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Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Costco Wholesale Industry: Retail

Rising from part-time forklift driver to CEO, Ron Vachris embodies Costco’ s ethos of ground-up leadership. Steering the retail giant with operational expertise, he prioritises workforce loyalty and unmatched member value. Ron proves that deep industry roots, relentless focus and frontline grit remain retail’ s ultimate secret weapon.

Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: RTX Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Chris Calio was appointed RTX’ s CEO in 2024, rising from Pratt & Whitney’ s legal desk to lead an $ 80 billion aerospace empire of jets, missiles and engines and 185,000 people worldwide. He has spent two decades at the company, steadily shaping its engineering ambitions from within, having also served as chief operating officer.

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