New CEOs are benefiting from a long Wall Street honeymoon
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Investors apparently like to see new faces in Corporate America's boardrooms.
The best-performing Dow stock so far in 2021 is Walgreens (WBA), which shook things up earlier this year by hiring Starbucks (SBUX) and Walmart (WMT) veteran Rosalind Brewer to be its new chief executive officer. (Former Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina is now executive chairman.) Shares are up about 32% this year. The top two stocks in the S&P 500 this year also have installed new CEOs within the last year: Victoria's Secret owner L Brands (LB), which is up 80%, and Gap (GPS), up nearly 70%.More Related News