Billionaires

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82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Warren Buffett’s pledge to give away 99%

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August 19, 2025
Dan Sheridan gestures while sitting in a chair at Fortune's COO summit.
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Brooks CEO Dan Sheridan says the top job drives him ‘nuts’ 20% of the time—but one mindset mantra keeps him sane

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August 19, 2025
Elon Musk smiles while lifting a champagne flute
Tech

Kumail Nanjiani says Elon Musk did not like HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’: ‘He was like, all the parties I go to are much cooler than these parties’

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August 18, 2025
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn
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Duolingo CEO admits his controversial AI memo ‘did not give enough context’ and insists the company never laid off full-time employees

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August 18, 2025
Palantir's Peter Thiel holds up a wad of cash
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These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion

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August 16, 2025
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs’ first Silicon Valley boss turned down an offer to buy a third of Apple for $50,000—today, his share would be worth nearly $1 trillion

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August 15, 2025
A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’
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A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’

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August 15, 2025
Trail Blazers
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Another NBA blockbuster as Portland Trail Blazers sell to group led by billionaire Tom Dundon for reported $4.25 billion

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August 14, 2025
Ray Dalio
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Ray Dalio was so broke early in his career he had to borrow $4,000 from his dad—and learned 2 key lessons that set him on the road to billionaire status

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August 13, 2025
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Self-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call

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August 12, 2025
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Figma’s CEO sent cold emails to and bought coffee for his ‘heroes’ while convincing ex-coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success

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August 11, 2025
142,000 millionaires are uprooting in 2025—forget Switzerland, they’re flocking to this eastern European nation
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142,000 millionaires are uprooting in 2025—forget Switzerland, they’re flocking to this eastern European nation

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August 8, 2025
Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth
Finance

Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

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August 7, 2025
Oakley’s billionaire founder is the latest victim of the sluggish luxury housing market—but the profit he could still make shows an underlying problem
Real Estate

Oakley’s billionaire founder is the latest victim of the sluggish luxury housing market—but the profit he could still make shows an underlying problem

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August 7, 2025
Shyam Sankar sitting
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Palantir’s CTO became an overnight billionaire thanks to soaring stock—he’s the $411 billion AI firm’s fifth insider to join the ultra-wealthy club

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August 6, 2025

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