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Warren Buffett: Business titan and cover star

As the legendary investor prepares to step down, we looked back at his many appearances on Fortune’s cover.

By Indrani SenDecember 7, 2025
Why an AI bubble could mean chaos for stock markets—and how smart investors are protecting their portfolios
By Alyson ShontellDecember 3, 2025
CoComelon started as a YouTube show for toddlers. It’s now a $3 billion empire that even Disney can’t ignore
By Natalie JarveyDecember 3, 2025
A Chinese ice cream chain, powered by super-cheap cones, now has more outlets than McDonald’s
By Theodora YuDecember 3, 2025
China’s ByteDance could be forced to sell TikTok U.S., but its quiet lead in AI will help it survive—and maybe even thrive
By Nicholas GordonDecember 2, 2025
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LawJelly Roll, country-rap superstar who found music while serving prison time, pardoned by Tennessee governor in front of Christmas Tree
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A man, woman, and two children walking into a store called Dillard's.
MagazineA quiet superstar rises in retailing
By Susan CaminitiOctober 23, 1989
MagazineHow We Can Win The War On Poverty
By John HueyApril 10, 1989
A time exposure photograph of a parking lot at night outside of a Walmart store.
MagazineWill Wal-Mart take over the world?
By John HueyJanuary 30, 1989
MagazineWill the yen push aside the dollar?
By Carla RapoportDecember 5, 1988
Packs of M&M candy in production at a factory
MagazineUncovering Mars’ unknown empire
By Bill SaporitoSeptember 26, 1988
CEO Warren Buffett Conversing at Formal Event
FinanceThe inside story of Warren Buffett
By Carol J. LoomisApril 11, 1988
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (left) receives congratulations from his father, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., after being elected CEO of IBM in 1956.
MagazineThe Greatest Capitalist in History
By Fortune EditorsAugust 31, 1987
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FeaturesThe lifestyle of Rich, the infamous
By Shawn TullyDecember 22, 1986
Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno
MagazineThe 50 biggest Mafia bosses
By Roy RowanNovember 8, 1986
A plane flies over a hotel pool in Beirut
MagazineStaying the course in Beirut
By Kenneth LabichOctober 17, 1983
A manager stands next to his employee's desk and yells angrily at him.
MagazineThe corporate culture vultures
By Bro UttalOctober 17, 1983
A drugstore clerk removes Tylenol bottles from the shelves of a pharmacy on September 30, 1982 in New York City after reports of tampering.
MagazineThe fight to save Tylenol
By Thomas MooreNovember 29, 1982
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MagazineFortune Magazine Masthead: January 14, 1980 (Vol. 101, No. 1)
By Fortune EditorsJanuary 14, 1980
MagazineThe price of beauty is getting beyond compare
By Gwen KinkeadDecember 3, 1979
MagazineMalaysia’s plantation-grown conglomerate
By Louis KraarOctober 22, 1979
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MagazineA little museum in Malibu could throw the art market for a loop
By Roy RowanJuly 3, 1978
David Rockefeller During a Meeting in Tokyo, Japan
FinanceDavid Rockefeller’s fight to save Chase Bank
By Carol J. LoomisJuly 1, 1977
A man on the phone looking at a newspaper while his coworker stands over him.
MagazineThe new concerns about the press
By Fortune EditorsApril 1, 1975
MagazineThose daring young con men of equity funding
By Wyndham RobertsonAugust 1, 1973
MagazineLabor’s Big Push for Protectionism
By Irwin RossMarch 1, 1973
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MagazineA car that may reshape the industry’s future
By Charles G. BurckJuly 1, 1972
A black and white photo of an industrial factory next to a river.
MagazineWhat business thinks about the environment
By Robert S. DiamondFebruary 1, 1970
MagazineHard times come to the hedge funds
By Carol J. LoomisJanuary 1, 1970
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MagazineFortune Magazine Masthead: January 1970 (Vol. 81, No. 1)
By Fortune EditorsJanuary 1, 1970
Students gathered in a protest at Queens College.
MagazineStudent activists: Free-form revolutionaries
By Charles BurckJanuary 1, 1969
MagazineThe fastest richest Texan ever
By Arthur M. LouisNovember 1, 1968
Anti-Vietnam War protesters taunt soldiers in front of the Pentagon in 1967.
MagazineReport from the U.S.: ‘There is a vast unease about the prospects of the republic’
By Irving KristolJuly 1, 1968
A man in a pinstripe suit and a large bowtie sits behind a cluttered desk
MagazineAmerica’s centimillionaires
By Arthur M. LouisMay 1, 1968
Motown'. boss Berry Gordy Jr. and the Supremes: lead singer Diana Ross (sitting). Mary Wilson (right). and Cindy Birdsong, the aptly named newest member. Motown's biggest moneymakers, the Supremes are moving deeper into the mass popular-music market with Rodgers and Hart songs and personal appearances at Miami Beach and Las Vegas.
FeaturesThe Motown Sound of Money
By Stanley H. BrownSeptember 1, 1967
The 363-foot-high Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 10 mission towers over the crawlerway during its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, four miles away. Apollo 10 marked the first use of Pad B. Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan descended in a lunar module spacecraft to 50,000 feet above the moon's surface while John W. Young orbited above in the command module. Image credit: NASA March 11, 1969
TechMeanwhile, NASA builds a moonport
By Fortune EditorsFebruary 1, 1966
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