Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) executive, Jospeph Gentile, was a former executive of the Lehman Brothers’ Global Investment Bank prior to the bank’s public collapse in 2008. Prior to joining SV...
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DocuSign stock falls despite results beating estimates, as CFO exit announced
DocuSign Inc. DOCU, -1.90% shares fell about 3% after hours, after falling less than 2% in the regular session to close at $64.41 on Thursday, despite beating Wall Street estimates for its results and...
The DNA Of A Growth CFO
Some companies need wholesale transformation. As part of a multi-step process. CEOs often need help identifying the right options for their firm to continue. getty Fast-paced and risk-intensive enviro...
The Talk The Supply Chain Leader Needs To Have With Their CFO
Supply chain disruption continues. While many might point to the improvements in ocean freight and declare that supply chains are back to normal, nothing could be further from the truth. BAYONNE, NEW ...
Argo Blockchain Loses Its CEO And Interim Chair Peter Wall Shortly After CFO
Argo Blockchain Plc’s (NASDAQ: ARBK) Peter Wall stepped down as CEO and Interim Chair to pursue other opportunities. Argo prepared to engage an executive search firm to hire the CEO’s succ...
Argo Blockchain CEO Follows CFO in Stepping Down
The leading cryptocurrency miner – Argo Blockchain – announced that its CEO Peter Wall will step down from his post. The company lost its CFO – Alex Appleton – less than a week ago. Another Argo Exec...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CFO David Zinsner Buy Up Stock
Two of Intel ‘s top executives just bought up shares of the chip maker on the open market after the company issued disappointing guidance. They’ve done it before. Intel (ticker: INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinge...
Another Crypto Exec Leaves: Argo Blockchain’s CFO Resigns
One of the leading bitcoin miners – Argo Blockchain – announced that its CFO and Executive Director Alex Appleton resigned from his position. Several other crypto (or related) executives have abandone...
Celsius failed to report $800 million in losses as CFO flagged ‘possibly illegal’ behavior
Crypto lender Celsius operated a riskier business than advertised and failed to report hundreds of millions in losses, all while CEO Alex Mashinsky cashed out more than $68 million, according to a cou...
Gemini Exchange Gets New CFO: Tyler Skelton
The cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, Gemini Trust Company LLC, is run by the Winklevoss brothers. Theymade news by hiring a fintech veteran, Tyler Skelton, as their new head of finance or CFO, a...
Hear from CFO, Jo Merrill and Executive Chairman of the Board, Scott Demerau of Falcon’s Beyond Live at ICR Conference
IPO Edge hosted a fireside chat at the 2023 ICR Conference with Falcon’s Beyond CFO, Jo Merrill and Executive Chairman of the Board, Scott Demerau. The in-person interview featured was joined by IPO E...
Hear from Sharon John, President & CEO and Voin Todorovic, CFO of Build-a-bear Live at ICR Conferenc
IPO Edge hosted a fireside chat at the 2023 ICR Conference with Sharon John, President & CEO and Voin Todorovic, CFO of Build-A-Bear. The in-person interview was joined by IPO Edge Editor-in-Chief...
AMD poaches Marvell’s Jean Hu for CFO slot as Devinder Kumar retires
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said late Wednesday that financial chief Devinder Kumar was retiring and that Marvell Technology Inc.’s Jean Hu would take his place. Marvell MRVL, +3.81% announced that Hu...
Walgreens may have overstated theft concerns, CFO says
Anti-theft locked beauty products with customer service button at Walgreens pharmacy, Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson | Universal Images Group | Getty Images A top Walgreens executive on Thursday ...
SEC Charges Former African Gold Acquisition Corp CFO for Setting up $5M Fraud Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of African Gold Acquisition Corp, Cooper J. Morgenthau, with spearheading a $5 million fraud scheme...
Former SPAC CFO Pleads Guilty To Funds Misappropriation To Trade Crypto
Going by the name Cooper Morgenthau, the former chief financial officer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in front of the U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan federal court. ...
SEC files charges against CFO who embezzled money to invest in crypto
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against a CFO who embezzled funds to invest in crypto, according to a Jan. 3 press release. The accused — Cooper J. Morgenthau — ser...
A Crypto Holiday Special: Past, Present, And Future With Ex-Binance CFO Wei Zhou
2022 is coming to an end, and our staff at Bitcoinist decided to launch this Crypto Holiday Special to provide some perspective on the crypto industry. We will talk with multiple guests to understand ...
Investor Mike Alfred claims Binance has no CFO, in talks with W. Buffett’s firm for funding
Value investor and Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiast Mike Alfred has recently made a number of (so far unconfirmed) claims about the crypto trading platform Binance, including that it has a ‘decentralized’ chi...
Latest news about Binance and its former CFO
The latest news regarding the exchange platform Binance is not causing too many smiles. According to the Reuters report, it appears that the platform’s former Chief Financial Officer, Wei Zhou, did no...
Revolut’s CFO remains confident in crypto push despite falling trading volumes
Revolut’s chief financial officer, Mikko Salovaara, remains confident about the future of crypto on the fintech giant’s financial super-app, even while trading volumes falter and some of i...
GE is splitting into three parts. The CFO of its Healthcare unit outlines his strategy for 2023
Good morning, “I’ve been with GE Healthcare now for two years,” CFO Helmut Zodl tells me. “And really my motivation to come here was to prepare the company and do the spinoff.” So attending GE H...
CMS Energy CFO Rejii Hayes: The C-Suite Interview
Rejii Hayes often shows up on top CFO lists as a strategic leader who’s adept at doing deals, managing multiple stakeholders and driving growth. Recruiters say he’s shown leadership during...
Former CFO Of Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Steps Into The Airport Convenience Space
Kevin Gotthard: “It is exciting to join at this point of phenomenal growth.” WHSmith WHSmith, a global retailer of news, books, and convenience items, has hired the former chief financial officer of l...
Snowflake stock drops after sales forecast that CFO admits is ‘conservative’
Shares of Snowflake Inc. fell more than 5% in after-hours trading Wednesday, when the data-software company’s executives announced quarterly revenue that topped expectations but came up shy with their...
The Disney CFO Who Raised Concerns About Bob Chapek Has Respect on the Street
Christine McCarthy, Walt Disney Co. ’s longtime finance chief, took an unusual step when she expressed a lack of confidence in the chief executive to directors of the entertainment giant. Finance chi...
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy is at the center of Bob Iger’s comeback plan
Good morning, As Bob Iger returns to Disney, the company’s longtime CFO Christine McCarthy, who has the ear of the board, will help usher in a strategic restructuring. Bob Chapek, who succeeded ...
As chip sales dry up, Nvidia CFO says spending on AI will save companies money
Nvidia Corp.’s financial chief reasons that the efficiencies businesses need are not from spending less money, but from spending more on technologies like artificial intelligence, even as chip sales d...