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Howard Schultz; Coming out of retirement to restore the essence of the brand.

Executive Summary On January 7, 2008, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz returned as

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Michael Dell; Taking the company dark to fix it away from the public eye.

Executive Summary On October 29, 2013, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell

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Warren Buffett; Breaking a lifelong rule to make Apple his biggest holding.

Executive Summary Beginning in 2016, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett initiated a

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Jeff Bezos; Stepping away from the CEO role to focus on the next frontier.

Executive Summary “The best way to predict your future is to create

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Jack Ma; Navigating the silence between regulatory power and innovation.

Executive Summary On September 10, 2019, Alibaba founder Jack Ma stepped down

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Bob Iger; Disrupting your own revenue streams to survive the future.

Executive Summary On November 12, 2019, Disney CEO Bob Iger launched the

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Jensen Huang; Betting the entire company on a language for a future that didn’t exist yet.

Executive Summary Beginning in 2012, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang executed a fundamental

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Tim Cook; The psychology behind the $1,000 iPhone X risk.

Executive Summary On November 3, 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook launched the

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Andy Jassy; Turning a cost center into the most profitable cloud business on earth.

Executive Summary In 2006, Amazon Vice President Andy Jassy launched Amazon Web

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Travis Kalanick; Stepping down from the throne to ensure the kingdom’s survival.

Executive Summary On June 21, 2017, Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick

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