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Sydney Lake is an associate editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits news for the publication's global news desk covering generational dynamics, billionaire philanthropy, housing, real estate, luxury, and wealth. Before joining Fortune, Sydney served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and worked on the production desk at CQ Roll Call. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and leadership studies from the University of Richmond and her master's degree in digital media management from the University of Southern California.
e.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin
Retail
Elf Beauty’s CEO blames the company’s lowered fiscal outlook on people being too distracted by the TikTok ban and wildfires
By Sydney LakeFebruary 8, 2025
Medium Rare co-founders Adam Richman and Joe Silberzweig on stage
Success
The company behind Shaq’s Super Bowl party says it solved the industry’s ‘dirty secret’ and will make $15 million from 3 events
By Sydney LakeFebruary 7, 2025
Max Levchin talks on Fox Business
Leadership
Max Levchin says it’s cathartic to help laid-off staff pack up their boxes: ‘You can play this from the comfort of your office or in the middle of the floor that’s crying’
By Sydney LakeFebruary 6, 2025
Waffle House workers cooking on the line
Finance
Waffle House is forcing an egg surcharge on customers to combat raising prices from the avian flu and tariffs
By Sydney LakeFebruary 4, 2025
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Retail
Trump’s tariff war has turned into an egg war at Costco
By Sydney LakeFebruary 3, 2025
Bill Gates says he’s surprised about his fellow billionaires’ rightward political shift: ‘I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center’
Politics
Bill Gates says he’s surprised about his fellow billionaires’ rightward political shift: ‘I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center’
By Sydney LakeJanuary 31, 2025
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Retail
Kohl’s is slashing its corporate workforce as it scrambles to make up for mistakes like carrying less inventory and shrinking its fine-jewelry business
By Sydney LakeJanuary 30, 2025
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault came up with a new way to describe layoffs: being ‘promoted outwards’
Retail
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault came up with a new way to describe layoffs: being ‘promoted outwards’
By Sydney LakeJanuary 29, 2025
woman checking phone at airport
Lifestyle
Spirit Airlines quietly updated its passenger rules, disallowing customers from wearing see-through or ‘lewd’ clothing and ‘offensive’ body art
By Sydney LakeJanuary 24, 2025
Cathie Wood says she won’t buy the Trump memecoin because it ‘isn’t going to have any utility’
Finance
Cathie Wood says she won’t buy the Trump memecoin because it ‘isn’t going to have any utility’
By Sydney LakeJanuary 23, 2025
Warren Buffett holding a microphone
Finance
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway takes a sip of the crypto ‘rat poison’ he once said he would never go near
By Sydney LakeJanuary 22, 2025
A JetBlue plane
Lifestyle
A California couple is suing JetBlue for $1 million, alleging a block of ice the size of a watermelon fell from a plane and crashed into their bedroom
By Sydney LakeJanuary 22, 2025
man and woman having dinner in a nice restaurant
Tech
The dating app exodus: 4 reasons Gen Z and millennials are rebelling against Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble
By Sydney LakeJanuary 20, 2025
Young man and woman stand in front of ring light camera to record video
Lifestyle
TikTok influencers threaten to not pay their taxes if the app gets banned
By Sydney LakeJanuary 17, 2025
Woman waiting in line at Walgreens near refrigerators
Retail
Walgreens replaced its refrigerator doors with digitized ad-laden glass. It might become a $200 million debacle
By Sydney LakeJanuary 17, 2025
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