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Nicholas Thompson
I took over one of the most prestigious media firms while training for an ultramarathon. Here’s what I learned becoming CEO of The Atlantic

Should the skinny new CEO really be running 50Ks in a green singlet in Lane County, Oregon? Shouldn’t he perhaps be meeting with advertisers in New York?

By Nicholas ThompsonDecember 13, 2025
Lauren Antonoff
Once a college dropout, this CEO went back to school at 52—but she still says the Gen Zers who will succeed are those who ‘forge their own path’
By Preston ForeDecember 13, 2025
Ryan Serhant lifts his arms at the premiere of Owning Manhattan, his Netflix show
Ryan Serhant, a real estate mogul who’s met over 100 billionaires, reveals his best networking advice: ‘Every room I go into, I use the two C’s‘
By Dave SmithDecember 12, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
Tensed teenage girl writing on paper
40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate
By Preston ForeDecember 12, 2025
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Middle East2 U.S. service members and one American civilian killed in Islamic State ambush in Syria, Central Command says
By Samar Kassabali, Bassem Mroue and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
InvestingThere have been head fakes before, but this time may be different as the latest stock rotation out of AI is just getting started, analysts say
By Jason MaDecember 13, 2025
PoliticsCan there be competency without conflict in Washington?
By Alyson ShontellDecember 13, 2025
InvestingSpaceX sets $800 billion valuation, confirms 2026 IPO plans
By Loren Grush, Edward Ludlow and BloombergDecember 13, 2025
PoliticsWith just days to go before ACA subsidies expire, Congress is about to wrap up its work with no consensus solution in sight
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
PoliticsTrump couldn’t insult his way to victory in Indiana redistricting battle. ‘Folks in our state don’t react well to being bullied’
By Thomas Beaumont, Isabella Volmert and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
InnovationEven in Silicon Valley, skepticism looms over robots, while ‘China has certainly a lot more momentum on humanoids’
By Matt O'Brien and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
HealthA Wisconsin couple was paying $2 a month for an ACA health plan. But as subsidies expire, it’s soaring to $1,600, forcing them to downgrade
By Ali Swenson and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
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First Watch CEO Chris Tomasso holding his fist up at the New York Stock Exchange
SuccessCEO writes hundreds of thank you notes to staff and still eats in the break room—which ‘always, for whatever reason, blows new employees away’
By Preston ForeOctober 21, 2025
Personal FinanceCan you use a personal loan for a house down payment?
By Joseph HostetlerOctober 20, 2025
Personal FinanceThe best way to earn billionaire status is to follow in Warren Buffett’s footsteps: 15% of billionaires derive net worth from the finance industry
By Sam Klebanov and Morning BrewOctober 20, 2025
Jurgen Klopp
Success‘He was very proud, but never said it’: One of the greatest soccer managers alive on how his dad motivated him to work harder
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 20, 2025
Andrej Karpathy
SuccessAs workers fear for AI job cuts, Open AI co-founder says AI agents will take a decade before they even work: ‘They don’t have enough intelligence’
By Jessica CoacciOctober 20, 2025
Scott Galloway speaks in a TV interview
SuccessScott Galloway says don’t aspire to be a billionaire, because ‘it’s not going to get you anything.’ Here’s what to do with money instead of hoarding it
By Dave SmithOctober 20, 2025
Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital
SuccessBillionaire Bill Ackman says he doesn’t like ‘wasting money’—he’ll even drive elsewhere for cheaper garages, despite once owning a parking company
By Emma BurleighOctober 20, 2025
AIEmpathy is the most under-hyped factor of the AI transformation era, American Express exec says
By Sydney LakeOctober 20, 2025
Businesswoman working late at night at office.
SuccessIt’s not 40 hours—Gen Zers don’t know how long they need to work in a week and even experts can’t decide
By Emma BurleighOctober 20, 2025
SuccessBig Bang Theory star had an existential crisis after his big break—despite making $1 million an episode: ‘I was in my early 30s, and I had everything… but you feel empty’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 20, 2025
Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs coaches from the sidelines during the game against the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium on October 12, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri.
North AmericaSharpie is resurrecting a cult classic after devotees like Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid clamored for this long-beloved marker
By Nino PaoliOctober 20, 2025
Bianca Miller behind a jet engine
SuccessThis Gen Zer dropped out of college and is making over $100,000 repairing plane engines after 21 months of training 
By Preston ForeOctober 20, 2025
North AmericaFBI probes ‘suspicious stand’ by airport Trump uses, Patel says
By Sam Kim, Myles Miller and BloombergOctober 19, 2025
C-SuiteMcDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski reveals how often he eats at the fast-food chain
By Jason MaOctober 19, 2025
CEOs
CommentaryThe AI bubble debate misses the point: We are just at the light-bulb stage now
By Rob ThomasOctober 19, 2025
Daniel Pelaez
SuccessMeet the Gen Z whiz kids maniacally working ‘996’ hours with AI to help governments repave your roads: ‘I’m sure we got close to burning ourselves out’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 19, 2025
John Richard Harris
Commentary‘There will never be another one like him’: AIG’s CEO on lessons learned from John Richard Harris
By Peter ZaffinoOctober 19, 2025
Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch
SuccessLike Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, Chess.com’s cofounder says people doubted his vision—with a 225 million-user empire, he’s now having the last laugh
By Emma BurleighOctober 19, 2025
MagazineFortune Archives: The roots of the crises facing American agriculture
By Indrani SenOctober 19, 2025
C-SuiteMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, on work-life balance as a CEO: ‘I’m still going to chaperone the first-grade field trip’
By Sydney LakeOctober 19, 2025
Menopause
CommentaryWorld Menopause Day: support women, strengthen systems
By Pauline M. MakiOctober 18, 2025
Shohei Ohtani
North AmericaDodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani plays one of the greatest games in baseball history, throwing 10 strikeouts and hitting 3 home runs
By Greg Beacham and The Associated PressOctober 18, 2025
high school
SuccessThe cure for Gen Z’s apathy as high school kids ask ‘why bother?’ in the age of AI: a really useful new AP course on business and personal finance
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 18, 2025
Nick Tzitzon
CommentaryPut AI to work for people
By Nick TzitzonOctober 18, 2025
John Summit
SuccessJohn Summit went from working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in a $65,000 job to a multimillionaire DJ—‘I make more in one show than I would in my entire accounting career’
By Jessica CoacciOctober 18, 2025
Hank Green sitting on couch holding up two bars of soap.
SuccessYouTuber Hank Green warns Gen Z that being an influencer isn’t all lazy mornings and free trips: ‘The vast majority of your life is typing’
By Preston ForeOctober 18, 2025
Toto Wolff and George Russell squat and pump their fists into the air, their arms around each other.
SuccessMercedes F1 team CEO Toto Wolff’s experience with two Gen Z drivers made him realize the workplace stereotypes are ‘a bit unfair’
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 18, 2025
Gen Z
SuccessGen Z’s yearning for a world before tech ruined everything fuels retro design boom: ‘Nostalgia-driven design choices become comforts that help us cope’
By Kim Cook and The Associated PressOctober 17, 2025
Jamie Dimon with his hand up at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit
SuccessJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says if you check your email in meetings, he’ll tell you to close it: ’it’s disrespectful’
By Preston ForeOctober 17, 2025
Ace Frehley
SuccessGroundbreaking glam rockers Kiss mourn ‘Spaceman’ guitarist as Ace Frehley dies at 74
By Hannah Schoenbaum, Andrew Dalton and The Associated PressOctober 17, 2025
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SuccessApple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth up to $400 billion
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Success40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate
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