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Ryan Serhant taking a selfie
Success
Ryan Serhant starts work at 4:30 a.m.—he says most people don’t achieve their dreams because ‘what they really want is just to be lazy’
By Preston ForeJanuary 31, 2026
Fitness mogul Kayla Itsines
Success
Kayla Itsines became a millionaire at 22 and sold her fitness app for $400 million—buying a gas station paid her rent
By Emma BurleighJanuary 30, 2026
The founder and CEO of $98 billion Intercontinental Exchange, Jeffrey Sprecher
Success
Inspired by Steve Jobs, the owner of NYSE says some successful leaders don’t invent—they just have ‘good taste’ and surround themselves with smart people
By Emma BurleighJanuary 29, 2026
Photo of Doug McMillon
Success
After 40 years of climbing the ladder, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon is retiring—his top tip for Gen Z is that ‘life is too short’ to hate their jobs
By Emma BurleighJanuary 26, 2026
Virta Health CEO Sami Inkinen
Success
The CEO of a $2 billion healthcare firm only felt rich after he paid off $100K in student loans—but that joy ‘disappeared’ in less than 3 days
By Emma BurleighJanuary 25, 2026
Jake Miller, CEO of Fellow.
Success
This millennial founder got rejected 73 times before building a 9-figure coffee company. One more no, ‘I would have figured out how to sell a kidney’
By Preston ForeJanuary 24, 2026
Photo of three signatures at the bottom of a contract
Success
Apple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth up to $400 billion
By Preston ForeJanuary 23, 2026
Logan Paul
Success
Logan Paul tells Gen Z they can turn any passion into a career—he’s turned Pokémon, YouTube, and wrestling into an empire worth millions
By Preston ForeJanuary 17, 2026
Jeffrey Sprecher, President and Founder, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange
Success
Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant
By Emma BurleighJanuary 16, 2026
John Mackey, standing on stage, has his head turned downward with both hands touching his lips.
C-Suite
Whole Foods cofounder says his hardest ever business decision was firing his father from his company board: ‘That was when my mentorship was over’
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 14, 2026
Sergey Brin
Success
Google’s Sergey Brin admits he’s hiring ‘tons’ of workers without degrees: ‘They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner’
By Preston ForeJanuary 12, 2026
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Politics
Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 8, 2026
Person checking their phone in bed
Success
Even top CEOs check their phones first thing in the morning—these are the apps business executives are reaching for
By Emma BurleighJanuary 2, 2026
Man hikes in snowy woods
Success
CEOs say they are unplugging from the top job by cancelling all meetings and playing with Legos over the holidays
By Emma BurleighJanuary 1, 2026
Woman reading at home
Success
The books, TV series, and podcasts CEOs are tuning into this holiday season to unwind and elevate their careers in 2026
By Emma BurleighDecember 26, 2025
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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away fasterplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeSeptember 20, 2026
Success
Meet a 71-year-old who retired as a radiologist and professor, and now runs a banana-skewer business: ‘I never want to retire. Why would you do that?’placeholder alt text
By Preston ForeSeptember 20, 2026
Economy
Elon Musk’s DOGE swiped $329 million in humanitarian funding from Nepal, leaving a Gen Z tech revolution to transform the budding country’s economyplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergSeptember 20, 2026
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