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Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky
SuccessAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky challenges founders with a critical question if they aspire to emulate his success
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2025
How one founder discovered a lucrative gap big firms ignore—and turned retirees into a loyal, growing customer base
InvestingHow one founder discovered a lucrative gap big firms ignore—and turned retirees into a loyal, growing customer base
By Alexandra KirkmanOctober 22, 2025
Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch
SuccessLike 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
By Emma BurleighOctober 19, 2025
John Summit
SuccessJohn 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’
By Jessica CoacciOctober 18, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc
SuccessMeta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience
By Emma BurleighOctober 17, 2025
Mackenzie Scott
SuccessMacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes
By Jessica CoacciOctober 15, 2025
This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
SuccessThis entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
By Alexandra KirkmanOctober 15, 2025
Peter Thiel
SuccessPeter 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’
By Jessica CoacciOctober 13, 2025
Andrew Feldman, Co-Founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems
SuccessCEO 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
By Emma BurleighOctober 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
SuccessThis millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 12, 2025
Scope3 CEO Brian O'Kelley
SuccessGen 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
By Emma Burleigh and Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 10, 2025
Larry Ellison
SuccessMeet Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul
By Jessica CoacciOctober 8, 2025
Marc Andreessen
SuccessBillionaire investor Marc Andreessen says AI destroying jobs and making everyone poor is a ‘fallacy’—and even if that did happen, prices would drop
By Emma BurleighOctober 8, 2025
Jeremy Barker
SuccessMurphy Door CEO’s small-business rule that turned the firefighter’s side hustle into $60 million in revenue
By Ashley LutzOctober 8, 2025
Jesse Itzler
SuccessThis 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’
By Preston ForeOctober 6, 2025
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