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Sheryl Estrada

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Capital One’s MLB partnership is turning fan experiences into long-term customer value

The company is using All-Star activations and cardholder-only MLB perks to deepen customer experience.

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Capital One’s big bet on baseball—and why they think it can help win the credit card loyalty wars

By investing in fan experiences, local entrepreneurs, and long-season MLB sponsorships, Capital One aims to deepen cardholder engagement beyond...

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Inside Larry Culp’s playbook for fixing GE

A new Fortune report offers a deep dive into GE’s transformation.

24.07.2026 2

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AI coding company Cursor, soon to be acquired by SpaceX, expands its CFO council

The council brings together finance leaders from tech-forward and legacy companies.

23.07.2026 10

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Beyond SpaceX: Why great IPOs depend on more than first-day demand

A Fortune report looks at the rules pros use to separate trillion‑dollar hype from durable public‑market returns.

22.07.2026 10

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Jersey Mike’s tests how far investors will stretch on restaurant IPO valuations

Jersey Mike’s is aiming for a near-$8 billion listing, testing investors’ appetite for franchise-driven growth.

21.07.2026 5

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Jersey Mike’s IPO valuation could reach eight times Sweetgreen’s market cap

Jersey Mike’s is targeting a valuation that would rank among the largest recent restaurant IPOs, highlighting the premium investors are placing on...

21.07.2026 10

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How CFOs can tell if AI is actually creating value

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar offers an AI metric that may help finance chiefs separate hype from real value.

20.07.2026 6

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OpenAI’s CFO: 4 questions that reveal if your AI spend is paying off

Forget cost per token. Sarah Friar argues CFOs should judge AI by the work it actually completes.

17.07.2026 8

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Netflix stock hits a 52-week low after earnings—but analysts say investors are missing the bigger picture

There may be a growth story brewing at Netflix that the market is missing.

17.07.2026 5

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Morgan Stanley is riding high on the IPO boom with 70% of the top 100 unicorns in its pipeline, CFO says

Morgan Stanley is turning IPO relationships into recurring wealth revenue.

16.07.2026 10

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Bank of America’s AI bet is starting to pay off, its CFO says

AI‑enabled productivity, not just cost‑cutting, is showing up in the bank’s efficiency ratio and returns, CFO Alastair Borthwick says.

15.07.2026 10

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SpaceX and Amazon look like tech twins—but their financials tell a very different story

A new Fortune report examines why investors are giving SpaceX an Amazon-style valuation.

14.07.2026 10

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Why corporate strategy is moving to the CFO’s office

At a recent McKinsey forum, most CFOs said the strategy function now reports to them.

13.07.2026 10

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Why the 2026 IPO boom is about to broaden beyond AI mega-deals

After SpaceX’s record IPO, investors are starting to eye new sectors.

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Why companies are paying a premium for battle-tested CFOs—and Nike’s struggling turnaround shows what that costs

David Denton, Nike’s new CFO, is coming from Pfizer—underscoring how far companies will go to recruit proven top finance chiefs.

10.07.2026 20

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Companies still don’t know how to incorporate AI in a holistic way, says Wharton expert

The real bottleneck isn’t the models—it’s change management and whether leaders can bring people along to work with AI as a partner.

09.07.2026 10

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Thousands wrote to the SEC about quarterly reporting. A detailed letter came from Exxon’s CFO

Among thousands of public comments to the SEC, a small group of CFOs offered competing views on reporting frequency and disclosure burdens.

08.07.2026 7

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SK Hynix—which supplies memory chips to Nvidia—is about to test Wall Street’s appetite for the next wave of tech IPOs

The Korean memory giant’s nearly 8-fold stock surge and $28 billion U.S. listing will show how much AI optimism is still left in the market.

07.07.2026 20

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Microsoft’s Frontier push aims to turn AI spending into measurable returns

Microsoft is launching a $2.5 billion business unit that focuses on linking AI models, workflows and proprietary data.

06.07.2026 10

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Microsoft’s next big bet isn’t on a model but on becoming the Swiss Army knife of enterprise AI

The tech giant is investing $2.5 billion in a new business unit called Microsoft Frontier.

03.07.2026 10

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Why CFOs should pay attention to Open USD—the new stablecoin backed by more than 140 companies

A new stablecoin consortium aims to turn idle settlement cash into yield for banks and fintechs.

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Cisco is rolling out AI agents to every single one of its 90,000 employees

CFO Mark Patterson is helping to lead the charge—and has an AI agent of his own.

01.07.2026 20

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Comcast’s split brings former CFO Michael Angelakis back as CEO

Comcast will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a standalone media company, underscoring how finance chiefs are increasingly being tapped for the top...

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AI spending boom accelerates as Big Tech pours trillions into infrastructure

JPMorgan raised its AI capital spending forecast through 2030 as companies continue to expand AI infrastructure.

29.06.2026 10

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CFOs are bullish on their own companies—even as they turn bearish on the economy

Even as macro concerns deepen, CFOs are leaning into risk, reshaping talent, and betting on AI to drive company-specific gains.

26.06.2026 10

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Top CFOs warn AI success depends on training employees, not just buying technology

The CFOs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Prologis, Moody’s, and J.M. Smucker Company discuss how the role is evolving and why training employees on...

25.06.2026 10

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What bubble? JPMorgan says the $5.5 trillion AI capex explosion is profitable–for now

JPMorgan's midyear outlook argues the hyperscalers are profitable, the debt markets are holding, and the cycle has room to run.

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Nasdaq’s CFO says leaders must learn AI—not just their teams

Sarah Youngwood is reshaping Nasdaq’s finance function by emphasizing AI training and hands-on use.

24.06.2026 10

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Inside Nasdaq CFO Sarah Youngwood’s AI playbook

Youngwood is embedding AI across finance—and ranking her team like martial artists.

24.06.2026 20

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Corporate America’s top ranks are nearing a retirement tipping point, expert says

A surge of CEO and CFO retirements is looming, raising urgent questions about succession planning and board readiness.

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A wave of CFO retirements is reshaping the Fortune 500—AT&T’s Pascal Desroches is the latest

Jennifer Biry was named AT&T's next CFO, bringing a blend of telecom, tech, and operational experience.

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CFO pay surged 8% last year—and long-term incentives now account for 63% of the average package

Most CFOs still earn only about a third of the top job’s package.

17.06.2026 10

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Why accounting may look completely different by 2040

AI, increasing regulatory complexity, and a looming "silver tsunami" are reshaping the skills required for success in accounting.

16.06.2026 30

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For SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen, the challenge starts after the $75 billion IPO

Johnsen now faces the task of proving SpaceX can deliver on its promises as a public company.

12.06.2026 30

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Chevron’s CFO on why finance chiefs are defining AI’s business value

Eimear Bonner, a former CTO, explains how the finance organization is using AI.

11.06.2026 10

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Finance teams can’t quit Excel. Workday wants to change that with AI

As AI reshapes financial planning, Workday is positioning its latest platform to replace the spreadsheet sprawl that's long plagued FP&A teams.

10.06.2026 10

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The man behind Claude Code says you’re comparing AI costs to the wrong thing

Boris Cherny says most companies are asking the wrong question when evaluating AI investment.

09.06.2026 30

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Jenn Landis rebuilt Citi’s Wall Street credibility. Her reward: CFO of a $22 billion business

Landis, who spent five years leading investor relations, will become CFO of the Markets business effective early August.

08.06.2026 20

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OpenAI CFO: Not knowing AI tools like Codex is now a dealbreaker for finance hires

AI fluency is becoming the new baseline for finance talent.

05.06.2026 20

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Why SpaceX is breaking the IPO playbook with a $75 billion fixed-price offering

SpaceX's approach could set the tone for the next wave of AI listings.

04.06.2026 20

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How Amazon’s CFO ‘shatters’ expectations and helped power the company to No. 1 on the Fortune 500

Brian Olsavsky joined Amazon in 2002, the same year it debuted on the Fortune 500.

03.06.2026 30

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Anthropic’s CFO Krishna Rao is steering one of the most anticipated IPOs ever

With a confidential S-1 now filed, Rao is at the center of a defining moment for Anthropic and the AI industry.

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A SpaceX-Tesla union would mark the largest merger of all time. But does the math work?

A new Fortune analysis gauges what a merger would mean financially.

01.06.2026 40

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Nvidia CFO Colette Kress: ‘AI is no longer a nice-to-have’

The tech giant sees $3 trillion to $4 trillion in global AI infrastructure spending by the end of the decade.

30.05.2026 40

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She oversaw 29 quarters of sales growth. Now e.l.f.’s CFO is taking on its AI strategy

Mandy Fields now has the chief technology and AI officer reporting to her, reflecting how the CFO role is evolving.

29.05.2026 10

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The CFOs steering Big Tech’s trillion-dollar AI bet

At Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, OpenAI, and Nvidia, the finance chiefs steering AI investments are all women.

28.05.2026 20

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The 2026 Fortune Most Powerful Women list is here—and 11 CFOs made the cut

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou, Microsoft's Amy Hood, Meta's Susan Li, Alphabet's Anat Ashkenazi, and Nvidia's Colette Kress all land in the top 50.

27.05.2026 10

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Five giant hyperscalers—and Nvidia—share a surprising trait: female CFOs

How female finance chiefs rose to the top at the most consequential moment for AI spending.

27.05.2026 20

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Spotify is aiming for 1 billion users and 20% operating margins by 2030. Here’s how it plans to get there

CFO Christian Luiga discusses how engagement, AI, and add‑ons are driving the company's goal.

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