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Emma Grede says her $5 billion Skims empire started with a cold call to Kris Jenner: ‘The difference between me and someone else is, I made it happen’
Emma Grede says her $5 billion Skims empire started with a cold call to Kris Jenner: ‘The difference between me and someone else is, I made it happen’

Emma Grede runs multiple businesses with the Kardashians. In an exclusive interview with Fortune, she reveals that empire can all be traced back to one phone call she made to Kris Jenner that changed everything.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 16, 2026
An AI protest
Anti-AI sentiment is on the rise—and it’s starting to turn violent
By Beatrice NolanApril 16, 2026
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg
Harvey’s 30-year-old CEO says failing is a ‘good way to learn’ and destroying his ego led to an $11 billion success
By Jacqueline MunisApril 16, 2026
Paul Scherer poses casually while sitting on a bookshelf
Exclusive: Eigen raises a seed round from Benchmark to build the world’s first ‘mutual friend’
By Lily Mae LazarusApril 16, 2026
Canva debuts a new suite of agentic tools, as the design app quietly becomes one of the world’s most used AI services
Canva debuts a new suite of agentic tools, as the design app quietly becomes one of the world’s most used AI services
By Nicholas GordonApril 16, 2026
Exclusive: Top crypto VCs like Paradigm and a16z see portfolio values shrink amid market downturn and distributions to investors
Exclusive: Top crypto VCs like Paradigm and a16z see portfolio values shrink amid market downturn and distributions to investors
By Ben WeissApril 16, 2026
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CryptoMeet Joe McCann: the high-flying crypto trader held in Tanzania after sudden death of his influencer fiancée Ashly Robinson
By Jack KubinecApril 16, 2026
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By Jake AngeloApril 16, 2026
Manycore, the first of the Hangzhou ‘Little Dragons’ to go public, pushes ‘spatial intelligence’ as the next wave of AI development
AsiaManycore, the first of the Hangzhou ‘Little Dragons’ to go public, pushes ‘spatial intelligence’ as the next wave of AI development
By Nicholas GordonApril 16, 2026
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By Catherina GioinoApril 16, 2026
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PoliticsIran will ‘for sure’ play in World Cup, FIFA chief Infantino says
By The Associated Press and Nick LichtenbergApril 16, 2026
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LawCarnival Cruise Line ordered to pay $300,000 for serving over a dozen shots of tequila to passenger before she fell down the stairs
By David Fischer and The Associated PressApril 16, 2026
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EconomyA world going broke: IMF says America’s $39 trillion national debt is actually a global problem—and AI may be the only rescue
By Nick LichtenbergApril 16, 2026
When can you get collections removed from your credit reports? What to know in 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerApril 16, 2026
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SuccessThis Gen Zer built a software company in his bedroom that’s about to make $1 million. But he’s still committed to getting his college degree
By Preston ForeNovember 27, 2025
Sam Altman smiles against a pink background
AIMIT report: AI can already replace nearly 12% of the U.S. workforce
By Dave SmithNovember 27, 2025
Kathy Harvey is Associate Dean for Global Networks and Innovation at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College.
CommentaryFinance’s outdated view of women holding back female founders
By Kathy HarveyNovember 27, 2025
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AIWhat the head of IBM’s $500 million AI and quantum venture fund is looking for in a startup
By Jim EdwardsNovember 27, 2025
Sam Altman
AIOpenAI won’t make money by 2030 and still needs to come up with another $207 billion to power its growth plans, HSBC estimates
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 26, 2025
What Warner Music’s settlement with Suno says about the AI bubble
NewslettersWhat Warner Music’s settlement with Suno says about the AI bubble
By Alexei OreskovicNovember 26, 2025
Sundar Pichai
Big TechGoogle, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’
By Mark Bergen, Newley Purnell and BloombergNovember 25, 2025
Nvidia is so spooked by Google’s sudden AI comeback that it’s posting on X to defend itself
Big TechNvidia is so spooked by Google’s sudden AI comeback that it’s posting on X to defend itself
By Eva RoytburgNovember 25, 2025
Marc Benioff smiles outside
AI‘I’m not going back’: Billionaire Marc Benioff says he’s switching to Google’s Gemini 3 after using ‘ChatGPT every day for three years’
By Dave SmithNovember 25, 2025
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Success29-year-old founder spammed Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 53 times—it worked and now he spends 30 minutes a week ‘hustling’ and shooting cold emails
By Jessica CoacciNovember 25, 2025
Defense
CommentaryThe new battlefield: where capital, regulation and technology collide
By Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine, Andrew Henderson and Pavel ShaitanoffNovember 25, 2025
Richard Hickman
CommentaryPrivate equity’s expanding exit playbook: why a slowdown in IPOs shouldn’t worry you
By Richard HickmanNovember 25, 2025
Man smiles in front of camera
CryptoStablecoin issuer Paxos to acquire wallet startup Fordefi for more than $100 million
By Carlos Garcia and Ben WeissNovember 25, 2025
Brian Halligan, chief executive officer and co-founder of Hubspot Inc., speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.
SuccessThe Deadhead who became a $38 billion CEO: What HubSpot cofounder Brian Halligan learned from Jerry Garcia and passed on to his MIT students
By Eva RoytburgNovember 25, 2025
Global e-commerce startup funding hits 2020s low, while 2025 U.S. holiday spending could break records
NewslettersGlobal e-commerce startup funding hits 2020s low, while 2025 U.S. holiday spending could break records
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 25, 2025
Entrance to Slush with a banner saying: "Still doubting Europe? Go to Hel."
NewslettersEurope’s new talent advantage is boosting its founders’ spirits
By Beatrice NolanNovember 24, 2025
Southeast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
Startups & VentureSoutheast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
By Angelica AngNovember 24, 2025
Lovable CEO Anton Osika speaking on stage.
AILovable’s CEO targets enterprise customers as the ‘vibe-coding’ unicorn doubles its annual revenue to $200 million in just four months
By Beatrice NolanNovember 21, 2025
Exclusive: Coinbase to buy Solana trading platform Vector.fun
CryptoExclusive: Coinbase to buy Solana trading platform Vector.fun
By Ben WeissNovember 21, 2025
Tidalwave raises $22 million Series A to improve the mortgage process with AI
NewslettersTidalwave raises $22 million Series A to improve the mortgage process with AI
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 21, 2025
Sam Altman’s eye-scanning orb startup says employees should only care about work—for the good of humanity—otherwise ‘you should just not be here’
CryptoSam Altman’s eye-scanning orb startup says employees should only care about work—for the good of humanity—otherwise ‘you should just not be here’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezNovember 21, 2025
Exclusive: Nevada congresswoman sends letter to Governor Lombardo ‘demanding transparency’ and accountability on rescinded Boring Company penalties
Startups & VentureExclusive: Nevada congresswoman sends letter to Governor Lombardo ‘demanding transparency’ and accountability on rescinded Boring Company penalties
By Jessica MathewsNovember 20, 2025
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PoliticsTrump tells Scott Bessent to fix the Fed’s high interest rates or ‘I’m going to fire your ass’
By Dave SmithNovember 20, 2025
Jensen Huang
Big TechNvidia faces down bubble talk with 65% profit leap and 62% jump in revenue
By The Associated PressNovember 20, 2025
Stuut raises $29.5 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to automate accounts receivable
NewslettersStuut raises $29.5 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to automate accounts receivable
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 20, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
AINvidia says it has ‘visibility to a half a trillion dollars’ in revenue through 2026. That would make it one of America’s biggest companies
By Matthew HeimerNovember 19, 2025
Alex Bouaziz, Deel's CEO
SuccessDeel’s CEO was told to sack his entire leadership team—he ignored other founders, kept the original $0 crew and is now running a $17 billion giant
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 19, 2025
Exclusive: Doppel raises $70 million Series C at more than $600 million valuation to fight AI-powered social engineering attacks
NewslettersExclusive: Doppel raises $70 million Series C at more than $600 million valuation to fight AI-powered social engineering attacks
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 19, 2025
Arjun Sethi on stage in Singapore.
CryptoExclusive: Crypto exchange Kraken raises $200 million from Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities to notch $20 billion valuation
By Ben WeissNovember 18, 2025
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Big TechThe iPhone Air can’t catch a break: The key designer behind the struggling ultrathin phone just left Apple for an AI startup
By Dave SmithNovember 18, 2025
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