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The Latest Breaking News from the Fortune 500

With the exits of Apple’s Tim Cook and Dow’s Jim Fitterling, the Fortune 500 is losing two groundbreaking gay CEOs—leaving just one

The departures expose how fragile LGBTQ+ gains in the C‑suite really are.

Fortune · Jun 20

Record revenues. Record profits. Record revenue per employee. The Fortune 500 is richer than ever—and employing fewer people

Corporate America’s hiring slowdown, explained in charts and data.

Fortune · Jun 19

Meet the 11 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies with over $432 billion in combined revenues

Black CEOs represent just 2% of the largest U.S. corporations.

Fortune · Jun 19

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What is a Fortune 500 company? The story behind the list

The Fortune 500 is the ranking of the largest companies in the U.S. based on revenue.

Fortune · Jun 3

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.

Fortune · Jun 3

Women run a record 11% of Fortune 500 companies in 2026—but the gain came in a year of high-profile exits

Internal promotions and outside hires helped the Fortune 500 notch more women CEOs.

Fortune · Jun 3

Lowe's CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs 'nobody else wanted'

“I had to find a way to differentiate myself,” Marvin Ellison said.

Fortune · Feb 16

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Meet the 10 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies with over $412 billion in combined revenues

Black CEOs represent just 2% of the largest U.S. corporations.

Fortune · Feb 9

Today's technological shifts are breeding a new type of CEO. Meet 25 rising execs inside the Fortune 500

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

Fortune · Dec 16, 2025

Boeing’s new CFO sees ‘performance culture’ driving a return to positive cash flow next year

Jay Malave joined the Fortune 500 company in August.

Fortune · Dec 3, 2025

Lowe's CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs 'nobody else wanted'

“I had to find a way to differentiate myself,” Marvin Ellison said.

Fortune · Nov 27, 2025

‘Friends end up blocking you’: Northwestern Mutual sold college grads a dream job. They left in ruin and debt

Expecting to be financial advisers at the Fortune 500 firm, some hires say they were ‘gaslit’ into peddling ‘terrible’ life insurance to all their contacts

The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025

Nvidia says it has 'visibility to a half a trillion dollars' in revenue through 2026. That would make it one of America's biggest companies

Nvidia, the AI chipmaker led by Jensen Huang, is on track to crack the top 10 of the Fortune 500.

Fortune · Nov 20, 2025

CEOs really are putting a pause on hiring ‘first timers,’ career coach to the Fortune 500 warns—here’s how Gen Z grads can still land work

Million of Gen Zers are currently unemployed. But landing an entry-level job is about the get even harder, with CEOs freezing “first-timer” hires, a career coach to the Fortune 500 warns.

Fortune · Sep 2, 2025

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Fortune · Aug 1, 2025

Global 500 hits a record high for female CEOs

Thirty-three Global 500 companies have female CEOs.

Benzinga · Jul 24, 2025

Palantir Won Pentagon—Next Target: Fortune 500

Could a company once cloaked in secrecy become the corporate world's AI powerhouse? As Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) sets its sights on the Fortune 500, its transformation from a defense stalwart to a commercial titan might just redefine its future—and the industry's.

Fortune · Jun 6, 2025

Just one woman has ever founded and led a Fortune 500 company

Marion Sandler was the cofounder and co-CEO of mortgage lender Golden West Financial.

Fortune · Jun 5, 2025

I run a $4.2B 9-year-old company that’s acquired 3 startups. M&A makes increasing sense for companies like mine—not just the Fortune 500

For a startup, M&A can be a multiplier of talent, market presence, and momentum—if it’s done right.

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Fortune · Jun 4, 2025

KKR ranks as top alternative asset manager in Fortune 500

Blackstone, the biggest alternative asset manager, ranks 321th in the Fortune 500.

Fortune · Jun 4, 2025

Carvana jumped 63 spots on the Fortune 500—CFO explains what fueled the rise

After its turnaround, the company is shifting to a new objective.

Fortune · Jun 2, 2025

Welcome to the Fortune 500's 71st annual edition

Also: China accuses U.S. of violating trade truce, law firms punished for appeasing Trump, and IBM’s new path ahead.

Fortune · May 28, 2025

The Fortune 500 in 1972: 116 consumer products in one beautiful collage

Everything, everywhere, all at once.

Fortune · Feb 28, 2025

Meet the 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies with over $228 billion in combined revenues

Black CEOs represent 1.6% of the largest U.S. corporations.

Fortune · Jan 8, 2025

The Fortune 500 has two new female CEOs—finally pushing that milestone above 11%

There are now 58 women running Fortune 500 companies.

Fortune · Oct 21, 2024

CVS ousts CEO Karen Lynch

CVS CEO Karen Lynch lost her job in a surprise ouster on Friday.

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