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Before ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Henry Golding swept salon floors at 14 for $32 a day and worked as a travel host on his way to stardom

The 38-year-old actor was a globetrotting presenter for BBC and ESPN before Hollywood director John Chu offered him a life-changing role via Facebook...

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Emma Burleigh

Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’

Multimillionaire baby boomer Julia Stewart grew IHOP’s business and got back at her former employer after being denied the top role. Spanx’s and...

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Emma Burleigh

OpenAI may soon be the world’s most valuable private company—but CEO Sam Altman won’t profit much, with no equity and just a $76,001 salary

OpenAI’s Sam Altman didn’t build his fortune off his modest CEO salary. The tech titan worth $1.9 billion instead made critical early investments...

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Emma Burleigh

The exact salary the ultra-wealthy say they’d need to feel ‘comfortable’ in the current climate has been revealed—and it starts at $500,000

Just 20 years ago, those making $170,000 were considered to be upper-class—but America’s cost of living crisis is pushing up the threshold to feel...

20.08.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Bill Gates’ pledge to give away 99%

Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner pours profits from selling her nonvoting shares into charity. She also defies the Silicon Valley standard by having...

19.08.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss

Thanks to AI and disappearing career growth, staff are silently but massively disengaging with their employers—welcome to ‘Quiet cracking.’

18.08.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

‘Million Dollar Listing’ star used to sling paninis, but now leads a team closing $15 billion in deals—because someone was ‘stupid enough’ to hire him

Fredrik Eklund moved to NYC from Stockholm with no job or connections, making a penny for every panini he passed out. Now, his real estate client...

17.08.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Steve Jobs’ first Silicon Valley boss turned down an offer to buy a third of Apple for $50,000—today, his share would be worth nearly $1 trillion

Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell missed out on becoming a trillionaire because he snubbed an offer from his ex-employee, the late Steve Jobs.

15.08.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

AMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’

Lisa Su, CEO of $284 billion semiconductor titan AMD, is in agreement with Anthropic leader Dario Amodei that nine-figure pay packages can’t buy...

13.08.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

College used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month with no luck

Even those who studied college majors that once guaranteed six-figure salaries are struggling to land work: Computer science grads are applying for up...

12.08.2025 100

Emma Burleigh

Figma’s CEO sent cold emails and bought coffee to convince former LinkedIn and Flipboard coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success

Dylan Field may not be helming a $68 billion company if it weren’t for cold-calling his coworkers and taking his tech ‘heroes’ for coffee—and...

11.08.2025 9

Emma Burleigh

‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’

The multimillionaire investor told Fortune that he learned from working with the late Apple CEO that embracing a “founder’s mindset” involves...

10.08.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Sorry Gen X: Boomers are making millennials their successors for CEO jobs instead because they’re down with AI

The ‘forgotten generation’ of Gen Xers are being passed up for the CEO job—now, billion-dollar companies like Red Lobster, Lime, and Kickstarter...

07.08.2025 8

Emma Burleigh

AI is gutting workforces—and an ex-Google exec says CEOs are too busy ‘celebrating’ their efficiency gains to see they’re next

Google’s former chief business officer Mo Gawdat says that the notion AI will create jobs is ‘100% crap’. He warns it’ll wipe out jobs, with...

06.08.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Forget cold plunges: this CEO says the Gen Z habit of starting the day with memes is his favorite morning routine

Leading a billion-dollar business is exhausting work. Yet GoTo Foods' boss Jim Holthouser winds down after his 12-hour work day by reading 100 more...

05.08.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

This Gen Zer dropped out of NYU at just 19 to launch his blockchain—now, his $1.3 billion company is backed by Mark Cuban and he never takes a day off

Eric Chen, the CEO and cofounder of financial blockchain Injective, can’t remember the last time he took a day off, and swears by a $2,900 mattress...

05.08.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says his employees are refusing Zuckerberg’s $100 million payout—and he’s not even matching salaries to keep them

Anthropic’s billionaire boss Dario Amodei isn’t willing to fight fire with fire by raising his own staffers’ salaries to convince them to...

04.08.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they’d rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot

Job-seekers tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.

03.08.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

Six-figure salaries aren’t cutting it: Even high-earners are feeling the pinch right now and shopping at the dollar store

Workers making over $100,000 aren’t choosing to fly economy over first-class—they are cutting back on dining out, buying clothes, and even...

01.08.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

TripAdvisor cofounder admits he’s often ghosted on LinkedIn now that he’s stepped down—but a career expert says it could be a ‘blessing in disguise’

Tripadvisor’s former CEO, Steve Kaufer, has been on the receiving end of radio silence for years. A career expert says there are four ways to make...

31.07.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

Eventbrite’s CEO quit a cushy career in Hollywood to launch the $225 million company with her own money: ‘If it’s a disaster, we’ll just be broke’

Exclusive: Eventbrite CEO and cofounder Julia Hartz launched the company in a windowless closet with her two cofounders for less than $250,000, after...

30.07.2025 5

Emma Burleigh

Caitlin Clark’s WNBA rookie card sold for a record-breaking $660,000 at auction—over eight times her $76,000 salary

The WNBA star makes about $76,000, compared to the average NBA player earning $9.7 million—and it's forced some female athletes to make ends meet...

29.07.2025 60

Emma Burleigh

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he’s created more billionaires than any CEO in the world: ‘Don’t feel sad for anybody at my layer’

The tech executive is worth a staggering $151 billion—and luckily for staff, Nvidia’s unique stock option allows them to reap the gains of the $4...

28.07.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

‘Shark Tank’ icon Kevin O’Leary reveals the 3 things he looks for when investing his millions into a founder

The multimillionaire entrepreneur and investor looks to do business with entrepreneurs who have a “founder’s mindset”—embodied by late Apple...

27.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

It’s not just Gen Z: these founders hated their 9-to-5 so much they launched their own companies

Gen Z can take a page from the playbook of millennial and Gen X founders at companies like Too Good to Go, Sweet Loren’s, and Wellhub who ditched...

25.07.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Gen Z and millennials have outfit anxiety—here are 3 tips to avoid getting in trouble at the office

Gen Z watched their peers get fired for dressing inappropriately for the office and now they’re anxious and even asking their bosses for fashion...

24.07.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

A quarter of Gen X who’ve been laid off in the last decade haven’t found another job since—and 11% have taken pay cuts to escape unemployment

Just as financial pressure peaks, many Gen Xers are finding themselves overlooked, underpaid, and edged out.

22.07.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

$61.5 billion tech giant Anthropic has made a major hiring U-turn—now, it’s letting job applicants use AI months after banning it from the interview process

Job seekers hoping to score a role at Anthropic can now refine their resumes, cover letters, and applications with AI—but there’s more catches.

21.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

After earnings fell by $300 million, Cardinal Health’s CEO went ‘ruthless’ to turn it around—and he says workers backed him because ‘people want to win’

Jason Hollar, the Gen X boss of the $38 billion Fortune 500 healthcare giant, overhauled the business—and he says employees were also over being...

20.07.2025 9

Emma Burleigh

Stark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z that this popular corporate gig is a slow ‘drift into hell on Earth’ that’ll make you unemployable for life

Multimillionaire serial investor Kevin O’Leary says just 24 months in consulting is enough to kill future prospects: ‘You are tainted meat for the...

18.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

As AI rocks entry-level gigs, Whole Foods exec says the $13.7 billion grocer is offering workers the chance to become butchers, fishmongers, and pizza makers

About 1,300 Whole Foods employees have been upskilled in an artisan craft from fishmongering to cake decorating, offering unemployed Gen Z an...

17.07.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Millennials are finally becoming homeowners at nearly 40—Gen Z may have to wait 2 more decades before unlocking the American Dream

As 38-year-old millennials become the new face of homeownership, unemployed and debt-ridden Gen Z may have to wait even longer to get on the ladder....

16.07.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

Barbara Corcoran shares the ‘crazy’ work perks she’s offered her team including a free Bentley, mid-week picnics, and a 5,000 pound elephant ride

While other CEOs try to create the best business results with RTO mandates and mass layoffs, the 'Shark Tank' mogul’s "crazy" perks created loyalty...

15.07.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Sweet Loren’s CEO was unfulfilled in her ‘real’ jobs—beating cancer gave her the guts to quit and launch the $120 million cookie brand

Loren Castle, the CEO of Sweet Loren’s, launched the refrigerated cookie dough brand after a cancer diagnosis in her 20s made her re-evaluate her...

13.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Americans are eyeing up €1 homes in Europe to escape the broken economy—no Visa needed, but it’s not all dolce vita

U.S. citizens are leaving the country in droves as political turmoil and high cost-of-living embroils America—luckily, no Visa is required to snag...

11.07.2025 8

Emma Burleigh

Multimillionaire athlete-turned-CEO says he never buys expensive clothes and only flies economy because he’s in constant fear of running out of cash

Tom Beahon has cofounded £1 billion sportswear brand Castore, but the frugal early years of living off £1,000 pounds monthly and living with his...

10.07.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Gen Alpha may never have to write a résumé: Over 75% of employers are now using personality and skills tests in hiring

About 80% of the Fortune 500 use personality tests, with more than 80 million Americans completing an employment-related quiz every year—companies...

09.07.2025 7

Emma Burleigh

The CEO of David’s Bridal buys clothes from Goodwill and eBay—but swears by private chefs on vacation

Kelly Cook, the CEO turning around business at David’s Bridal, says her job is “like being a wedding therapist, crisis negotiator and fairy...

09.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Bill Gates gave so much money away that his former no.2 and Microsoft successor is now wealthier than him

Billionaire Bill Gates was once crowned the richest man in the world for 18 years, but now as his quest to not die rich continues, his former...

09.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Michael Dell just saw a $1.2 billion surge in his wealth thanks to a stock sale—but it’s not shaken the billionaires club

The Dell CEO and founder now boasts a net worth of $138 billion, just $1 billion shy of overtaking Jensen Huang for the number 10 spot on the...

07.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

$40 billion real estate tycoon made his son get an MBA, work elsewhere, and climb the ranks for 13 years to prove he’s not a nepotism hire

The ‘Condo King of Miami’ Jorge Pérez put his millennial sons through a nearly 20-year-long succession process.

05.07.2025 30

Emma Burleigh

Bosses are right: remote workers spend 2.5 fewer hours on the clock than their coworkers in the office

In-office employees work nearly 2 days more weekly than their remote counterparts, as staffers binge-watch TV and fake keyboard activity from home....

03.07.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Zillow’s CEO says his friends were shocked when he quit a cushy job at Microsoft—but Steve Jobs led to his success at the $17 billion real estate firm

Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman left his cushy Microsoft job in 2009 to join the struggling real estate startup during the housing crisis. His friends had...

02.07.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Serena Williams’ secret to success is about more than talent: You have to grind ‘every day’

The 43-year-old tennis icon says humility and perseverance are key to success, echoing other leaders like Brian Niccol, Steve Jobs, and Mark Cuban.

30.06.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

‘Twilight’ superfans bought Bella Swan’s house for $360,000—now they’re making $140,000 a year renting out the ultimate collector’s item

"Twilight" captured the hearts of millennials in 2008. Now, 17 years on from its release, its fans are all grown up with "big boy money"—and one...

29.06.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

It’s not just Gen Z: This baby-boomer bank CEO says his MBA was a waste—and the skills he learned have ‘degraded, degraded, degraded’ since college

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters tells Gen Z that communication, curiosity, and empathy are the new hot skills as AI takes over the grunt work.

26.06.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

The American Dream is alive and well: The number of ‘everyday millionaires’ is soaring, with over 1,000 people joining the ultrawealthy club daily

More Americans are millionaires thanks to strong real estate markets, rising stock values, and 401(k) investments—and after the $83 trillion great...

25.06.2025 30

Emma Burleigh

Jason Isaacs earned millions from starring roles in ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘The White Lotus’—but he says he has ‘pretty much spent’ it all

The British actor has an estimated net worth of $6 million, earning about $40,000 per episode starring in “The White Lotus,” but he’s spent much...

25.06.2025 9

Emma Burleigh

‘House of Cards’ star Robin Wright says Netflix made her juggle three jobs to earn the same $500,000-per-episode salary as her costar Kevin Spacey

The 59-year-old Forrest Gump and Wonder Woman star said she was told she wouldn’t be paid equally because she “didn't win an Academy Award.”

23.06.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

The CEO of a Gwyneth Paltrow-backed $55 million startup went zero waste—she ditched body wash, coffee to-go, and disposable diapers for over 2 years

Blueland cofounder and CEO Sarah Paiji Yoo went radical in her quest to be more sustainable, but she quit when she realized her impact was...

21.06.2025 10

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Before ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Henry Golding swept salon floors at 14 for $32 a day and worked as a travel host on his way to stardom

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Ex-Applebee’s exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don’t need two of us, so I’m gonna have to let you go’

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OpenAI may soon be the world’s most valuable private company—but CEO Sam Altman won’t profit much, with no equity and just a $76,001 salary

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The exact salary the ultra-wealthy say they’d need to feel ‘comfortable’ in the current climate has been revealed—and it starts at $500,000

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82-year-old CEO grew a $7.8 billion fortune from company shares—now she’s selling stock to charity and signed Bill Gates’ pledge to give away 99%

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‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss

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‘Million Dollar Listing’ star used to sling paninis, but now leads a team closing $15 billion in deals—because someone was ‘stupid enough’ to hire him

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Steve Jobs’ first Silicon Valley boss turned down an offer to buy a third of Apple for $50,000—today, his share would be worth nearly $1 trillion

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AMD CEO won’t offer $100 million salaries to poach talent like Mark Zuckerberg. She says it’s more important staff don’t feel like ‘a cog in the wheel’

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College used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month with no luck

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Figma’s CEO sent cold emails and bought coffee to convince former LinkedIn and Flipboard coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success

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‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’

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Sorry Gen X: Boomers are making millennials their successors for CEO jobs instead because they’re down with AI

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AI is gutting workforces—and an ex-Google exec says CEOs are too busy ‘celebrating’ their efficiency gains to see they’re next

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Forget cold plunges: this CEO says the Gen Z habit of starting the day with memes is his favorite morning routine

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This Gen Zer dropped out of NYU at just 19 to launch his blockchain—now, his $1.3 billion company is backed by Mark Cuban and he never takes a day off

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says his employees are refusing Zuckerberg’s $100 million payout—and he’s not even matching salaries to keep them

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AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they’d rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot

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Six-figure salaries aren’t cutting it: Even high-earners are feeling the pinch right now and shopping at the dollar store

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TripAdvisor cofounder admits he’s often ghosted on LinkedIn now that he’s stepped down—but a career expert says it could be a ‘blessing in disguise’

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Eventbrite’s CEO quit a cushy career in Hollywood to launch the $225 million company with her own money: ‘If it’s a disaster, we’ll just be broke’

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Caitlin Clark’s WNBA rookie card sold for a record-breaking $660,000 at auction—over eight times her $76,000 salary

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he’s created more billionaires than any CEO in the world: ‘Don’t feel sad for anybody at my layer’

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‘Shark Tank’ icon Kevin O’Leary reveals the 3 things he looks for when investing his millions into a founder

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It’s not just Gen Z: these founders hated their 9-to-5 so much they launched their own companies

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Gen Z and millennials have outfit anxiety—here are 3 tips to avoid getting in trouble at the office

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A quarter of Gen X who’ve been laid off in the last decade haven’t found another job since—and 11% have taken pay cuts to escape unemployment

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$61.5 billion tech giant Anthropic has made a major hiring U-turn—now, it’s letting job applicants use AI months after banning it from the interview process

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After earnings fell by $300 million, Cardinal Health’s CEO went ‘ruthless’ to turn it around—and he says workers backed him because ‘people want to win’

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Stark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z that this popular corporate gig is a slow ‘drift into hell on Earth’ that’ll make you unemployable for life

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As AI rocks entry-level gigs, Whole Foods exec says the $13.7 billion grocer is offering workers the chance to become butchers, fishmongers, and pizza makers

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Millennials are finally becoming homeowners at nearly 40—Gen Z may have to wait 2 more decades before unlocking the American Dream

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Barbara Corcoran shares the ‘crazy’ work perks she’s offered her team including a free Bentley, mid-week picnics, and a 5,000 pound elephant ride

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Sweet Loren’s CEO was unfulfilled in her ‘real’ jobs—beating cancer gave her the guts to quit and launch the $120 million cookie brand

Emma Burleigh

Americans are eyeing up €1 homes in Europe to escape the broken economy—no Visa needed, but it’s not all dolce vita

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Multimillionaire athlete-turned-CEO says he never buys expensive clothes and only flies economy because he’s in constant fear of running out of cash

Emma Burleigh

Gen Alpha may never have to write a résumé: Over 75% of employers are now using personality and skills tests in hiring

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The CEO of David’s Bridal buys clothes from Goodwill and eBay—but swears by private chefs on vacation

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Bill Gates gave so much money away that his former no.2 and Microsoft successor is now wealthier than him