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By Emma BurleighApril 5, 2026
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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

SuccessWarren Buffett becomes the latest billionaire media investor: His company just invested $352 million in the New York Times
By Emma BurleighFebruary 19, 2026

SuccessWalmart exec says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that other companies are slashing workforces in the name of AI—it’s offering training to 1.6 million workers instead
By Preston ForeFebruary 19, 2026

SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s historic $20 million donation to a community college is now mired in controversy amid ongoing investigation
By Sydney LakeFebruary 19, 2026

SuccessJust 5% of workers have this skill, according to Google, and they’re 4.5 times as likely to have a higher salary
By Preston ForeFebruary 19, 2026

SuccessDespite a $400 million net worth and Hollywood career, Reese Witherspoon tells young people to stop chasing their dreams—and do this instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 19, 2026

AIWho is OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg
By Eva RoytburgFebruary 19, 2026

EnvironmentFlorida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes
By Cody Jackson, David Fischer and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026

C-SuiteJake Paul says a chance meeting with Sam Altman at Trump’s inauguration led to an OpenAI investment and a crash course in ruthless 15-minute meetings
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 18, 2026

By Hannah Schoenbaum and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026

SuccessShocked Zillow CEO says even senior hires don’t do their homework for interviews: ‘They’re asking pretty basic questions that you could answer in 10 minutes on Google’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 18, 2026

SuccessOpenAI is paying workers $1.5 million in stock-based compensation on average, the highest of any tech startup in history
By Preston ForeFebruary 18, 2026

Arts & EntertainmentJesse Jackson turned down a pro baseball contract that paid 6x less than a white player. Here’s how segregation shaped him
By Gibbs Knotts, Christopher A. Cooper and The ConversationFebruary 17, 2026

SuccessYouTuber Logan Paul cashes in $16.5 million for his rare Pokémon card—more than even he expected. And it proves his point about ‘armchair quarterbacks’ yelling from the sidelines
By Preston ForeFebruary 17, 2026

SuccessAirbnb CEO says AI is ‘the best thing that ever happened to’ his company—he warns other founders: ‘If you don’t disrupt yourself, someone else will’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 17, 2026

By Sophia Tareen, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressFebruary 17, 2026

By Brad AndersonFebruary 17, 2026

SuccessAs boomer and Gen X bosses retire, working from home will make a major comeback, new research predicts—and you have work-life balance loving Gen Z to thank
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 17, 2026

Arts & EntertainmentAmericans’ new tariff coffee math means ditching the Starbucks, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ runs
By Matt Sedensky and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026

Arts & EntertainmentAncient stigma around Chinese food is vanishing rapidly in top restaurant scenes: ‘we are trying to break this bias’
By Terry Tang and The Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianFebruary 16, 2026

C-SuiteLowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’
By Sydney LakeFebruary 16, 2026

SuccessAs baby boomers are forced to ‘unretire’ because they’ve not saved enough, 6-year-olds in Germany are being given retirement accounts
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 16, 2026

SuccessMel Robbins says feeling stuck ‘doesn’t mean you’re broken’—it’s the biggest mindset mistake people over 40 make
By Emma BurleighFebruary 16, 2026

C-SuiteBlackstone mogul warned of ‘urgent need’ for AI preparedness—now he’s turning his $48 billion fortune into a top philanthropic foundation
By Sydney LakeFebruary 16, 2026

By Preston ForeFebruary 16, 2026

Future of WorkMore professionals are taking mini-sabbaticals, adult gap years, and other extended career breaks. Here are the creative ways they manage the cost
By Colleen Newvine and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2026

CommentaryElites are the villains we love to hate. It’s American culture’s most paradoxical obsession
By Alexa BeckFebruary 15, 2026
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