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A photo illustration of Michael Saylor with laser beams out of his ideas at the Bitcoin 2021 convention in Miami, Florida on June 4, 2021.
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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor once lost $6 billion in a day. His big bet on Bitcoin might sink him once and for all

By Shawn Tully
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The Ukrainian-born engineer behind Solana Labs learned to code as a teen and had a ‘lightbulb’ moment about the blockchain
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The Ukrainian-born engineer behind Solana Labs learned to code as a teen and had a ‘lightbulb’ moment about the blockchain

By Anne Sraders and Declan Harty
April 14, 2022
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Nicola Kilner quietly saved a multimillion-dollar beauty empire

By Jessica Mathews
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Strategy Session: Southwest CEO Gary Kelly’s guide to succession planning
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Strategy Session: Southwest CEO Gary Kelly’s guide to succession planning

By Shawn Tully
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By Adam Lashinsky
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