CEOs run companies from afar while workers return to HQ

By Lily Meier
Published 3 Min Read

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For Starbucks, its primary home is Seattle.

Yet its freshly minted chief executive officer isn’t living in the same city or even state as its headquarters — an emerging trend of top leaders living a plane ride away at a time when many employees are seeing less flexibility than before.

Lily Meier

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