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At 18, doctors gave him three hours to live. He played video games from his hospital bed—and now, he’s built a $10 million-a-year video game studio

This millennial founder survived a near-death experience. With just $1,000, he’s built a multimillion-dollar game studio inspired by a philosophy from Whole Foods’ CEO.

By Preston Fore

December 10, 2025

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McKinsey’s CFO: Why finance chiefs shouldn’t hit pause on AI right now

By Sheryl Estrada

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FORTUNE BRAINSTORM AI 2024<br />
Monday, December 9th, 2024<br />
San Francisco, CA, USA
3:05 – 3:23 PM<br />
THE ROLE OF AI IN HUMAN-POWERED HEALTH<br />
From predictive medicine to AI-enabled wearable sensors, AI is allowing patients to be the CEO of their own health—or put some of their care on autopilot. We discuss the latest innovations, where we need AI the most, where the human connection is paramount, and how regulation will influence what’s next.
Patricia Brennan, Vice President, Science Technology, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative<br />
Tilak Mandadi, Executive Vice President, Ventures and Chief Digital, Data, Analytics, and Technology Officer, CVS Health<br />
Shiv Rao, CEO and Founder, Abridge<br />
Moderator: Verne Kopytoff, Senior Editor, Tech, Fortune, Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI
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Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco starts today, with Databricks, OpenAI, Cursor, and more on deck

By Allie Garfinkle

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The best high-yield savings account rates on Dec. 8, 2025: Earn up to 5.00% APY

By Glen Luke Flanagan

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Earn up to 4.18% APY. Here are the best CD rates the Dec. 8, 2025

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McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he looks to rock legend Gene Simmons for business advice: ‘He knows exactly what he’s doing’

By Sasha Rogelberg

November 19, 2025

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Gen Z wants to retire in their 50s, not 60s. Good luck in today’s economy

By Sydney Lake

November 19, 2025

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At 18, doctors gave him three hours to live. He played video games from his hospital bed—and now, he’s built a $10 million-a-year video game studio

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McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he looks to rock legend Gene Simmons for business advice: ‘He knows exactly what he’s doing’

Gen Z wants to retire in their 50s, not 60s. Good luck in today’s economy

Deel’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

For McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, success can be measured in milliseconds

Move over Harvard and MIT—this university might be winning the AI race, and you’ve probably never heard of it

Gen Z college graduates are entering the toughest job market in years—here’s how they can stand out

Gen Z creators are turbocharging Main Street—and Amex is betting big

House votes 427-1 to release Epstein files in remarkable rebuke to Trump

Gen Z is over the ‘girlboss’ era, now it’s all about the ‘snail girl’—and career experts approve

Instagram boss says new AI engineers have 2 qualities driving their success, and you don’t need an Ivy League degree: ‘A lot of them are in their 20s’

Michelle Obama shares one easy tip for professionalism that built her confidence and helped her be successful

Billionaire tech founder Joe Liemandt says getting an MBA isn’t worth it and you don’t learn a ‘fraction’ of what you would as an entrepreneur

With entry-level hiring shrinking, Gen Z turns to double majoring for protection from AI

We lost our kids to social media. Now AI wants their minds

‘Trust is at an all-time low for both job seekers and recruiters’: Hiring platform CEO says talent acquisition is in an ‘AI doom loop’

One man is responsible for the McDonald’s Dollar Menu, Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust, and Smashburger. Meet Tom Ryan

This Cisco exec started at the $306 billion company 30 years ago after interviewing for the wrong gig. It inspired her to fight for entry-level jobs

‘May I meet you’: Bill Ackman’s dating tip captivates the internet

Hard work beats talent when it comes to success, UPenn psychologist says: ‘Effort counts twice’

Inside billionaire Gabe Newell’s new $500 million superyacht, which has a submarine garage and its own hospital

Michael Dell founded his $90 billion company—once the largest PC maker—as a 19-year-old in his college dorm. Here’s his secret to making it big

Billionaire Mark Cuban wants Gen Z job seekers to focus on this one thing in the age of AI, and he gives the same advice to his children

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says ‘to be a CEO is a lifetime of sacrifice,’ but his parents prepared him for the ‘pain and suffering’ of leadership

Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers, but CEOs aren’t sold

As Tokyo embraces a 4-day workweek to fight ‘death by overwork,’ Japan’s new prime minister just called a 3 a.m. meeting

Meet the dads choosing caring for kids over careers: ‘Men are starting to realize that missing crucial morning time and bedtime adds up’

The 2026 class of American Rhodes scholars includes 5 students at U.S. military academies

McKinsey studied the most successful Fortune 500 CEOs and found they share one similar trait

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This 24-year-old ditched the U.S. to work in Chile—now, she has better work-life balance and saves more than $1,200 a month

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