Johnson & Johnson’s big swing. Plus, DOW’s new CEO, Snap layoffs, Meta man board

About this episode

The episode discusses significant corporate changes including CEO appointments and layoffs in major companies.

A 100% increase in black female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies The wild wild west of CFO transitions Snap’s AI-branded mismanagement umbrella Shareholder Proposals are becoming old-fashioned again And on The Big Vote, Matt finally digs into wayward bandaids <TRADE WIRE BUMPER> Trade Wire Top Stories: 30 Filings since April 8 The headlines DOW INC. appointed Karen Carter as CEO, to succeed Jim Fitterling, who will remain as Executive Chair Karen is only the 2nd black woman CEO in the Fortune 500 (Thasunda Brown Duckett at TIAA). She was most recently COO where she had strategic oversight of Dow’s business operating segments – Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials & Coatings – as well as the Research and Development, Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability and Commercial organizations Carter joined Dow in 1994 and previously served as Dow’s Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Inclusion Officer appointed new CEO Karen S. Carter to board on the same day as the AGM but she was not on the ballot 8 CFO transitions FEDEX CORP: The Company will conduct a comprehensive internal and external search…

Topics covered

• CEO transitions
• Fortune 500
• AI management
• shareholder proposals
• corporate governance

Keywords

• Johnson & Johnson
• DOW
• Snap layoffs
• Meta
• CFO transitions
• black female CEOs
• shareholder proposals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOW INC., Corebridge Financial, Meta Platforms, FEDEX CORP, Broadcom

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