Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake is an associate editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits news for the publication's global news desk. At Fortune, she previously wrote about real estate, housing, and higher education. Before joining Fortune, Sydney served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned 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.

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Buses transporting migrants to board the the first deportation flight of undocumented Venezuelans after a US-Venezuelan agreement are seen as another deportation plane headed to Central America is seen flying above them in Harlingen, Texas, on October 18, 2023. The United States said on October 5, 2023 it will resume deportation flights to Venezuela after a deal with Caracas, as President Joe Biden, seeking reelection, comes under pressure to halt border crossings. Washington has for years halted sending migrants back to Venezuela due to instability in the South American nation and still maintains sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by VERONICA G. CARDENAS / AFP) (Photo by VERONICA G. CARDENAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Struggling commercial airline Avelo has turned to deportation flights. Even though the CEO admitted it’s a controversial choice, it’s ‘too valuable not to pursue’

Chili's CEO Kevin Hochman

Chili’s is winning fast-casual dining while others are floundering because it made itself brutally efficient. Its new approach to fries is the perfect example

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee

Following Trump’s attacks on Powell, Chicago Fed president Goolsbee warns against undermining the credibility of the Fed

US President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump on Thursday warned of the “transition cost” from his tariff policies, as Wall Street stocks fell again over the worsening trade war with China. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump reportedly drafted an executive order for ‘a disciplined reorganization’ of the State Department that would shut down embassies and cut climate change and refugee offices

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 18: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Alternate Crop) U.S. President Donald Trump attends a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator in the Oval Office at the White House on April 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Oz spoke of a desire to provide America access to great care while reducing chronic disease and modernizing Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s handling of tariffs and inflation nosedives his economic approval rating to the rock bottom of his entire presidential career

President Donald Trump takes his mask off

White House doubles down on its lab leak theory, annihilating the original COVID-19 information website and replacing it with its own claims

Young people taking food pictures with mobile smartphone to share on social media

Gen Z has a different attitude about dining from baby boomers and millennials—and it shows in smaller tickets at chain restaurants

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 02: Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos attend the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Jeff Bezos sold his Seattle mansion for a record-breaking $63 million after he and fiancée Lauren Sánchez moved to Miami to live in a $237 million compound

Ray Dalio speaking

More than 60% of CEOs predict a recession or slowdown in the coming months: ‘This uncertainty needs to stop’

person talking on phone at masters tournament

Finance bros were looking forward to their cell phone detox at the Masters. Then the market went crazy

LeBron James Ken doll

He’s just Ken: LeBron James becomes first pro male athlete Barbie doll as Mattel bets on adult customers

Scottie Scheffler of the United States puts on the green jacket during the awarding ceremony for the 2024 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the United States on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The Masters winner this year will make 100 times more in today’s value than the inaugural golf tournament’s big prize in 1934

woman looking at walmart website on her computer

How Walmart is using the cloud to better connect with customers

Abigail Disney

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’

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Kohl’s new CEO is making more than double the retailer’s previous top executive as the company struggles with store closures and falling revenue