Vote for CEO of the Year: These software veterans are taking on a variety of problems The finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2024 GeekWire Awards include software veterans working on a variety of… Read More
2022 GeekWire Awards revealed: Community celebrates big winners in Pacific NW tech Community. It felt good to say it and hear it, and it felt even better to see it in action… Read More
First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more As summer approaches, many high schoolers and college students are off to their first jobs and professional internships across the… Read More
2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech It’s been a tough year for people everywhere. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire… Read More
Tech Moves: Skytap CEO Thor Culverhouse hands reins to CTO; Apptio CMO Chris Pick retires Thor Culverhouse is no longer the CEO of enterprise cloud services company Skytap, and former chief technology officer Bradley Schick… Read More
GoDaddy hires former Expedia president Aman Bhutani as new CEO; Scott Wagner steps down due to health reasons Former Expedia executive Aman Bhutani is the new leader of website hosting giant GoDaddy, taking over from CEO Scott Wagner,… Read More
Tech dominates Glassdoor’s top CEO rankings with strong showings by DocuSign, LinkedIn and Salesforce leaders The technology industry makes another strong showing among the 100 top CEOs of 2018 in the new Employees’ Choice Awards from… Read More
Seattle Chamber of Commerce names former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland as CEO Former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland is taking the helm as President and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.… Read More
Hilarious texts reveal how incoming Uber CEO’s daughter found out about her dad’s new gig Word to the wise: If you’re taking over as chief executive of one of the most talked-about companies in the… Read More
New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on the online travel giant’s tech and business strategy Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That… Read More
New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on leadership, fostering innovation and navigating crisis During his 12-year tenure as the public face of Expedia, Dara Khosrowshahi has been vocal about what makes for great leadership,… Read More
Meet Uber’s choice for CEO: Expedia chief brings ‘internal calm’ and experience with big personalities The news that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been selected to take over as Uber CEO came as a surprise… Read More
Uber pick Dara Khosrowshahi was once highest-paid CEO on S&P 500 Uber’s pick for CEO doesn’t come cheap. In 2015, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was the highest-paid CEO in the S&P… Read More
Prime shape: Buff Bezos flexes his muscles at elite Sun Valley getaway Embed from Getty Images Maybe Amazon’s signature catchphrase is helping CEO Jeff Bezos stay motivated at the gym. It’s still… Read More
Leaders of top tech companies land on Glassdoor’s list of the 100 highest-rated CEOs CEOs of some of the world’s top tech companies are feeling the love today, thanks to a new list from… Read More
Working Geek: Why DomainTools’ CEO Tim Chen rejects social networks For the CEO of a cybersecurity firm, Tim Chen has some surprisingly luddite tendencies. “I’m old school,” he says, explaining… Read More
Do introverts make better CEOs? Study suggests leaders like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg see stronger returns “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” You don’t have to look much farther than the legacies of… Read More
Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.”… Read More
Working Geek: Moz CEO Sarah Bird strives to make Seattle more ‘economically inclusive’ When Moz CEO Sarah Bird isn’t leading a team of over 200 employees she dedicates her time to civic initiatives.… Read More
Guest Commentary: Why we’re saying goodbye to nasty non-compete clauses Garmentory has eliminated non-compete clauses from employment agreements and we’re appealing to other Seattle companies to do the same. (Sorry… Read More
Rhapsody International taps Mike Davis as first-ever CEO for streaming music company Seattle-based Rhapsody International — composed of music streaming services Rhapsody and Napster — announced Mike Davis as the first CEO in… Read More
DocuSign’s choice for new CEO backs out, wooed by ‘another company with unlimited resources’ DocuSign had a new CEO all lined up — and then something happened. The digital signature company had scheduled media… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proposed a ‘disemvowel’ feature for the Washington Post If you thought the Fire Phone was a flop, consider the Jeff Bezos ideas that never made it off the… Read More
Tech CEOs dominate Glassdoor approval ratings — but guess who’s missing? Employment review site Glassdoor just released its list of the top 50 CEOs of large companies, as rated by their own… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for CEO of the Year Patton. Eisenhower. Bradley. Grant. Lee. Great generals all have different leadership tactics on the field of battle. And it’s no… Read More
Koru CEO Kristen Hamilton on failure and the importance of company culture In the past few months Kristen Hamilton’s startup Koru expanded its services to Boston, made GeekWire’s Seattle 10 list of innovative new… Read More
Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh on fears, leadership, and ‘the greatest lie that’s told to entrepreneurs’ Viral, shareable content is Ben Huh’s bread and butter. His business is predicated on the notion that when we see an… Read More
Microsoft CEO search: Rumor of Ericsson’s Vestberg hints at board’s direction The latest Microsoft CEO candidate to emerge from the rumor mill is Hans Vestberg, the CEO of telecom company Ericsson,… Read More
Report: Alan Mulally and Satya Nadella in lead for Microsoft CEO job It has been more than three months since Steve Ballmer announced his plans to retire as CEO of Microsoft, setting… Read More
Microsoft CEO search playing out like a soap opera in media A report by Bloomberg News this morning quotes anonymous sources saying that Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft exec and Nokia… Read More
