ING Group, the largest Dutch bank and one of Europe’s leading financial institutions, is led by Steven van Rijswijk, who became CEO in July 2020. A true “company man,” van Rijswijk has spent his entire 30+ year career at ING, joining in 1995 and rising through M&A, equity capital markets, corporate banking, and risk management […]
Compass, Inc. (NYSE: COMP) is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States, and its founder and Chairman & CEO Robert Reffkin has led the company from a startup in 2012 to a global powerhouse with approximately 340,000 agents worldwide. In January 2026, Compass finalized its landmark acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate (Coldwell […]
Whatnot, the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe, was co-founded in 2019 by Grant LaFontaine and Logan Head in Los Angeles, California. Today, Whatnot CEO Grant LaFontaine leads a company valued at $11.5 billion with over 1,500 employees, facilitating more than $6 billion in gross merchandise volume in 2025 across 140+ product […]
⚠ Leadership Update: Paul Hudson served as CEO of Sanofi from September 2019 until February 2026. He was removed by the Board on February 12, 2026. Olivier Charmeil is serving as interim CEO, and Belén Garijo (former CEO of Merck KGaA) will formally assume the CEO role at Sanofi’s Annual General Meeting on April 29, […]
Roche, the world’s largest biotech company and a global leader in diagnostics, was founded in 1896 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel, Switzerland. Today, Roche CEO Thomas Schinecker leads the company’s CHF 61.5 billion business and a global workforce of over 103,000 employees across more than 100 countries. Appointed Group CEO in March 2023, Schinecker […]
⚠ Leadership Update: Dame Emma Walmsley served as CEO of GSK from April 2017 to December 2025. The current CEO is Luke Miels (since January 2026). Walmsley remains with the company in an advisory capacity through September 2026 to support the transition. GSK plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, […]
Vas Narasimhan – CEO of Novartis AG Vas Narasimhan is the CEO of Novartis AG, the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Appointed CEO in February 2018 at the age of 41, Narasimhan became one of the youngest-ever leaders of a top-10 global pharma company. Born in Pittsburgh to Indian-American parents from Tamil […]
Indeed, the world’s largest job search engine, was founded in 2004 by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan and is now a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6098). Indeed CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba returned to lead the company in June 2025 after predecessor Chris Hyams stepped down to pursue interests in responsible […]
UPDATE: Brad Banducci served as Managing Director & CEO of Woolworths Group from February 2016 to September 2024. The current CEO is Amanda Bardwell (since 1 September 2024). Amanda Bardwell — Salary, Age, Email & Net Worth → Woolworths Group, Australia’s largest supermarket chain and the country’s biggest company by revenue, was led by Brad […]
J Sainsbury plc, commonly known as Sainsbury’s, is the United Kingdom’s second-largest supermarket chain. Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts CBE has led the company since June 2020, guiding it through the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, and into a period of record market share growth. Roberts started working in retail at age 15 at Marks & […]