Corner Office

David Gelles interviews today’s entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders. More

David Gelles writes the Corner Office column and other features for The New York Times’s Sunday Business section, and works with the Well team to expand The Times's coverage of meditation.

A reporter for The Times since 2013, Mr. Gelles has written about mergers and acquisitions, media, technology and more for the paper. Before joining the Times, he was a reporter for the Financial Times in New York and San Francisco. While at the FT, he conducted an exclusive jailhouse interview with Bernard L. Madoff.

Mr. Gelles is the author of "Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business From the Inside Out," which was published in 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and at Boston University.

Highlights

‘I Know What the End of the World Looks Like’
The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity.
By David Gelles
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Why the C.E.O. Behind Match.com and Tinder Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law
Shar Dubey runs some of the world’s most popular online dating sites. A restrictive new law prompted her to speak out.
By David Gelles
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The Patagonia C.E.O.’s Mission: ‘Save Our Home Planet’
Ryan Gellert is worried about the world his children will inherit and is trying to use business to combat climate change.
By David Gelles
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Once a Warrior, Then a Nonprofit Leader, Now an Entrepreneur
Jake Wood was a Marine sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he works in the philanthropic sector and is “leading with love.”
By David Gelles
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Kay Koplovitz Wants to See More Entrepreneurs Who Look Like Her
Once the most powerful woman in television, the founder of Springboard has spent the past 20 years identifying and funding female-led start-ups.
By Sarah Kessler
How Walmart’s Donna Morris Manages the Largest Work Force in America
With 1.6 million U.S. employees under her watch, the company’s chief people officer faced a unique challenge just weeks into her new job: a pandemic.
By Jordyn Holman
How to Win More Games Than Anyone
At 70, Tara VanDerveer will soon be the most successful college basketball coach of all time. She believes in experimentation, asking for help, and the art of the controlled meltdown.
By Glenn Kramon
‘The Moat That We Have to Protect’: The RealReal’s C.E.O. on Reviving the Brand
The one-time Wall Street darling has lost 92 percent of its stock value since its I.P.O. Can the former tire and power tool executive reclaim the luxury goods site’s luster?
By Jordyn Holman
An Optimist at the Helm of IBM
Arvind Krishna is trying to stay in touch with the company’s roots as he confronts today’s challenges.
By David Gelles
How Panera Bread Navigated Covid, the Labor Market, Inflation and More
Niren Chaudhary took over as C.E.O. just before the pandemic. He now has the company focused on climate change.
By David Gelles
The C.E.O. of a Running Company Who Can No Longer Run
Jim Weber, the chief executive of Brooks Running, was a devoted distance runner. Then came cancer.
By David Gelles
The GoFundMe C.E.O. Wants You to Ask: ‘How Can I Help?’
Tim Cadogan helps people raise money for disaster relief and other causes. Just don’t call it a substitute for the social safety net.
By David Gelles
At the Sierra Club, a Focus on Race, Gender and the Environment, Too
A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role.
By David Gelles
Executives Are Quitting to Spend Time With Family … Really
At the highest levels of corporate America, top executives are reassessing the role of work in their lives, stepping back and walking away.
By David Gelles