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Who pays for AI’s $2.6 trillion build-out? Look to corporate budgets

BCG estimates companies would cover $1.8 trillion a year by 2030.

By Sheryl EstradaNovember 3, 2026

‘Long gone are the days where we just provided numbers’: The CFO-to-CEO pipeline is growing but does a finance background always make a good leader?

One in five new CEOs at Europe’s largest listed companies came from finance last year. But the transition from managing the numbers to running the business requires a broader set of skills.

By Sam BirchallNovember 2, 2026

ASML’s CEO is putting his paycheck on the line for employee morale. It could help retain talent that’s nearly impossible to replace

After a year of layoffs and a drop in morale, Christophe Fouquet is betting that giving employees a say in what leaders earn will help ASML keep specialists who are costly to replace.

By Muskaan ArshadOctober 31, 2026

U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947—and the lowest ever recorded

American workers aren’t just getting the smallest share of GDP since records began. Their share of employment is shrinking and shrinking

By Sasha RogelbergOctober 31, 2026

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Millionaire Walmart chair Greg Penner adds soccer club Valencia CF to his investments—he already owns NFL’s Denver Broncos and part of a baseball team

Chairman Greg Penner and his wife Carrie, the granddaughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, also have stakes in American football and baseball teams.

By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2026

Jeff Bezos used one simple question to decide whether to quit Wall Street and start Amazon: What will I regret when I’m 80?

Now worth $357 billion, Jeff Bezos once created a “regret minimization framework” to decide whether to quit his cushy hedge fund job to create Amazon.

By Preston ForeNovember 3, 2026

From Wall Street heirs to telecoms tycoons, at least half of major U.S. Senate candidates are millionaires—and some are worth upwards of $200 million

While millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, some U.S. Senate candidates like Mark Warner and Pete Ricketts are worth as much as $200 million.

By Preston ForeNovember 2, 2026

As Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the ultra-rich flee California, one 34-year-old tech billionaire is ‘not running’—he ‘wants to fight’ for the state

Oculus VR and Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey, worth $5.9 billion, opposes the proposed tax hike but is opting to stay: “California is something special.”

By Emma BurleighNovember 2, 2026

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Despite the tensions of war, ex-Barclays CEO Bob Diamond is long Gulf. Here’s why

The former CEO of Barclays is in Bahrain to announce that the U.K.-based advisory firm, Panmure Liberum, is opening its first regional office in the kingdom

By Kamal AhmedNovember 3, 2026

Sweetgreen managers could earn more than $200,000 a year under a new pay plan, as the salad chain bets higher pay will lift sales

Starting in 2027, the salad chain will raise base pay by up to 45% at higher-volume stores and give managers a cut of revenue when their restaurants beat sales targets.

By Courtney Vinopal and HR BrewNovember 2, 2026

The anti-Skydance: How a Nike billionaire’s backing lets Laika spend a reported $100 million on ‘Wildwood’

The studio behind ‘Coraline’ is run by the Nike co-founder’s son, and its films rarely make money at the box office.

By Andrew McGowanNovember 1, 2026

Weil Gotshal’s collapse highlights the risk of building a business around star talent

The law firm’s dissolution raises broader questions about the sustainability of business models heavily dependent on high-profile individuals.

By Ruth UmohNovember 2, 2026

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Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO could turn staff into millionaires—but the AI firm is asking candidates what they’d do if stock fell to zero

With an IPO looming, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei—who has a net worth of $13.6 billion—has reportedly expressed concerns that AI workers are prioritizing money over mission.

By Preston ForeNovember 1, 2026

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change

Brian Chesky, the cofounder and CEO of $103 billion short-term-rental giant Airbnb, says managers need to do more than meetings to stay afloat in the AI era.

By Emma BurleighOctober 25, 2026

Half of workers are ‘revenge quitting’ and walking out on their jobs without notice—and the majority are loyal, longtime staff, report shows

Workers are so done with toxic workplaces nearly half are quitting without warning, often after years of loyalty, to send a clear message to management.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 24, 2026

Only 46% of employees trust their leaders. A BCG partner says the fix is simpler than CEOs think

Every day, each person chooses how much of their energy, creativity, and discretionary effort to bring to work. They’re not obligated to give their best.

By Deborah LovichOctober 25, 2026

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