Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford on What People Get Wrong About Farmers There may be no CEO in America with a resume quite like Beth Ford’s. The leader of Land O’Lakes has worked in publishing, consumer goods, and oil, and now runs one of the country’s leading farming collectives. She is on a mission to explain to Americans the joy and challenges of the farmers who make our food, and to tell the world about what agriculture means for American security and prosperity.
As harvest season across the country got underway, Ford joined THE CEO MOMENT, our interview series for the world’s most influential business leaders, to talk about her career path, the state of the American farmer, and whether or not we’re eating more butter. Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali Has a Plan to Get Your Kid to Watch Few sports have embraced the pursuit of new audiences quite like F1, the motorsport league acquired by Liberty Media nearly a decade ago. Leading that effort today isStefano Domenicali, the CEO who first fell in love with racing as a child at the track in his hometown of Imola, Italy.
First, he turned F1 into _Formula 1: Drive to Survive_, a reality show on Netflix. Next, he welcomed Apple as a broadcast partner, which included working together on _F1,_ a movie starring Brad Pitt. A major focus for Domenicali has been winning over American fans.
Ahead of races in Austin in October and Las Vegas in November, Domenicali joined THE CEO MOMENT, our interview series featuring the world’s most influential business leaders. We discussed how the sport navigates geopolitical turmoil, when it will finally stage a race in Africa, and what retirement might look like when his contract is up in 2029. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Thinks He Can Make Cities More Affordable Next year, Airbnb will mark its 20th anniversary.
Through its evolution—from a few air mattresses placed on an apartment floor to one of America’s best-known American technology companies—it has been led by Brian Chesky. And at a time when Silicon Valley doesn’t champion introspection, Chesky, 45, is an outlier: someone who has become a prominent voice on company leadership and a frequent investigator of his own character. How will AI change the future of work?
Ravi Kumar S has a few ideas. As the CEO of Cognizant, which employs more than 350,000 people around the world, Kumar isn’t just helping other companies figure out how best to use this technology. He's also testing his theories across a large global workforce.
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