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SuccessNetflix cofounder started his career selling vacuums door-to-door before college—now, his $440 billion streaming giant is buying Warner Bros. and HBO
By Preston ForeDecember 5, 2025
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
SuccessReddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000
By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk pose for a photo, with Trump doing thumbs up and Musk raising his hand, during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City.
PoliticsElon Musk once vowed to ‘go to war’ for H-1Bs. Now he’s silent on Trump’s $100K fee—and smiling beside him at Charlie Kirk’s funeral
By Eva RoytburgSeptember 22, 2025
Netflix founder and Co-CEO Reed Hastings speaks with his hands raided during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City.
Big TechOne of Silicon Valley’s most prominent Democrats just called Trump’s $100k H-1B visa fee a ‘great solution’
By Eva RoytburgSeptember 22, 2025
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings
SuccessNetflix beating Blockbuster once seemed unthinkable—but this way of looking at the world makes it obvious
By Judah TaubOctober 22, 2024
Mark Cuban speaks at a campaign event for US Vice President Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at University Wisconsin-La Crosse.
LeadershipElon Musk is campaigning for Donald Trump but these are the billionaires and business titans supporting Kamala Harris
By Emma BurleighOctober 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
PoliticsKamala Harris secures Democratic nomination with delegate support, DNC chair confirms
By Will Weissert, Chris Megerian and The Associated PressAugust 2, 2024
Donald Trump
PoliticsTrump campaign raked in $139 million, despite turbulence
By Bill Allison and BloombergAugust 1, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris stands at a podium in front of an American flag
PoliticsKamala Harris raises $50 million on first day of campaign, inciting what ‘might be the greatest fundraising moment in Democratic Party history’
By Paolo ConfinoJuly 22, 2024
Netflix cofounder and executive chair Reed Hastings
Finance‘The few times I’ve done investing, I’ve lost my shirt’: Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings opens up on his investing track record
By Paolo ConfinoApril 5, 2024
Reed Hastings
SuccessNetflix’s Reed Hastings didn’t just give a whopping 20% of his net worth to charity with a massive $1.1 billion donation—there’s a major tax consideration
By Jane ThierJanuary 31, 2024
TechThe peak TV revolution has curdled into a wasteland and Netflix is ‘unwatchable,’ legendary cultural critic Peter Biskind says. He’s afraid of what comes next
By Paolo ConfinoDecember 26, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc. (now Meta), speaks during the remote opening bell ringing cerermony for the opening of trading at the Nasdaq MarketSite on Friday, May 18, 2012. Facebook Inc. started trading that day, following its initial public offering.
LeadershipWhy fewer founder-CEOs run Fortune 500 companies in 2023
By Paige McGlauflinJune 5, 2023
Netflix cofounder Marc Randolph
TechBlockbuster ‘laughed us out of the room,’ recalls Netflix cofounder on trying to sell company now worth over $150 billion for $50 million
By Steve MollmanApril 14, 2023
Photos of Chris Blackwell, Sir Martin Sorrell, Reed Hastings, Tim Ferriss, Beth Comstock, Blake Mycoskie, and Richard Branson in a red frame.
FeaturesFrom Richard Branson to Tim Ferriss to Nouriel Roubini, meet 43 business bigwigs tied to failed plans for a hipster Davos in Utah
By Lila MacLellanApril 5, 2023
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