This CEO said no to a 15-year wait for his dream job. He took the fast track instead: ‘I don’t have that much time’

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This CEO said no to a 15-year wait for his dream job. He took the fast track instead: ‘I don’t have that much time’

fortune.com/2025/05/12/ceo-cfo-succession-planning-gen-digital

The path to the C-suite often follows a familiar blueprint. For Gen Digital CEO Vincent Pilette, it was anything but. Pilette says he never had CEO aspirations, much preferring the role of CFO. So he did what few would: Early in his career as a financial analyst at a Fortune 500 IT…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-12 10:48:01.