From Croatia to the C-Suite: Silvija Martincevic’s secret to success

Silvija Martincevic grew up in Croatia. Her truck driver father and her shoemaker mother sent her to the US with $400 in her pocket. Fast-forward to 2021, and Martincevic would lead the US buy now, pay later fintech, Affirm, to its US$24 billion IPO. After a six-month career hiatus, she joined the Australian HR software platform, Deputy, as CEO.  

Warner Bros Discovery’s stock tanks to record low

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery slid Friday to their lowest level ever, even after the HBO and CNN parent’s streaming unit became the first major streamer aside from Netflix to record a profitable year on record, exemplifying the struggles of legacy media companies to return shareholder value in the era of streaming.