Glassdoor announced the winners of its 10th annual Employees' Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work in 2018. Winners are determined entirely on feedback provided by the employees. Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor, breaks down the the companies that topped this year's list.
Facebook grabbed the number one spot for the third time. Hohman explains what is it about Facebook's culture that puts it in the top spot once again.
Although there were plenty of familiar faces that reappeared on the list, 40 newcomers found their way onto it this year, including Blizzard Entertainment and Adidas. Only Bain & Company, Google, and Apple made the list for the 10th consecutive year.
Oracle soars as it cashes in on the AI boom, Plus: Starbucks shares continue to fall under its new CEO, and does anybody actually want a new iPhone Air?
Swedish buy now, pay later company Klarna is making its highly anticipated public debut on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year. The offering priced at $40 Tuesday, above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share, valuing the company at more than $15 billion. The valuation easily makes Klarna one of the biggest IPOs so far in 2025, which has been one of the busier years for companies going public. Other popular IPOs so far this year include the design software company Figma and Circle Internet Group, which issues the USDC stablecoin..
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison wrested the title of the world’s richest man from longtime holder Elon Musk early Wednesday as stock in his software giant rocketed more than a third in a stunning few minutes of trading. That is according to wealth tracker Bloomberg. A college dropout, the 81-year-old Ellison is now worth $393 billion, Bloomberg says, several billion more than Musk, who had been the world’s richest for four years. The switch in the ranking came after a blockbuster earnings report from Oracle. Forbes still has Musk as the richest, however, valuing his private businesses much higher.
