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The founder and CEO of $98 billion Intercontinental Exchange, Jeffrey Sprecher
SuccessInspired 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
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SuccessAfter 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
SuccessThe 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.
SuccessThis 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
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SuccessApple 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
SuccessLogan 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
SuccessMeet 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-SuiteWhole 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
Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast
SuccessDespite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast says he’s having to borrow cash and doesn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s
By Emma BurleighJanuary 13, 2026
Sergey Brin
SuccessGoogle’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
Luckey
PoliticsFounder 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
The Diary of a CEO founder Steven Bartlett
SuccessDiary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview
By Emma BurleighJanuary 8, 2026
Person checking their phone in bed
SuccessEven 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
SuccessCEOs 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
SuccessThe 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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