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From Merrill Lynch to wok station: the daughter of San Francisco’s Chinese food dynasty who defied her parents—by working alongside them

House of Nanking’s Kathy Fang talked to Fortune about her new cookbook, quitting corporate life, and when her dad embarrassed her in front of Keanu Reeves.

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 11, 2026

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tour the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration has been critical of the cost of the renovation and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Stock futures slide while gold and silver jump after Powell investigation raises fears over the Fed’s independence

By Eva Roytburg

Construction work continues at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, on December 30, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

DOJ probe on Powell draws swift backlash from Congress as key GOP senator says he won’t confirm anyone for the Fed until case is resolved

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Powell blasts DOJ criminal probe as attack on Fed independence. ‘Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats’

A shop owner counts Iranian banknotes at a store in the capital Tehran on January 7, 2026. Iran’s economy has been hit hard by tough international sanctions, with the national currency, the rial, losing more than a third of its value against the US dollar over the past year and inflation in double digits. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt

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Colgate-Palmolive CHRO Sally Massey

Despite getting flak for being woke and lazy, an exec at $62 billion giant Colgate says Gen Z workers are actually ‘pushing us to get better’

By Emma Burleigh

January 10, 2026

L’Oreal exec tells Gen Z to be that person who grabs their manager’s coffee—instead of making you look junior, she says it can get you noticed

L’Oreal exec tells Gen Z to be that person who grabs their manager’s coffee—instead of making you look junior, she says it can get you noticed

By Orianna Rosa Royle

January 10, 2026

CEO coach to the Fortune 500: The most powerful way to tackle 2026 is assuming you’ll live till 130

CEO coach to the Fortune 500: The most powerful way to tackle 2026 is assuming you’ll live till 130

By Bill Hoogterp

January 10, 2026

Asia’s cash savings are double the US rate. Fintech platforms like Syfe want to change that

Asia’s cash savings are double the US rate. Fintech platforms like Syfe want to change that

By Angelica Ang

January 10, 2026

Bill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation as part of their divorce settlement

Bill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation as part of their divorce settlement

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

January 9, 2026

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The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children. Even more, it showed how much of social life happens online

By Rebekah Willett, Amanda Levido, Hyeon-Seon Jeong and The Conversation

January 9, 2026

School drop-off

The child prodigy who beats you at chess when you’re a kid is going to fade away in adulthood 90% of the time, study says

January 9, 2026

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

By Preston Fore

January 9, 2026

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Look back on the biggest C-suite shake-ups of 2025 and see who made the first moves in 2026

Fortune 500 Power Moves: Look back on the biggest C-suite shake-ups of 2025 and see who made the first moves in 2026

By Fortune Editors

January 9, 2026

Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon

Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563

By Emma Burleigh

January 9, 2026

Sarah Jessica Parker says she only has work-life balance because of the people supporting her: ‘I’m making choices differently than I used to’

Sarah Jessica Parker says she only has work-life balance because of the people supporting her: ‘I’m making choices differently than I used to’

January 9, 2026

Bill Gates pictured in New York, May 2025.

Read Bill Gates’s 2026 annual letter in full

By Eleanor Pringle

January 9, 2026

Bill Gates attend a meeting of Bloomberg at the Plaza Hote on September 23, 2025 in New York City.

Bill Gates warns the world is going ‘backwards’ and gives 5-year deadline before we enter a new Dark Age

By Eleanor Pringle

January 9, 2026

Millennial and Gen Z grads shouldn’t snub retail or hospitality jobs in the current economy, Verizon boss warns: ‘Just start somewhere’

Millennial and Gen Z grads shouldn’t snub retail or hospitality jobs in the current economy, Verizon boss warns: ‘Just start somewhere’

By Orianna Rosa Royle

January 9, 2026

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I’m the SolarWinds CEO. Here’s why a $4.4 billion move to go private was right for us

By Sudhakar Ramakrishna

January 8, 2026

Michael Bloomberg and Warren Buffett agree on advice to Gen Z: Choose vibes over money in your job search

Michael Bloomberg and Warren Buffett agree on advice to Gen Z: Choose vibes over money in your job search

January 8, 2026

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The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

By David J. Kappos

January 8, 2026

The Diary of a CEO founder Steven Bartlett

Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview

By Emma Burleigh

January 8, 2026

Tony Robbins

Self-made billionaire Tony Robbins went from being a janitor to making his first million by 24—he shares the 3 skills Gen Z need to thrive in today’s job market

By Preston Fore

January 8, 2026

Larry Page looks up and to the right.

Jensen Huang might be fine with a billionaires tax, but Google cofounder Larry Page is already dumping California

By Sasha Rogelberg

January 7, 2026

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Walz in the wilderness: from future VP to unemployed in just a few years

By Steve Karnowski and The Associated Press

January 7, 2026

Ted Sarandos

Netflix co-CEO says he doesn’t read business books—at all. Instead, he reads one 1902 fiction about a ship and its reckless ‘hot dog’ captain over and over again

By Preston Fore

January 7, 2026

Lonely young woman in office

Staff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being paid to take time off with friends to combat loneliness—they can even text loved ones during the $100 ‘friendship hour’

By Emma Burleigh

January 7, 2026

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The 7 most overlooked CEOs in 2025—and the 5 to watch in 2026

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques

January 7, 2026

Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. These are the curveball questions CEOs are asking to catch out job seekers: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’

Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real. These are the curveball questions CEOs are asking to catch out job seekers: ‘Design a car for a deaf person’

By Orianna Rosa Royle

January 7, 2026

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The most honest prediction for 2026: nobody knows what’s next

By Christian Klein

January 7, 2026

Bill Gates

Americans are quietly abandoning the daily habit that billionaires, like Bill Gates, say set them up for success—and it could have lasting consequences

By Preston Fore

January 6, 2026

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MacKenzie Scott sends millions to nonprofit that supports anti-Israel and pro-Muslim groups, two of which are facing federal probes

January 6, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett left his Berkshire Hathaway job with a parting lesson for young Gen Z workers: ‘Be very careful who you work with’

By Emma Burleigh

January 6, 2026

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

By Orianna Rosa Royle

January 6, 2026

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