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She detasseled corn for $1 an hour at 14. Now she’s Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec—and says being an immigrant’s daughter made her a natural ‘first’

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She detasseled corn for $1 an hour at 14. Now she’s Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec—and says being an immigrant’s daughter made her a natural ‘first’

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Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim had no AI pedigree—she started out with a $1 cornfield job, immigrant parents,...

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Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking

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Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking

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Jason Kidd, COO of the $46 billion fast-casual chain, is looking to promote talent with four key...

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U.S. Polo Assn. CEO was told he wasn’t right for a promotion—so he ‘outworked’ anyone else who wanted the job for 6 months straight

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U.S. Polo Assn. CEO was told he wasn’t right for a promotion—so he ‘outworked’ anyone else who wanted the job for 6 months straight

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US Polo Assn. CEO J. Michael Prince grinded 90-hour weeks, sometimes pulling all-nighters to prove himself when...

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Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO

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Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO

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$7.2 billion AI founder Arvind Jain ‘observed’ Sundar Pichai at Google for years before he became CEO—he...

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Meet the CEO of US Polo Assn: He grew up in one of America’s poorest regions and now hosts Prince William and runs a $2.7 billion brand

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Meet the CEO of US Polo Assn: He grew up in one of America’s poorest regions and now hosts Prince William and runs a $2.7 billion brand

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The US Polo Assn. CEO studied accounting when millennials and boomers were abandoning it—and it opened the...

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Meryl Streep says she was ‘ready to retire’ when the call for ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ came—so she demanded they double her salary or nothing

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Meryl Streep says she was ‘ready to retire’ when the call for ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ came—so she demanded they double her salary or nothing

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Meryl Streep says she was low-balled when offered the role of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears...

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Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs

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Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs

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Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z: 'If you can finish everything before you go to...

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