Why More CEOs Are Leaving Their Jobs

为什么越来越多的首席执行官选择离职

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2025-05-02

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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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  • Here's your Money Briefing for Friday, May 2nd.

  • I'm Julia Carpenter for The Wall Street Journal.

  • CEOs are leaving in record numbers.

  • And once upon a time, there would have been tons of execs in training vying for the top job.

  • But these days, some managers say they don't want the headaches,

  • pressure, and work that come with it.

  • A lot of executives tell me they feel like they can't please anyone.

  • They're always doing too much or too little, depending on whom you ask.

  • And our culture has become a little less work-obsessed in recent years.

  • That bleeds into the C-suite as well.

  • So what are companies doing to fix this broken talent pipeline?

  • We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Callum Borschers about the trickle-down effects of this CEO exodus.

  • That's after the break.

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  • Last year, 373 public company chief executives left their positions,

  • according to challenger Gray and Christmas, a firm that tracks executive departures.

  • But what does that mean for the rest of us?