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Alex Ledsom

Alex is a Fortune contributor with a background in language learning, pro-environmental behavior change, and private banking. Her interests include the intersection of climate change, lifestyle, and working culture. Her work has previously been published in outlets including The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Time Out and she is a senior contributor for Forbes.

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Environment
How far is it possible to ‘green’ an airplane?
By Alex LedsomSeptember 3, 2024
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Athletes compete during the Men’s 20km Race Walk on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Lifestyle
The legacy of Paris puts future Olympics at risk—is it time to pick a single, permanent host for the games?
By Alex LedsomAugust 3, 2024
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Lifestyle
The four-day workweek is slowly gaining momentum across Europe—these are the elements needed for it to succeed
By Alex LedsomJuly 31, 2024
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Energy
U.S. strategic reserves are getting so low the drawdown threatens to damage the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oilplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 17, 2026
Success
Billionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his startup at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of Europeplaceholder alt text
By Emma BurleighAugust 17, 2026
Success
A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he's a billionaire who says the American Dream isn't deadplaceholder alt text
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026
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