parents Are Taking Their 3-Year-Olds to ‘CEO Classes’ For $7,500 a Year

Parents in China are finding some creative ways to give their children a head start in life. A school in Guangzhou is offering “CEO co...

Asian CEOs Are The Most Confident In The World, Survey Finds

Asian CEOs are the most confident in the world, according to the recent YPO Global Pulse survey. Confidence in the Southeast Asian region ro...

The Highest-Paid CEOs Lead the Most Underperforming Companies, According to Study

Businesses run by the highest-paid CEOs are some of the most underperforming companies, research firm MSCI said. Their study saw little evi...

Why People Are Freaking Out Over Yahoo’s CEO Taking Such a Short Maternity Leave

Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer has recently been under fire for her decision to take a short maternity leave following the expected births of her...

These CEOs Make a Disgustingly Large Amount of Money Compared to Their Employees

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a new protocol mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial law that will require large companies...

Why TOMS Shoe’s CEO Took 12 Weeks Off of Work and Everyone Applauded

The founder and CEO of Toms Shoes, Blake Mycoskie, told his company that he was going to take 12 weeks off after the birth of his son. Thoug...

Angry Mob of Investors Capture Company President Who Took Their $6.3 Billion

On Saturday, Shan Jiuliang, founder of Fanya Metals Exchange, was attempting to escape from a luxury hotel in Shanghai when he was grabbed ...

Inside the Life of T-Mobile’s Trash-Talking Rockstar of a CEO

John Legere is the 57-year-old CEO of T-Mobile. His rockstar attitude puts all other CEOs in the industry to shame. He isn’t afraid to tras...

Here are the Terrible First Jobs of the World’s Most Powerful CEOs

The saying goes ”Everyone has to start somewhere,” and while some lucky individuals were born into wealth, others had to start from the bott...

How a Budding Startup that Raised $5 Million Imploded and Fired 400 Workers Overnight

Imagine putting years of your life into a job for a company that seems promising and reports that it’s doing well only to one day receive an...

Why the Super Millionaire CEO of Zappos Lives in a $950-a-Month Trailer Home

Most CEOs live lavishly with expensive sports cars, private jets, beautiful models, and million-dollar homes, but the CEO for Zappos lives i...

Seattle CEO Who Raised Company’s Minimum Wage to $70,000 Now Faces Big Problems

Since making headlines in April for his decision to raise the minimum wage for all employees at his company to a comfortable $70,000 a year,...

How Quitting Your Job Can Cost You Over $36,000

Employees thinking about quitting their jobs in the near future may want to reconsider when they see how much money it could cost them. Job ...

CEO Hands Out $27 Million in Bonuses to Employees After Company Buyout

In an ideal world, all company executives would share their success with the many workers that made that success possible. We don’t live in ...

Ellen Pao Steps Down as CEO of Reddit

After several troubled months and a petition calling for her resignation, Ellen Pao is stepping down as the CEO of Reddit. Pao became interi...

CEO Quits Job Before He Even Starts, Gets Paid $1.8 Million Right After

One Italian business executive is sitting pretty after setting up a job offer deal with a cosmetics company to get paid over $1.8 million wh...

These are the Highest Rated CEOs of 2015

Glassdoor just released their annual list of the Highest Rated CEOs of 2015. CEOs of large companies (1000 employees or more) are rated by t...

Netflix’s CEO Learned a Valuable Lesson When He Caught an Old Boss Washing His Coffee Mugs

Before Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of Netflix, was one of Silicon Valley’s staple tech-entrepreneurs, he was a grubby computer progr...

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Steps Down, Billionaire Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Takes Over

Twitter announced today that CEO Dick Costolo will be stepping down at the beginning of July and that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will be...

CEO Offers to Pay for College Tuition of Employees’ Kids

Stock options, 401(k) with employer-matching contributions and free gym memberships are the most popular perks that employees receive from t...

Japanese McDonald’s Founder Explains Why Japanese People are ‘Short and Yellow’

Every now and then, we revisit a part of history that some companies would rather be kept swept under the rug. This story comes from the Jap...