Why companies are paying a premium for battle-tested CFOs—and Nike’s struggling turnaround shows what that costs

Fortune•Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 12:35 PM•2 min read

David Denton, Nike’s new CFO, is coming from Pfizer—underscoring how far companies will go to recruit proven top finance chiefs.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/07/10/companies-pay-premium-battle-tested-cfo-nike-turnaround-david-denton/)

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