Fortune named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its next CEO on Tuesday, making her the first woman to lead the 95-year-old business publication.
She takes over from Alan Murray, who announced in October that he would step down in 2024 after nearly 10 years at Fortune. Nyrkovskaya has been the chief financial officer and chief strategy officer since 2019.
In an interview, Nyrkovskaya said Fortune was profitable and had added more than 130 positions in the past 12 months across the editorial and business sides. The newsroom has doubled in size since 2021, she said. The company now has about 360 workers, including just over 100 in the newsroom.
“It’s a huge bet for us, especially in the current environment,” she said. “We’re building up a lot.”
Nyrkovskaya, 47, who was born outside Moscow and studied there, previously worked at NBCUniversal, Birchbox, XpresSpa and KPMG. Fortune appointed her as CEO two-and-a-half years after hiring its first female editor-in-chief, Alyson Shontell.
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