Fortune US Magazine - October - November 2024

In this issue

Fortune Most Powerful Women - Our annual list ranks 100 honorees worldwide from
14 industries, reflecting the global nature of executive work and proving there is no one-sizefits-all in reaching the pinnacle of business.

Kamalanomics: Harris’s Road Map for Business - Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t done much to woo Big Business. Many executives would still rather take their chances with her than the alternative...

HOW THE ELECTION BROKE SILICON VALLEY

THE RICH AND FAMOUS are just like us, celebrity gossip magazines love to tell you. When it comes to Silicon Valley’s billionaires, though, they are acting a lot more like your politics-obsessed uncle.

6 mins

HOW A WEEKLY ZOOM CALL OF POWERFUL BLACK WOMEN CREATED THE MOST POTENT CAMPAIGN TOOL OF 2024

THE GLITZY OPRAH WINFREY-HOSTED \"Unite for America\" Zoom event Sept. 19 featured the corps d'elite of entertainment, government, and business, as well as the woman being feted herself: Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

7 mins

MEET YOUR NEW COWORKER, THE HUMANOID

INSIDE MANY AMAZON warehouses are workers known as \"water spiders,\" who pick up and move the numerous plastic storage bins used to shuttle goods around the facility, and who restock worker stations with merchandise, boxes, and other material. At a warehouse in Sumner, Wash., recently, a special crew of workers stepped in to help the people moving the plastic bins-humanoid robots.

4 mins

A WOUNDED INTEL BATTLES FOR SURVIVAL IN THE AI ERA

HENRY V had Agincourt. Gen. Robert E. Lee had Gettysburg. And Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has Chandler. That would be Chandler, Ariz., outside Phoenix, where Intel is investing nearly $30 billion to build two state-of-the-art semiconductor plants, or fabs, that will be the first to use the company's newest chipmaking process. It's here, in Chandler, where Gelsinger's fate-and likely that of the company he leads will be decided.

4 mins

ASK ANDY - SHOULD YOU LAUNCH A STARTUP WITH A FRIEND?

WHEN MY BONOBOS cofounder, Brian Spaly, and I had a falling-out in 2009, two years after starting the company, we made a strange decision. We decided that we would share the details of how our partnership fell apart with the community where our friendship and our company were forged: Stanford Business School.

2 mins

FOR GEN Z AT WORK, THE GENERATION GAP IS A WELLNESS GAP. HERE'S HOW TO BRIDGE IT

FOR ONE nonprofit executive director, it was a 2022 New York City subway shooting that highlighted the stark differences between how he, a 55-year-old, and his Gen Z staffers show up to work.

4 mins

HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FED'S BIG RATE CUT

THE WAIT IS OVER. After more than a year of will-they-or-won't-they, the Federal Reserve on Sept. 18 announced the first cut to its benchmark Federal funds rate since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a 50-basis-point drop that Chairman Jerome Powell signaled is likely the first of many.

4 mins

WHO HAS TIME FOR A POWER LUNCH? THE REAL BUSINESS HAPPENS AT 4 P.M. 'POWER HOUR.'

THE SUN is pouring in through the floor-to-ceiling windows when the bar begins to fill with bespoke suits on a Tuesday in August at Four Twenty Five. The new restaurant from Jean-Georges Vongerichten is on the first floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, beneath the offices of financial giant Citadel Securities. And the traders are thirsty.

4 mins

MPW - MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2024

WHEN FORTUNE launched its Most Powerful Women list in 1998, women were just starting to trickle into the C-suite in significant numbers.

5 mins

Mary Barra

The CEO of General Motors accelerates into our top spot.

10+ mins

Kamalanomics: Harris's Road Map for Business

Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't done much to woo Big Business. Many executives would still rather take their chances with her than the alternative.

8 mins

Can Cathy Engelbert Handle the Pressure?

The WNBA commissioner and ex-Deloitte CEO is leading the league through a season of historic highs, but critics wonder if her game plan is good enough to seize the moment.

10+ mins

FORTUNE - CHANGE THE WORLD

THESE COMPANIES BUILD BUSINESSES AROUND SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEY DO WELL BY DOING GOOD.

4 mins

THE SHIPWRECKED LEGACY OF MIKE LYNCH

THE BRITISH TECH MOGUL SOLD HIS COMPANY FOR $11 BILLION, THEN SPENT YEARS FIGHTING FRAUD CHARGES. HIS SHOCKING DEATH HAS LEFT MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS LIFE.

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