Alexandra Sternlicht

These 11 execs, agents, and entrepreneurs work behind the scenes to keep the creator humming.

The business executives quietly powering the $100 billion creator economy

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The influencers in buzzy video clips are just one facet of the $100 billion creator economy.

11 creator economy insiders who set the agenda behind the scenes

Meet 11 creator economy ‘insiders’ who work behind the scenes to turn viral views into dollars

The business executives quietly powering the $100 billion creator economy | Fortune

The Associated Press

The bizarre tech on display at CES 2025—from robodogs to intelligent baby cribs

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz is displayed during the New York International Auto Show 2024

Germany’s EV sales crash as buyers abandon electric cars in droves

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Sasha Rogelberg

Sam Altman sits in a chair onstage and speaks with a microphone pinned to his shirt

Sam Altman says Airbnb’s CEO and a ‘legendary’ VC saved OpenAI and ‘stopped me from making several mistakes’ after he was briefly fired in 2023

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Chris Morris

An AI-powered robot vacuum that can pick up your dirty socks and take pictures of your dog is one of the early stars of CES 2025

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Sydney Lake

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski speaking into a microphone

Klarna CEO says he feels ‘gloomy’ because AI is developing so quickly it’ll soon be able to do his entire job

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Christiaan Hetzner

Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 in Turin.

Sam Altman says Elon Musk won’t abuse his political power to target competitors, but cautions he ‘may turn out to be proven wrong’

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Amanda Gerut

Legendary boxing promoter Don King slapped with $3 billion fraud and defamation suit over Rumble in the Jungle 2

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Job recruiters are carrot-and-sticking candidates with work-from-home perks to get people to sign on at lower salaries

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Jason Ma

Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ low

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Lee Clifford

Bayer attacked bureaucracy by firing some 5,000 managers and asking teams to ‘self-organize.’ Here’s how it’s going after one year

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It's different now: Tariffs can boost U.S. jobs, wages, and the economy, finance professor says

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Alena Botros

Carvana father-son duo lose hundreds of millions of dollars in net worth after short-seller report

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