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Jensen Huang signs with a marker.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sent research reports on Sundays to SoundHound’s CEO for feedback—an unusual ritual that helped grow the $5 billion AI firm

By Preston Fore and Orianna Rosa Royle
September 5, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks CEO and founder Derrick Hayes
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Multimillion-dollar restaurant CEO used to splurge on Range Rovers and McLarens—but he’s reining it in now because today’s economy makes no sense

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September 5, 2025
Why Zocdoc made one of its founders CAIO: ‘You have a little bit more political capital’
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Why Zocdoc made one of its founders CAIO: ‘You have a little bit more political capital’

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September 3, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks founder and CEO Derrick Hayes
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Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO grew up in ‘survival mode’ selling newspapers and bean pies—now his chain sells a $12 cheesesteak every 58 seconds

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August 30, 2025
Leslie Feinzaig
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I’m rooting for female founders’ comebacks. And for the end of branding women, from girlboss to tradwife and all the way down

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August 27, 2025
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Millionaire Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House, and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career.’ He founded Reddit

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August 27, 2025
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The world’s youngest self-made billionaire says the secret to closing deals is exploiting investors’ greed and fear of missing out

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August 26, 2025
Brian Chesky
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’s still in founder mode—he personally handpicks staff, treats them as direct reports, and decides who stays

By Jessica Coacci and Orianna Rosa Royle
August 26, 2025
Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart
Success

Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’

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August 22, 2025
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Gen Z want ‘secure’ jobs in health care—but this CEO left the industry after realizing he could make millions getting Americans to eat more fruit

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August 22, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
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OpenAI may soon be the most valuable private company—but Sam Altman’s net worth won’t jolt, as the CEO holds no equity and makes just $76,001 a year

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August 21, 2025
Billionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7-billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’
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Billionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7-billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’

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August 20, 2025
The Nitro Cart parked on the sidewalk
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A millennial couple grew their side hustle into a business bringing in $4.5 million a year—here’s how the cofounder would start it again, with nothing

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August 17, 2025
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SoundHound’s millionaire boss founded 3 software startups before even graduating—he tells Gen Z who want to be their own boss ‘don’t just throw darts randomly’

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August 16, 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

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