One Hundred and Seventy-Five Days to a Name
Adobe's board took 175 days to name a successor to Shantanu Narayen. Anil Chakravarthy gets the job on December 1, with the stock down 18% in 2026.
Archive
Minus 1.6 Percent, Then 21.3 Million
Chewy's active customer count went backwards in 2023. Sumit Singh rebuilt it to 21.3 million while a Delaware court examined how the company's owner had built it.
The Director Who Crossed the Table
Srini Gopalan left T-Mobile's board to run its operations. Eight months later the board handed him the whole company - and the record of the man he replaced.
Record Earnings, Negative Cash
Sanjay Chowbey took over Kennametal in a down cycle and cut. Then tungsten exploded, handing him a record year on the income statement and a hole in the cash one.
Thirteen Thousand Six Hundred Miles
A cardiac surgeon who performed 1,400 robotic procedures in America went back to build a cheaper robot. The record he set in July is not the number that matters.
One Trillion Dollars, and a Vote of No Confidence
Voya's assets crossed a trillion dollars for the first time. Months later an activist asked shareholders to declare no confidence in its management. Santhosh Keshavan runs the machinery underneath.
Three Months Out of Dell, Then Two Committees
Vivek Mohindra spent two years telling governments AI governance cannot be bolted on. In July he joined the audit and compensation committees of a company selling AI to police.
Fourteen Days, Then a Fab Closed
Steve Sanghi handed over Microchip in 2021. Three years later the board asked him back at the bottom of a collapse - and gave him the word interim.
Beat the Quarter, Cut the Year
In August 2024 Elastic beat its own guidance and warned the year was already damaged by a sales reorganisation it had chosen itself. Two years later, a record quarter.
Three Hundred Billion, Then a Signature
In December 2009 Sanjiv Das signed a Citigroup unit out of the government's $300.7 billion loss guarantee. Seventeen years later he sells credit underwriting to the lenders.
Both Filings Say August 13
One board lost its chief executive on August 13. Another gained one the same day. Both were Raj Talluri. The seat he takes today stood open 274 days.
Minus 364, Then 843
Spirit AeroSystems lost $364 million at the operating line the year Sanjay Kapoor took over its finances. Five years later it made $843 million. Then he retired.
Four Days, Then the Whole Company
Jabil spent two years preparing a chief executive. He lasted eleven months. The board handed the company to its finance chief in four days - and he kept it.
Eight Losses, Then a Billion-Dollar Quarter
Bloom Energy lost money for eight straight years - $2.014 billion in all. On July 28, 2026, KR Sridhar reported a quarter that cleared a billion in revenue.