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Beth Kowitt
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Beth Kowitt is former a senior editor at Fortune, where she wrote features primarily on management and leadership issues, the business of food, consumer behavior, sustainability, and race and gender. Her writing received multiple awards, including several SABEW Best in Business and New York Press Club honors. She also co-edited Fortune's annual Most Powerful Women franchise and was a co-chair of Fortune's's Most Powerful Women Summit, MPW Next Gen, and the Fortune's/U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. Beth, who joined Fortune's in 2008, is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New York City with her children and husband, photographerKarsten Moran.

The women behind #MeToo, 5 years later: Tarana Burke, Ellen Pao, and Gretchen Carlson on what has and hasn’t changed
MagazineThe women behind #MeToo, 5 years later: Tarana Burke, Ellen Pao, and Gretchen Carlson on what has and hasn’t changed
By Maria Aspan, Erika Fry, Emma Hinchliffe and Beth KowittOctober 5, 2022
Meet Fortune’s 2022 Most Powerful Women in Business
NewslettersMeet Fortune’s 2022 Most Powerful Women in Business
By Paige McGlauflin and Beth KowittOctober 4, 2022
Daily Harvest’s vegan frozen meals saved women time. Then the $1.1 billion startup’s food safety debacle broke their trust
NewslettersDaily Harvest’s vegan frozen meals saved women time. Then the $1.1 billion startup’s food safety debacle broke their trust
By Emma Hinchliffe and Beth KowittAugust 16, 2022
The vomiting, diarrhea, and gallbladder surgeries were bad enough. Daily Harvest’s alleged food poisoning victims say the startup’s response made things worse
FeaturesThe vomiting, diarrhea, and gallbladder surgeries were bad enough. Daily Harvest’s alleged food poisoning victims say the startup’s response made things worse
By Beth KowittAugust 13, 2022
Exclusive: Daily Harvest is latest startup to announce layoffs
RetailExclusive: Daily Harvest is latest startup to announce layoffs
By Beth KowittAugust 8, 2022
The uncertain future of fertility treatment is an ‘unintended consequence’ of the reversal of Roe
NewslettersThe uncertain future of fertility treatment is an ‘unintended consequence’ of the reversal of Roe
By Paige McGlauflin and Beth KowittJune 30, 2022
An embryologist points to an Ovocyte after it was inseminated at the Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine, in Reston, Virginia.
Features‘If you can move them, move them’: Fertility experts say the end of Roe raises huge questions about the fate of frozen embryos in red states
By Beth KowittJune 24, 2022
Meet Google’s chief people officer, who is implementing one of the most challenging return-to-office plans ever attempted
LeadershipMeet Google’s chief people officer, who is implementing one of the most challenging return-to-office plans ever attempted
By Beth KowittMay 24, 2022
See Google’s futuristic new 1.1 million square-foot Bay View campus
TechSee Google’s futuristic new 1.1 million square-foot Bay View campus
By Alex Scimecca and Beth KowittMay 17, 2022
Inside Google’s push to nail hybrid work and bring its 165,000-person workforce back to the office part-time
MagazineInside Google’s push to nail hybrid work and bring its 165,000-person workforce back to the office part-time
By Beth KowittMay 17, 2022
Shoppers are obsessed with Publix and Wegmans. Here’s what it’s really like to work there.
MagazineShoppers are obsessed with Publix and Wegmans. Here’s what it’s really like to work there.
By Beth KowittApril 11, 2022
An outstretched arm holding a brown paper bag
RetailWhat the hell is everyone eating for lunch?
By Beth KowittFebruary 22, 2022
The founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse caught COVID. 4 months later, he died by suicide. Family and colleagues detail his final days and legacy
MagazineThe founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse caught COVID. 4 months later, he died by suicide. Family and colleagues detail his final days and legacy
By Beth KowittJanuary 28, 2022
Former CEO Steve Easterbrook is paying McDonald's back $105 million to settle lawsuit.
RetailFormer McDonald’s CEO pays back $105 million to settle lawsuit alleging he concealed sexual relationships with employees
By Beth KowittDecember 16, 2021
TripActions' Shaka Senghor says we might be in the same storm but we're not all on the same boat.
ConferencesRemote work was supposed to be the great equalizer. The reality? Not so much
By Beth KowittDecember 7, 2021
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