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Yvon Chouinard
Success
Patagonia founder lived on $1 a day and cat food before making it—when he hit billionaire status, he was so angry he gave away his $3 billion company
By Preston ForeSeptember 22, 2025
Insomnia Cookies founder and CEO Seth Berkowitz
Success
Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m.
By Emma BurleighSeptember 21, 2025
Ramp founder Eric Glyman: How I built a $22.5 billion startup in 2,367 days
Big Tech
Ramp founder Eric Glyman: How I built a $22.5 billion startup in 2,367 days
By Fortune EditorsSeptember 19, 2025
Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison
Success
$34 billion was wiped from Larry Ellison’s net worth days after briefly becoming the world’s richest as ‘AI bubble’ fears grow
By Emma BurleighSeptember 18, 2025
Will Shu
Success
Deliveroo CEO Will Shu turned 100-hour weeks on Wall Street into a $4 billion food empire. Now he’s cashing out with $250 million
By Preston ForeSeptember 18, 2025
Phoebe Gates
Success
Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup
By Jessica CoacciSeptember 17, 2025
Sara Blakely
Success
Spanx billionaire founder kept the brand a secret—even from family—for a year. If she hadn’t, she says she’d probably still be selling fax machines
By Preston ForeSeptember 16, 2025
YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
Success
The founders who cashed out on YouTube, Reddit, and Instagram—and missed out on becoming today’s billionaires
By Preston ForeSeptember 13, 2025
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna
Success
Klarna’s $17 billion IPO has just turned 40 staffers into overnight millionaires—while Nvidia, Canva, and Palantir workers are seeing similar gains
By Emma BurleighSeptember 11, 2025
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
Success
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
By Jessica CoacciSeptember 8, 2025
Jensen Huang signs with a marker.
Success
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 RoyleSeptember 5, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks CEO and founder Derrick Hayes
Success
Multimillion-dollar restaurant CEO splurged on Range Rovers and McLarens—but now he’s ‘mindful’ about spending because the economy is unpredictable
By Emma BurleighSeptember 5, 2025
Why Zocdoc made one of its founders CAIO: ‘You have a little bit more political capital’
AI
Why Zocdoc made one of its founders CAIO: ‘You have a little bit more political capital’
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 3, 2025
Big Dave's Cheesesteaks founder and CEO Derrick Hayes
Success
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
By Emma BurleighAugust 30, 2025
Leslie Feinzaig
Commentary
I’m rooting for female founders’ comebacks. And for the end of branding women, from girlboss to tradwife and all the way down
By Leslie FeinzaigAugust 27, 2025
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