Founders

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Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital
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Billionaire Bill Ackman says he doesn’t like ‘wasting money’—he’ll even drive elsewhere for cheaper garages, despite once owning a parking company

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October 20, 2025
Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch
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Like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, Chess.com’s cofounder says people doubted his vision—with a 225 million-user empire, he’s now having the last laugh

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October 19, 2025
John Summit
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John Summit went from working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in a $65,000 job to a multimillionaire DJ—‘I make more in one show than I would in my entire accounting career’

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October 18, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc
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Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience

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October 17, 2025
Mackenzie Scott
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MacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes

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October 15, 2025
Left: Jeff Bezos. Right: Reid Hoffman.
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Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success

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October 15, 2025
This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
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This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores

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October 15, 2025
Peter Thiel
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Peter Thiel says he warned Elon Musk to ditch donating to The Giving Pledge because Bill Gates will give his wealth away ‘to left-wing nonprofits’

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October 13, 2025
Andrew Feldman, Co-Founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems
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CEO of $8 billion AI company says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful

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October 13, 2025
This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience
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This millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience

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October 12, 2025
Scope3 CEO Brian O'Kelley
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Gen Z are getting fired straight out of college—but this billion dollar founder was fired 3 times in his 20s and says it was the best training

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October 10, 2025
Larry Ellison
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Meet Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul

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October 8, 2025
Marc Andreessen
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Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen says AI destroying jobs and making everyone poor is a ‘fallacy’—and even if that did happen, prices would drop

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October 8, 2025
Jeremy Barker
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Murphy Door CEO’s small-business rule that turned the firefighter’s side hustle into $60 million in revenue

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October 8, 2025
Jesse Itzler
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This multimillionaire once cleaned meat trucks for $7 an hour, but a coffee shop encounter proved ‘You’re just one move away from changing your life’

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October 6, 2025

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