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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Why More CEOs Are Leaving Their Jobs

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

CEOs are leaving in record numbers— but some lower-level managers s ay they don’t want the headache that comes with the job. Wall Street Journal reporter Callum Borchers joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about what happens when companies can’t fill the C-suite. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here's your money briefing for Friday, May 2nd. I'm Julia Carpenter for the Wall Street Journal.

0:14.3

CEOs are leaving in record numbers. And once upon a time, there would have been tons of execs in training vying for the

0:22.4

top job. But these days, some managers say they don't want the headaches, pressure, and work

0:28.6

that come with it. A lot of executives tell me they feel like they can't please anyone. They're

0:33.1

always doing too much or too little, depending on whom you ask. And our culture has become a little less

0:38.4

work obsessed in recent years. That bleeds into the C-suite as well. So what are companies doing

0:43.9

to fix this broken talent pipeline? We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Callum Borshers

0:49.2

about the trickle-down effects of the CEO Exodus. That's after the break.

0:57.7

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1:01.5

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1:05.3

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1:08.6

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1:09.4

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1:12.0

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1:13.7

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1:20.4

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1:25.3

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1:34.5

Last year, 373 public company chief executives left their positions, according to Challenger,

1:41.1

Gray and Christmas, a firm that tracks executive departures.

1:44.6

But what does that mean for the rest of us?

1:47.7

Wall Street Journal reporter Callum Borshers joins me.

1:50.8

So, Callum, I first want to ask, when we say these former CEOs left, do we mean they

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