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Dave Smith

Dave Smith is a former Fortune U.S. News Editor. He also has been published in Business Insider, Newsweek, ABC News, and USA Today. He lives in Toronto.

John Ternus stands in front of an Apple Store
Big Tech
Meet John Ternus, the 51-year-old former swimming champ who will succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO
By Dave Smith and Fortune EditorsApril 20, 2026
A close-up of Jeff Bezos
Success
‘I had to take 60 meetings’: Jeff Bezos says ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon
By Dave Smith and Fortune EditorsFebruary 19, 2026
The Goldman Sachs logo
Banking
Man says Goldman Sachs put him through a gauntlet of 39 one-on-one interviews—and the decisive conversation was less than a minute
By Dave SmithJanuary 2, 2026
A woman shopping inside a Walmart
Retail
It’s New Year’s Day 2026. What’s open and closed?
By Dave SmithJanuary 1, 2026
Donald Trump on the phone in front of a Christmas tree
Startups & Venture
Trump Mobile says its first-ever smartphone is delayed, and the government shutdown is to blame
By Dave SmithDecember 31, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg smiles in a black and white suit
AI
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is dropping over $2 billion for an AI startup—a rare example of a U.S. tech giant buying a platform founded in China
By Dave SmithDecember 30, 2025
Photo of Scott Galloway
Success
Scott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’
By Dave SmithDecember 27, 2025
Alex Bores stands near a window in the Capitol building
AI
Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a ‘solvable problem’ if we bring back a free, decades-old technique
By Dave SmithDecember 27, 2025
Trump stands in front of a podium, about to speak
Retail
Trump just declared December 26th a national holiday. What’s open and closed?
By Dave SmithDecember 26, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg stands in a doorway
Real Estate
Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes
By Dave SmithDecember 25, 2025
Trump speaks in front of a podium, with Marco Rubio behind him
Retail
Trump just declared Christmas Eve a national holiday. Here’s what’s open and closed
By Dave SmithDecember 24, 2025
A close-up of Mitt Romney
Economy
Mitt Romney says the U.S. is on a cliff—and taxing the rich is now necessary ‘given the magnitude of our national debt’
By Dave SmithDecember 22, 2025
Larry Ellison sits in the Oval Office
Big Tech
Billionaire Larry Ellison comes to his son’s rescue, agreeing to personally guarantee over $40 billion to finance Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros.
By Dave SmithDecember 22, 2025
James Talarico stands behind a microphone and stares out into the crowd
Economy
James Talarico says the biggest ‘welfare queens’ in America are ‘the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in income taxes’
By Dave SmithDecember 20, 2025
Yann LeCun smiles and adjusts his glasses
AI
AI whiz Yann LeCun is already targeting a $3.5 billion valuation for his new startup—and it hasn’t even launched yet
By Dave SmithDecember 19, 2025
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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 5, 2026
Success
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By Preston ForeJuly 4, 2026
Success
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