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Big TechSpotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 30, 2025
Hollywood actor Henry Golding
Success‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career
By Emma BurleighSeptember 28, 2025
SuccessEntrepreneurs can make up to 70% more than paid employees per year, but there’s high inequality among the self-employed
By Jason MaSeptember 27, 2025
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SuccessLinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’
By Preston ForeSeptember 26, 2025
David Rogier
SuccessMasterClass CEO shares the secret to how jobless Gen Zers can get hiring managers to respond to their cold emails
By Preston ForeSeptember 26, 2025
Barbara Corcoran on top of the Empire State Building
SuccessShark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran says one trait tells her instantly whether an entrepreneur will flop or succeed—if you do this, you’ll ‘lose my money’
By Preston ForeSeptember 25, 2025
Derrick Hayes
Success‘Tyler Perry said something to me I’ll never forget’: Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO learned a big lesson on when ‘to leave them in the sand’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 25, 2025
Mike Bloomberg
SuccessBillionaire Mike Bloomberg was fired after dedicating 15 years of his career to Salomon Brothers—the next morning, he founded his media empire
By Emma BurleighSeptember 23, 2025
Yvon Chouinard
SuccessPatagonia 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
SuccessInsomnia 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
Big TechRamp 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
SuccessDeliveroo 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
SuccessBill 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
SuccessSpanx 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
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