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Ruth Umoh

Ruth Umoh is the Leadership editor at Fortune and the author of the weekly Next to Lead newsletter, a look into the rising stars of the corporate world.

Newsletters Fortune Archives: How McKinsey stays on top

By Ruth UmohOctober 12, 2025

Newsletters McKinsey alumni dominate the Fortune 500 corner office. Meet the women who broke through

By Ruth UmohOctober 8, 2025

Can this 36-year-old former investment banker save Red Lobster? Inside Damola Adamolekun’s plan for the greatest comeback story in dining

Magazine Can this 36-year-old former investment banker save Red Lobster? Inside Damola Adamolekun’s plan for the greatest comeback story in dining

By Ruth UmohOctober 8, 2025

Julia White, the red-headed CMO of AWS, speaks into a podcast microphone at Amazon's studio.

C-Suite How AWS’s CMO plans to turn marketing into a measurable revenue engine

By Ruth UmohOctober 6, 2025

elon musk on stage in front of Tesla signage in red letters

Newsletters What happens when C-suite pay becomes all or nothing

By Ruth UmohOctober 6, 2025

Newsletters The consulting giant that creates more Fortune 500 chiefs than anyone else

By Ruth UmohOctober 1, 2025

Newsletters Want to be CEO? These 5 employers give you the best shot

By Ruth UmohSeptember 29, 2025

C-Suite The Wayfair exec who thinks physical stores are key to winning the e-commerce furniture game

By Ruth UmohSeptember 29, 2025

Magazine The McKinsey CEO pipeline: How the consulting giant built an empire of influence and filled the world’s corner offices with its alumni

By Ruth UmohSeptember 25, 2025

Man looking down at three multicolored arrow paths spreading before him

Newsletters Why cognitive empathy is the secret weapon that sharpens executive decision-making

By Ruth UmohSeptember 22, 2025

C-Suite How an openness to risk positioned one executive to ride the biggest wealth wave in history

By Ruth UmohSeptember 22, 2025

Newsletters Why ServiceNow’s CFO says the fastest way up is to hire your successor

By Ruth UmohSeptember 15, 2025

Newsletters Progressive’s CEO on how paranoia and a ‘surgical focus’ grew the insurer into a $75B giant

By Ruth UmohSeptember 8, 2025

Newsletters Red Lobster’s CEO on weighing the risks and rewards of a turnaround role

By Ruth UmohAugust 25, 2025

Newsletters Target’s CEO succession tilts toward an insider and company lifer

By Ruth UmohAugust 18, 2025

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