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With a $15 billion net worth, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but that middle-class workers will get just modest raises
By Preston ForeJuly 17, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global Markets Conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
Economy
Jamie Dimon understands why people are anti-rich: ‘We have, in fact, left the lower-income folks behind’ and ‘that’s kind of annoying’
By Eleanor PringleJuly 15, 2026
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Self-made multimillionaire says Canadians ‘give no money away’ compared with Americans—research shows U.S. giving is more than twice as high
By Preston ForeJuly 9, 2026
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban
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Billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s ‘embarrassing’ to not pay employees well—and a $20 minimum wage should be standard
By Emma BurleighJuly 6, 2026
A group of smiling female friends.
Personal Finance
America’s rich are going to be ‘younger, more female—and more openly queer,’ says UBS, all thanks to the Great Wealth Transfer
By Eleanor PringleJuly 6, 2026
Meet the SpaceX employees who are set to become multimillionaires thanks to its IPO: from execs to even welders
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Meet the SpaceX employees who are set to become multimillionaires thanks to its IPO: from execs to even welders
By Preston ForeJune 11, 2026
Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year
By Preston ForeMay 21, 2026
Justin Trudeau wearing a suit
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Justin Trudeau warns AI boom could create hundreds of trillionaires—and it will mean there’s something ‘fundamentally wrong with the world’
By Preston ForeApril 28, 2026
Pope Leo XIV waves
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Pope Leo warned the world is in ‘big trouble’ if Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire
By Preston ForeApril 17, 2026
The tax escape map: Billionaires are bolting for Florida from the West Coast and taking billions in tax revenue with them
Real Estate
The tax escape map: Billionaires are bolting for Florida from the West Coast and taking billions in tax revenue with them
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 2, 2026
Wealthy New Yorker on phone
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New York is home to 154 billionaires. Together they’re worth $975.7 billion—and some of them are even making $2 million an hour
By Emma BurleighMarch 26, 2026
CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink speaks during a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Economy
Larry Fink says today’s economic anxiety stems from people increasingly feeling like capitalism isn’t working for them
By Eleanor PringleMarch 23, 2026
Business people on airplane runway
Personal Finance
1 in 5 Americans thinks it’s ‘morally wrong’ to be a billionaire—Gen Z in particular finds it distasteful
By Eleanor PringleMarch 19, 2026
Three men standing in front of a white background.
Economy
‘100% completely unsustainable as a society.’ Billionaire advisor calls out widening inequality that leaves America’s poorest 80% ‘falling behind’
By Tristan BoveMarch 17, 2026
Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla has ‘no plans to leave California’ amid billionaire tax uproar—but he has another idea to fix the wealth loophole
Startups & Venture
Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla has ‘no plans to leave California’ amid billionaire tax uproar—but he has another idea to fix the wealth loophole
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 5, 2026
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