{
  "id": 18427956,
  "title": "How the chief of staff became the executive assistant’s cooler cousin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/how-the-chief-of-staff-became-the-executive-assistants-cooler-cousin",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-06T02:30:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Ken",
    "slug": "the-ken",
    "url": "https://the-ken.com/story/how-the-chief-of-staff-became-the-executive-assistants-cooler-cousin/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Deepesh Agarwal, CEO of commute platform Moveinsync, has been inundated with cold emails from aspiring chief of staff candidates. At his startup, the chief of staff leads the \"founder's office,\" a team that supports the leader in various tasks. This role is becoming increasingly popular, as evidenced by the hiring of such positions in companies across sectors, including fintechs, consumer-tech firms, and AI platforms. The allure of direct access to C-suite executives and the opportunity to learn from founders has led to a surge in demand for the role, even in legacy companies where similar titles have existed for decades.",
  "summary": "The post How the chief of staff became the executive assistant’s cooler cousin appeared first on The Ken .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}