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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live 20 November: OpenAI appoints Emmett Shear as CEO, Compass shares fall

The running of the world’s best known AI business and share price falls for FTSE 100-listed Compass and Ashtead are in focus today.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it would hire the former boss of Twitch as its new CEO, with ousted boss Sam Altman moving to lead investor Microsoft.

In today’s corporate developments, Compass shares are under pressure after annual results while equipment rental firm Ashtead fell on downgraded guidance.

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