Phil Wahba
Phil Wahba is a senior writer at Fortune primarily focused on leadership coverage, with a prior focus on retail. His award-winning features include profiles of CEOs at J.C. Penney and Kohl’s and an examination of how private equity transformed the retail sector. Phil joined Fortune in 2014 from Reuters, where over the course of six years, he covered retail, corporate bankruptcies, the stock exchanges, and wrote a weekly column about IPOs. He has also worked as a trade commissioner in New York for the Canadian government. He holds a B.Comm from HEC Montréal and an MBA from the University of Ottawa. In 2007, he graduated from Columbia University with a Masters in Journalism. He is also a CFA charter holder. In addition to his native French and English, Phil speaks Danish, Spanish, and German. He has run a marathon in every U.S. state.
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Former Nike CEO John Donahoe’s downfall is a brutal lesson in corporate leadership
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Gap Inc. was careening toward retail irrelevance. Then it hired the Barbie brand’s savior
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REI has hemorrhaged money for two years in a row. Now employees fear its famed outdoor-nerd culture is at risk
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How the CEO who saved Chipotle could turn around struggling Starbucks
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What Fortune 500 CEOs could expect from a Kamala Harris administration
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Apparel giant VF dumps Supreme after $2 billion acquisition in a cautionary tale of tragically hip dealmaking
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Elon Musk and Bill Ackman quickly endorsed Trump after his assassination attempt, but expect most CEOs to stay out of the fray
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Costco’s new outsider CFO makes a splash with the first membership fee increase in 7 years
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Tractor Supply’s DEI reversal to appease right-wing critics could fracture its surprisingly diverse ‘exurban’ customer base
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Whole Foods is cutting prices and ditching its ‘Whole Paycheck’ aura to appeal to inflation-weary shoppers
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Nike’s CEO is under pressure to innovate as market cap falls by $24 billion
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Virgin Atlantic’s CEO says he received complaints about the airline’s tattoo policy—and he doesn’t care: ‘Society will catch up’
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