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Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman
Success
How a book that inspired Warren Buffett and a $14,000 side hustle helped billionaire Bill Ackman get started as an investor
By Emma BurleighAugust 11, 2026
Ronnen Harary
Success
The cofounder of $2 billion toy giant Spin Master says the best time to start a business is in your 20s because ‘no one sees you as competition’
By Emma BurleighAugust 11, 2026
Tarek Mansour
Success
Kalshi CEO slams founders for being over-reliant on ‘mostly trash’ business advice—he founded his now-$22 billion prediction market as a college grad
By Preston ForeAugust 11, 2026
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Success
Mark Zuckerberg says the future will have an ‘abundance of jobs’—and predicts a wave of new careers like world builders and personal biologists
By Preston ForeAugust 10, 2026
Andrew Feldman, Co-Founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems
Success
CEO of $49 billion AI company says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful
By Emma BurleighAugust 9, 2026
Michael Saylor,
Success
Crypto billionaire Michael Saylor says he made $15 billion last year with ChatGPT—and has one rule: ‘Don’t try to outwork the robots’
By Preston ForeAugust 6, 2026
Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management
Success
Apollo CEO has a $11.1 billion net worth today—but he started out with a series of hospitality jobs, from valet parking to working in a party store
By Emma BurleighAugust 5, 2026
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Success
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger
By Emma BurleighAugust 4, 2026
Patrick Collison
Success
Despite dropping out of MIT to build $159 billion fintech Stripe, its CEO has a warning for Gen Z who want to copy him: ‘That was a poor intuition’
By Preston ForeAugust 4, 2026
Photo of Hudson Leogrande
Success
He was homeless at 16. Now he sits on the board of David Beckham’s wellness company and his business is about to hit $1 billion in revenue
By Emma BurleighAugust 2, 2026
Jason McGowan headshot. Wearing a black shirt with 'Crumbl' behind a pink background
Success
Crumbl CEO says he shuts shop on Sundays and prioritizes game nights with his 7 kids in pursuit of balance: Life can’t be ‘just go, go, go’
By Preston ForeAugust 2, 2026
A creator sells shoes on a livestream auction.
Retail
‘People can go from zero to 100’: How Gen Z is raking in $260,000 per month on a livestream auction app
By Joshua HongAugust 1, 2026
Y Combinator‑backed AI startup is under fire after its founder offered instant interviews to partygoers who got company tattoos, then apologized
Startups & Venture
Y Combinator‑backed AI startup is under fire after its founder offered instant interviews to partygoers who got company tattoos, then apologized
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 31, 2026
Jensen Huang speaks into a microphone
Success
Jensen Huang says this is the greatest time in history to start a business—and his advice is to stop overthinking it: ‘How hard can it be?’
By Preston ForeJuly 31, 2026
Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH
Success
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault reveals he owned nearly 20% of Netflix, but cashed out too early—his stake could be worth up to $60 billion today
By Emma BurleighJuly 29, 2026
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