Phil Wahba is a senior writer at Fortune primarily focused on leadership coverage, with a prior focus on retail. His award-winning features include deep dives into how Costco does it, and profiles of CEOs at J.C. Penney and Kohl’s. Phil joined Fortune in 2014 from Reuters, where over the course of six years, he covered retail, corporate bankruptcies, the stock exchanges, and wrote a weekly column about IPOs. He has also worked as a trade commissioner in New York for the Canadian government. He holds a B.Comm from HEC Montréal and an MBA from the University of Ottawa. In 2007, he graduated from Columbia University with a Masters in Journalism. He is also a CFA charter holder.. He has run a marathon in every U.S. state.
