The cost of executive blunders

It’s a common trope in Big Tech: an iconic CEO, interchangable with the brand itself. Jobs and Apple, Zuckerberg and Meta, Altman and OpenAI. Nvidia is no exception — its leather jacket-clad CEO Jensen Huang has superstar status among Silicon Valley elites. So what happens when that image is shattered? In this episode, celebrity CEOs come with steep consequences for a business and its investors. Plus: Mortgage rates decline modestly in the wake of the midterms and young consumers give new meaning to “Made in China” labels.

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Read the stories in today’s episode:

• Charismatic CEOs can be a huge asset — until they’re not
• Mortgage rates are down sharply since mid-October
• Rising costs pushed this candy company owner to sell
• “Made in China” doesn’t mean what it used to
• Disability made her leave her job, but a business opportunity waited on the other side