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SpaceX founder Elon Musk
Big Tech
Elon Musk just lost his trillionaire status again after three days—but he says ‘it’s not like it’s sitting in a bank account’ anyway
By Emma BurleighOctober 9, 2026
Brian Chesky, the cofounder of $95.8 billion Airbnb
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he wishes he were 26 again because the opportunities post-ChatGPT ‘are so much more powerful’
By Emma BurleighOctober 8, 2026
Jensen Huang speaks, holding a microphone
Success
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says if you want to be successful, prepare to suffer: ‘If it’s a walk in the park, anybody could do it’
By Preston ForeOctober 8, 2026
Rich people getting off of private jet
Success
Billionaires have left the U.K. and taken $160 billion to the likes of Monaco, Switzerland, and the UAE—that’s more than those who stayed are worth
By Emma BurleighOctober 7, 2026
Why the AI age calls for ‘founder mode’
Magazine
Why the AI age calls for ‘founder mode’
By Alyson ShontellOctober 7, 2026
Cofounders Nate Wilson and Eli Ben-Johnson sit on robobikes.
Startups & Venture
Meet the two cofounders who went on a 10-month trip before starting their $350 million business. They say you should, too
By Joshua HongOctober 7, 2026
Elon Musk
Success
Elon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90
By Emma BurleighOctober 6, 2026
Photo of Daniela Amodei
Success
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei says entrepreneurs should go on vacation to road test potential cofounders—if they’re a drain, they’re ‘the wrong choice’
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Superhuman cofounder Rahul Vohra
Success
This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Steve Wozniak
Success
Apple’s Steve Wozniak says he cofounded the tech giant after 5 rejections from HP—not to ‘make money.’ For years, his paycheck was just $50
By Preston ForeOctober 3, 2026
Ben Affleck wearing a suit jacket, behind a purple background
Success
Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’
By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026
Sweetgreen cofounder Nic Jammet said growing up in his parents' famous restaurant helped foster and guide him in the restaurant industry.
Retail
‘Never waste a crisis’: A salad thief stole the Sweetgreen cofounders’ recipes a week before they opened their first restaurant
By Catherina GioinoSeptember 30, 2026
Meet Noah Shinn: The 23-year-old college dropout whose viral AI assistant is emerging as a new challenger to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
Startups & Venture
Meet Noah Shinn: The 23-year-old college dropout whose viral AI assistant is emerging as a new challenger to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 30, 2026
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Success
Billionaire David Rubenstein tells young workers to learn how to read and write in the AI era: ‘Learn how to speak effectively and persuasively’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 28, 2026
Peter Thiel
Success
Peter Thiel says Germany has a ‘fear of success’ problem—and it explains why entrepreneurs don’t scale like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg
By Preston ForeSeptember 25, 2026
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Jeff Bezos says a 3-day workweek and more single-income households are on the way thanks to AI: ‘It’s going to be difficult to hire people’placeholder alt text
By Preston ForeOctober 9, 2026
Success
Disney offered a 13-year-old $2 million to sing in ‘The Lion King.’ His mom took $100K plus royalties instead. He’s still getting paid 34 years laterplaceholder alt text
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 9, 2026
Big Tech
Nvidia built a $5 trillion company while making employees pay for their own lunch—but they get far more lucrative perks like stock discountsplaceholder alt text
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 10, 2026
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