Maria Gourtsilidou

Maria Gourtsilidou is Senior Editor of Research and Data Analytics at the CEOWORLD magazine. She is responsible for driving thought leadership, using data analytics to showcase the company’s products and services, and fostering knowledge sharing between CEOWORLD magazine and client organizations. She studied Public Administration (Economics Of The Public Sector) in Greece and holds a Bachelor’s in Public Administration from the Panteion University of Political & Social Studies. Follow Maria Gourtsilidou on Twitter. Write at maria-gourtsilidou@ceoworld.biz.

Tech and Innovation

Top 10 Steve Job quotes that will inspire you to live the life you want

Tech and InnovationMaria Gourtsilidou

Steve Jobs, chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple died in 2011. Until the end of his life he was an inspiration but also an example for many people. At a young age he left the college where he was studying because he thought that it did not give him the...

CEO Insights

Boost For The Economy: Customers Are Expected To Increase Spending As Vaccination Increases (New Global Survey)

CEO InsightsMaria Gourtsilidou

A new survey conducted by SAS shows that customers intend to increase their spending as vaccination rates are improving. Participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire in August 2020 in a number of markets around the world (Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South...

CEO Spotlight

Executive Profile: Leadership lessons from CEO of Accor Group, Sebastien Bazin

CEO SpotlightMaria Gourtsilidou

Sebastien Bazin never dreamed of being a CEO. But he had decided not to go and work with his father at the family real estate business. He just wanted to be independent in his life. Sebastien Bazin, CEO of Accor Group – a leader in the hospitality sector- shared in...

CEO Insights

Americans are eager to travel putting COVID-19 behind them

CEO InsightsMaria Gourtsilidou

Three out of four US adults plan to travel at least once in the next six months according to new research and its insights which show that Americans’ feelings about travel have changed. MMGY Travel Intelligence has released the 2021 “Summer Edition” conducted in June 2021. The last findings in...

Executive Insider

Most European CFOs are optimistic about post-pandemic era (new survey 2021)

Executive InsiderMaria Gourtsilidou

A great sense of optimism is diffuse between CFOs across Europe according to Deloitte's thirteenth edition of the "European CFO Survey: Spring 2021". More specifically, in every country and sector surveyed more CFOs feel more optimistic about their company’s financial prospects giving a positive net balance that is at its...

Lifestyle and Travel

How much sleep successful CEOs get?

Lifestyle and TravelMaria Gourtsilidou

Most people say that waking up extremely early in the morning is the key to success. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), gets up at 4:30 every morning. He goes to bed around 9.30 pm. In total, he sleeps 7 hours every day. But why does he get up...

CEO Briefing

Top 10 countries where people think of travelling more sustainably in the future

CEO BriefingMaria Gourtsilidou

Sustainable tourism is evolving in a new trend, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic came into our lives. Booking.com has published the Travel Report Sustainability for 2021 using as a sample 30,000 people from 30 different countries and approximately 3,000 hospitality providers from Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece,...

Tech and Innovation

Naguib Sawiris: The Egyptian billionaire tycoon who started real estate investments in Mykonos island-Greece

Tech and InnovationMaria Gourtsilidou

Naguib Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire is the chairman and CEO of Orascom Investment Holding SAE with headquarters in Egypt. The company first started its operation in 1977 as an IT and telecom leader. Recently after a rebranding expanded its activities to many other business sectors such as constructions, mobile communications,...

CEO Briefing

Why successful CEOs never take vacation?

CEO BriefingMaria Gourtsilidou

It is true that CEOs work long hours and don't have much free time. Harvard University conducted a survey some years ago concluding that CEOs work almost 9.7 hours per day, which totals 48.5 hours per workweek. The majority of them also work on weekends. On average most CEOs work...

Lifestyle and Travel

The Private Islands Owned By Well-Known CEOs

Lifestyle and TravelMaria Gourtsilidou

Whether it may be considered as a trend or a need for privacy, many successful CEOs own idyllic islands with luxury amenities and places of indoor or outdoor activities. Let's see which private islands are owned by famous CEOS. Necker Island: As soon as Richard Branson heard in 1978 that...

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