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Rolls-Royce CEO Takes ‘Burning Platform’ to Nvidia-Like Gain

Tufan ErginbilgicPhotographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
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In his two years as chief executive officer of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, Tufan Erginbilgic has turned the company he once derided as a “burning platform” into a case study for reviving a moribund industrial icon.

The former oil-company executive has slashed jobs, sold off underperforming assets and pulled back on efforts with questionable profit potential.