Category: CEO

3rd Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose ‘Likely’ Needed Within a Year, CEO Says

People who have received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are “likely” to need a third dose sometime within a year after being fully vaccinated. “A likely scenario is that there will be likely a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and 12 months and then from there, there will be an annual revaccination,” CEO…


Book Review: ‘What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO’

With the hubbub about Mike Lindell as yet another victim of cancel culture, I decided to read his autobiography, “What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO,” released in 2019.  Not the typical business memoir on leadership and management, the book follows the outer journey of a man living on the edge and the…


Texas Roadhouse CEO ‘Took His Own Life’ After COVID-19-Related Symptoms: Family

Texas Roadhouse CEO and co-founder Kent Taylor allegedly died from suicide due to CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related symptoms, his family said over the weekend. He was 65. Taylor’s family and the restaurant chain told The Hill and other news outlets that he “took his own life this week” after “a battle with post-COVID related symptoms,…


China’s Ant Group CEO Leaves After Failed IPO Prompts Revamp

China’s Ant Group Chief Executive Officer Simon Hu has unexpectedly resigned amid a regulatory-driven overhaul of the financial technology giant’s business, the first top management exit since a scuppered $37 billion initial public offering. Hu, who was named chief executive of the Alibaba Group Holding affiliate in 2019, will be replaced by company veteran and…


McDonald’s to Slash Executive Bonuses If They Don’t Place More Minorities in Senior Leadership Roles

McDonald’s announced it will slash executive bonuses if they do not place more minorities in the firm’s senior leadership roles. “We’re implementing policies that hold our leaders directly accountable for making tangible progress on our [diversity, equity, and inclusion] goals,” McDonald’s said in a news release last week, titled, “Allyship through Accountability.” McDonald’s added that…


Parler CEO: Twitter, Facebook View Parler as ‘Threat’ to Their Business

New Parler CEO Mark Meckler said that the allegations that his social media platform was used to coordinate riots during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach are primarily a “political hit” job, explaining that Big Tech firms view Parler as a “business threat.” Meckler cited a Forbes report that pushed back against claims from Facebook COO…


New Parler CEO: Trump Is Welcome on the Platform

Parler interim CEO Mark Meckler said that former President Donald Trump is welcome on the platform, coming weeks after the former commander-in-chief was suspended from Facebook, Twitter, and other Big Tech-owned websites. “He’s welcome on the platform just like anybody else,” Meckler said of the former president in an interview with Fox News. “We welcome…


Parler CEO ‘Confident’ Platform Will Return by End of January

De-platformed social media website Parler may return by the end of January, coming after the site reappeared online after Amazon Web Services took the site down due to alleged violations, according to Parler CEO John Matze. “I’m confident that by the end of the month, we’ll be back up,” Matze told Fox News on Sunday…


Parler CEO: ‘No Indication’ Big Tech Company Warnings Were ‘Deadly Serious’ Until Last Minute

Parler CEO John Matze, whose company is still reeling after Amazon Web Services suspended the company’s account, said that there was no indication from Amazon, Apple, or Google before they pulled services earlier this week. After the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Apple and Google removed the Parler app from their respective Google…


Parler CEO: Social Media Site Will ‘Come Back Strong’ as Company Appears to Switch Domain Registry

John Matze, the CEO of social media site Parler, said the platform will return but with changes, as the company appears to have switched its domain registrar to Epik. “We want to come back and not only come back strong, but we want to do it and show that we have a better system for handling…