Geoff Colvin

Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and writer for Fortune, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. He is heard daily on the CBS Radio Network, where he has made over 15,000 broadcasts and reaches seven million listeners each week. He is the author of three books. A native of Vermillion, South Dakota, Geoff is an honors graduate of Harvard with a degree in economics and has an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 19: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, a Trump confidante, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Finance

Elon Musk wants to gut the government like he did at Twitter. But his private sector strategies are going to be tested at DOGE

BYGeoff Colvin

Fortune Global Forum 2024 Tuesday, November 12, 2024 New York, NY 2:25–2:55 PM TRUST AND TEAMWORK: A CEO PLAYBOOK In this exclusive closing conversation, football legend Tom Brady and Harvard Business School professor and leadership expert, Nitin Nohria, will discuss a key set of principles that business leaders can apply to help teams work together toward common goals–from creating a “culture of 100% effort” to recognizing unsung heroes and identifying motivational levers. As business leaders themselves, they also have unique insights on the trends that are shaping the world of business (and sports) today. Whether on the field or factory floor, in the classroom or the office, they’ll share why trust and teamwork is the secret to winning the game. Tom Brady, Seven-Time World Champion and Entrepreneur Nitin Nohria, Executive Chairman, Thrive Capital In conversation with: Alyson Shontell, Fortune Photograph by Rebecca Greenfield for Fortune

Leadership

Tom Brady schooled an auditorium full of CEOs on how to unlock greatness, even if you’re not a natural star

BYGeoff Colvin

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With one day left before the general election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Leadership

Trump’s first year as President initially looked like a home run for business. Then things got complicated

BYGeoff Colvin

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – 2023/06/01: Jensen Huang, President of NVIDIA holding the Grace hopper superchip CPU used for generative AI at supermicro keynote presentation during the COMPUTEX 2023. The COMPUTEX 2023 runs from 30 May to 02 June 2023 and gathers over 1,000 exhibitors from 26 different countries with 3000 booths to display their latest products and to sign orders with foreign buyers. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Finance

Nvidia’s stock performance has been ‘staggering.’ But recent buyers of the stock are taking a far greater risk than they realize

BYGeoff Colvin

A private jet is shown parked on the tarmac at the Sugar Land Regional Airport Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Sugar Land. There has been an increase in private jet use in Houston and around the country. Sugar Land airport is one of the airports where corporations and millionaires fly from in the Houston area. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Leadership

9.5% of CEOs are ‘Supercommuters.’ But they tend to underperform—especially if they own a boat or live near a golf course

BYGeoff Colvin

A pedestrian walks into a CVS Pharmacy in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2022. CVS Health said they had agreed to pay approximately $5 billion over 10 years to “resolve all opioid lawsuits and claims” against them by states and cities. Walgreens and Walmart have also agreed to settlements of at least $4 billion and $3 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Leadership

There’s a new power player at CVS after Karen Lynch’s dismissal—but he’s not CEO

BYGeoff Colvin

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 23: CEO of Intel Corporation Pat Gelsinger holds up a semiconductor as he testifies during a hearing before Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Developing Next Generation Technology for Innovation.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Leadership

The creator of Moore’s law said it couldn’t ‘continue forever’—and would be astounded by the chips Intel and its competitors are making now

BYGeoff Colvin

Leadership

An $803 billion company most people have never heard of just knocked Tesla out of the Magnificent 7

BYGeoff Colvin

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks behind a podium at the Democratic National Convention.

Magazine

What businesses can expect in a Kamala Harris presidency

BYGeoff Colvin

Leadership

Those calling Intel a company in decline are missing the point entirely—it’s now a corporate actor on the geopolitical stage

BYGeoff Colvin

The United States Steel Corp. Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. United States Steel Corp. faces the prospect of being broken apart and sold in parts if Nippon Steel Corp.’s $14.1 billion takeover fails. Photographer: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Leadership

Geoff Colvin

Elon Musk wants to gut the government like he did at Twitter. But his private sector strategies are going to be tested at DOGE

Tom Brady schooled an auditorium full of CEOs on how to unlock greatness, even if you’re not a natural star

Trump’s first year as President initially looked like a home run for business. Then things got complicated

Nvidia’s stock performance has been ‘staggering.’ But recent buyers of the stock are taking a far greater risk than they realize

9.5% of CEOs are ‘Supercommuters.’ But they tend to underperform—especially if they own a boat or live near a golf course

There’s a new power player at CVS after Karen Lynch’s dismissal—but he’s not CEO

The creator of Moore’s law said it couldn’t ‘continue forever’—and would be astounded by the chips Intel and its competitors are making now

An $803 billion company most people have never heard of just knocked Tesla out of the Magnificent 7

What businesses can expect in a Kamala Harris presidency

Those calling Intel a company in decline are missing the point entirely—it’s now a corporate actor on the geopolitical stage

How U.S. Steel’s long, painful decline turned into a political lightning rod

The 5 most important economic questions CEOs still have for Harris and Trump

Is ‘founder mode’ or ‘manager mode’ better? Here’s what the 22 Fortune 500 companies still run by founders show

Nvidia’s incredible rise has been powered by 3 crucial but overlooked factors

Southwest Airlines is under attack—and it’s something founder Herb Kelleher always worried about