Sentence examples for executive has transformed from inspiring English sources

The 54-year-old Liverpudlian, who announced on June 8th that he would retire next year after a lifetime at the company and 14 years as chief executive, has transformed the once down-at-heel British grocery chain into the world's third-largest retailer, behind America's Wal-Mart and France's Carrefour.

Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive, has transformed Pearson from a disparate conglomerate into a focused publishing company which counts among its assets the world's leading education company, the most powerful brand in consumer publishing and the best truly international business newspaper.

Since taking the reigns in 2004, the London-born executive has transformed the channel from a home for bland family fare and reruns to a destination for original series television.

In Costolo's five years as chief executive, Twitter has transformed from a private company with 300 staff valued at $3.7bn to a public company with 3,900 employees valued at $23.5bn.

Mark Shapiro, the outspoken executive who has transformed the programming and production of ESPN, is considering a job offer from Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins, according to three television executives who did not want to be identified because the deal had not been completed.

Allergan Chief Executive David Pyott has transformed a sleepy maker of eye-care products into a fast-growing company known for products that are synonymous with the American quest for beauty and youth: Botox and silicone breast implants.

A recluse with a premature stoop but a visionary among chief executives, he has transformed Samsung from a cheap imitator of Japanese electronics into an empire that gives Sony, Nokia and Philips a good run for their money, marketing cellphones, computers and television sets.

"I have the greatest admiration for Tony Hayward – for what he has done as chief executive, how he has transformed the company and his unwavering dedication to ensure BP met it commitments to the people of the US Gulf coast," he said.

Bloomberg followed up with a powerful article about how Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan, has transformed the sleepy chief investment office, which takes care of the bank's treasury operation, into a unit that hires former hedge fund portfolio managers and slings around giant sums of money in what walks and quacks like prop trading.

But the action against the two executives, he added, has transformed the accounting investigation into a factor that affects the company's future.

Calling himself a big fish in a small pond, Kenny Yap, chief executive of Qian Hu Corporation, has transformed his business over the past 20 years from near bankruptcy to one of the world's leading exporters of ornamental fish.