The Latest Breaking News from Ryan Breslow

The CEO who fired HR was right. About the wrong thing.

Ryan Breslow eliminated Bolt's people function, then had to staff a "people ops" team to do the same job.

Fortune · Jul 21

A CEO fired all of HR, and the EEOC is suing the NYT

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow and EEOC chair Andrea Lucas took the stage at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit with polarizing positions.

Fortune · May 26

Problems disappeared when I let them go: Bolt’s Ryan Breslow explains why he laid off his entire HR team

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended significant layoffs and the removal of the HR department, attributing these drastic measures to a need to revive the fintech company. He stated that the HR team created non-existent problems and that the company had developed a culture of entitlement, necessitating a return to a…

The Economic Times · May 22

Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow says a culture of “entitlement” forced a sweeping reset—including cutting the HR team, he says, which was “creating problems that didn’t exist.”

Fortune · May 19

Kickstarter’s CEO stands by a 4-day workweek with a fully remote team, but admits it sometimes backfires

“It’s not all good,” Everett Taylor said. “You have to trust people to be responsible.”

Fortune · Mar 3

Unlike Jensen Huang, this CEO embraces work-life balance and is proud he takes vacations and coached his kids’ baseball team

With millions of PTO left on the table each year, Lactalis U.S. Yogurt CEO Bill Cassidy argues normalizing time off is a competitive advantage—not a concession.

Fortune · Aug 23, 2025

Another Company Is Scrapping Unlimited Time Off For Their Employees—'The Good Ones Don't Take PTO. The Bad Ones Take Too Much'

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow says it’s time to stop pretending unlimited vacation is working.

Benzinga · Jul 6, 2025

Bolt's millennial founder has just 'killed' its unlimited PTO perk because it was actually causing burnout

After getting rid of its HR department, the millennial boss of Bolt is now capping vacations because the ‘bad ones’ were taking too much time off.

Fortune · Jul 2, 2025

Bolt Financial's loans come due

For some laid-off employees, the financial ramifications go well beyond the loss of salary.

Axios · May 26, 2022

The World's 10 Youngest Billionaires 2022: Cryptocurrency And Fintech Names Lead The Newcomers

There are 2,668 billionaires worldwide, according to a new report from Forbes. Among the list is a diverse range of men and women with an age range of 19 to 100.

Benzinga · Apr 8, 2022