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Palantir says college is no longer a reliable training ground—so it hired 22 high school students instead: ‘Skip the debt. Skip the indoctrination.’

22 Gen Zers are currently graduating from Palantir’s Meritocracy Fellowship, as CEO Alex Karp calls his company "the best credential in tech."

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Emma Burleigh

America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year, while the average home earned $83,000—and the gap’s set to get wider under Trump

The top 10 richest U.S. billionaires took home 833,631x more money than the typical American home, and inequality could get worse thanks to President...

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Emma Burleigh

Walmart CEO said paying its star managers upwards of $620,000 yearly empowered them to ‘feel like owners’

From Rolls-Royce to Volkswagen, companies are betting big on pay hikes to fix culture—because money still talks.

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Emma Burleigh

This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year

Entrepreneur Nancy Hairston founded 3D medical-design company MedCAD after designing McDonald’s Happy Meal toys and Bratz dolls—and her products...

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Emma Burleigh

Former VP Kamala Harris says she went through a nine-hour interview to land the job—but she couldn’t escape ‘gold medal depression’ even when she won

Kamala Harris has made history as the first woman to take on the roles of San Francisco DA, California attorney general, and U.S. vice president—but...

31.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

The CEOs of Apple, Airbnb, and PepsiCo agree on one thing: life as a business leader is incredibly lonely

Leaders of billion-dollar behemoths including Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Apple’s Tim Cook say the top job is isolating, and entrepreneurs should...

30.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

As Americans lose faith in higher education, Gen Z turns to skills and blue-collar jobs

U.S. colleges are being questioned by the Trump administration while citizens wonder if costly degrees are even worth it anymore, pushing Gen Z into...

29.10.2025 1

Emma Burleigh

Wealthy family in New Jersey posts tutoring job for $264,000 a year—complete with 45 days vacation and a guest house

A job posting looking to pay $264,000 for a private tutor requires that talent be taught in the American education system, have an easygoing...

28.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

The Gen Z job crisis is real: 1.2 million recent grads in the U.K. competed for just 17,000 open roles

Rob Breare, CEO of independent U.K. school system Malvern College International, said at Fortune’s Global Forum that AI is upending the job hunt as...

28.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism

Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes scaled her own multimillion-dollar brands, Late July and Nixie, after getting Cape Cod chips back on track:...

26.10.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

Stanford athlete turned wealth guru had everything he wanted by 30, but realized money doesn’t buy happiness: ‘I had the high-paying job, the title, the house, the car’

“The 5 Types of Wealth” author Sahil Bloom had all the trappings of success—but he quickly realized that money doesn't buy happiness.

24.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says AI won’t destroy human jobs—’Yes, job functions will change…but I’m excited about it’

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said every CEO he speaks with is focused on AI automation, and despite “volatility” around jobs, humans will...

23.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has one question he likes to ask every entrepreneur: ‘Why does your company deserve to exist?’

Brian Chesky says that before chasing the dream of building the next Airbnb, aspiring entrepreneurs must answer one critical question—and the best...

22.10.2025 1

Emma Burleigh

Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’

“People are emotionally dysregulated, distrustful, and disconnected,” bestselling author and professor Brené Brown warns.

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Emma Burleigh

Like 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

Cofounder of Chess.com says he was “laughed out of VC rooms who said that chess would never be anything.”

19.10.2025 9

Emma Burleigh

Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience

The $1.8 trillion tech giant is looking for software engineers, only requiring a bachelor’s degree and minimal working experience. They’re welcome...

17.10.2025 8

Emma Burleigh

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault sees wealth skyrocket by $19 billion overnight after months of bleeding billions as shoppers trade designer bags for luxury vacations

It may be a difficult climb for the LVMH chairman to claw back to his January high of $209 billion as researchers project a 3-year slowdown in luxury...

17.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Gen X Pinterest exec was raised in the Bronx: Now, he lives in the center of LA, eats out 50% of the week, and tracks his brainwaves while meditating

Pinterest’s chief content officer Malik Ducard worked at Google, YouTube, and even Hollywood before forging partnerships with Emma Chamberlin and...

16.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Why Michelle Obama’s stylist invested in the LVMH-backed AI styling platform Alta: ‘It was a no-brainer’

Celebrity stylist Meredith Koop says the ‘brilliant’ mind behind LVMH-backed AI stylist Alta, Jenny Wang, sold her on investing in the technology...

16.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success

Jeff Bezos hates the word ‘balance’—and he’s not alone. Reid Hoffman says chasing it means you’re not serious about winning, while other...

16.10.2025 50

Emma Burleigh

Even workers earning more than $500,000 annually are living paycheck to paycheck—thanks to ‘lifestyle inflation,’ they’re continuing to splurge money they don’t have

America’s top earners feel just as broke as workers scraping by on less than $50,000, thanks to soaring food, housing, and luxury item costs.

15.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

CEO of $8 billion AI company says he’s ‘mind boggled’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful

Cerebras cofounder Andrew Feldman warned aspiring entrepreneurs they need to be working “every waking minute,” echoing the likes of Zoom CEO Eric...

13.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Adobe exec says the $141 billion software giant embraces candidates who use AI to apply for jobs—because they’re the people ‘creating the future’

While many CEOs see AI in hiring tests as cheating, this Adobe exec says candidates who use it are the innovators she’s hunting for.

12.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Multimillionaire Shonda Rhimes built a billion-dollar TV empire but still hunts for discounts and clips coupons like Warren Buffett

Multimillionaire ‘Bridgerton’ producer Shonda Rhimes still hunts for bargains because ‘absolutely nothing’ changes when your dreams come true.

10.10.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

This CEO got fired 3 times before becoming his own boss and selling his company for $1.6 billion—he tells struggling Gen Z that’s the point of your 20s

Scope3 CEO Brian O’Kelley lost millions getting fired. His revenge? Starting AppNexus the moment his non-compete expired—it sold for $1.6 billion.

10.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

America’s air traffic controller shortage is even worse during the government shutdown—but job candidates can make $145,000 per year

Air traffic controllers, expected to work without pay during the government shutdown, aren’t showing up to airports. It’s making the industry’s...

08.10.2025 6

Emma Burleigh

350 hiring managers gave their honest thoughts about Gen Z—and only 8% believe they’re ready for the workforce

The young generation is second-guessing their college degrees—and as more employers lean on skills-based hiring, Gen Z faces stiff competition.

07.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ writer worked at Olive Garden and was a librarian before scoring big deals with Netflix and Amazon

Jenny Han, the author behind hit series like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” said she wouldn’t change a thing about her come-up, and that...

06.10.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

How the cofounder of Chess.com went from being a child prodigy in a religious cult to building a 225 million player empire

Danny Rensch grew up in the Church of Immortal Consciousness, running around barefoot and living off food stamps. But he left and bootstrapped the...

05.10.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Insomnia Cookies CEO made millions selling his company to Krispy Kreme, but has a warning for entrepreneurs: ‘It can be lonely, it’s a solitary life’

Seth Berkowitz wants aspiring young people in business to know the life of an entrepreneur is “not for everyone”—especially when burnout and the...

03.10.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn’s CEO is saying the future of work won’t belong to people with degrees anymore

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college...

02.10.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Billionaire Kenn Ricci made his first million after being furloughed. He borrowed $500 from his dad, bought an airline, and now takes $800K vacations

Serial aviation entrepreneur Kenn Ricci became ‘accidentally wealthy’ after acquiring successes like Flexjet—now, he splurges on luxury watches...

01.10.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today

About 150,000 workers took the Trump administration’s resignation deal. The mass resignation is in stark contrast to white-collar employees...

30.09.2025 5

Emma Burleigh

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career

Inspiration can strike in unlikely places, from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang learning wisdom from a gardener to Uber’s cofounders creating the company to...

28.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

‘Tyler Perry said something to me I’ll never forget’: Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO learned a big lesson on when ‘to leave them in the sand’

Millennial entrepreneur Derrick Hayes told Fortune that he sticks to his business ambitions, echoing the likes of the CEOs at Perplexity, Target, and...

25.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m.

Insomnia Cookies CEO Seth Berkowitz started his cookie-delivery business and got angel investors on board before even graduating college.

21.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire

While the French are enjoying higher wages in retirement than the country’s workers, nearly a fifth of American retirees are “struggling” or...

16.09.2025 4

Emma Burleigh

Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI

Zoom leader Eric Yuan admits that the technology will erase some human jobs—but those who keep their jobs will enjoy fewer working days.

15.09.2025 7

Emma Burleigh

‘Million Dollar Listing’ star Fredrik Eklund says Gen Z doesn’t need a college degree to make it in real estate: ‘You’ve gotta be out on the streets’

Music to the ears of Gen Z, the real-estate mogul closing $15 billion in property sales says there are some things you can’t learn in a classroom.

14.09.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

NYU professor says traditional networking is ‘nonsense’ — instead, real friendships are key to success

NYU professor and seasoned business leader Suzy Welch says that handing out business cards at industry functions won’t lead to success. Melinda...

12.09.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Klarna’s $17 billion IPO has just turned 40 staffers into overnight millionaires—adding a fresh batch to the fintech’s ultrawealthy club

Now, at least 100 Klarna workers have collectively joined the millionaire club—and workers who invested early in Nvidia, Canva, and Palantir are...

11.09.2025 3

Emma Burleigh

Job-hopping Gen Z only stay in each job 1 year and 54% are regularly browsing for their next role—but a report says they’re not disloyal villains

While Gen Xers and baby boomers stayed in their first jobs for around 3 years, Gen Z are ditching their employers yearly without the promise of bigger...

11.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Multimillion-dollar restaurant CEO splurged on Range Rovers and McLarens—but now he’s ‘mindful’ about spending because the economy is unpredictable

Millennial founder and CEO of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, Derrick Hayes, splurged on Bentleys, a Range Rover, and McLaren after achieving...

09.09.2025 40

Emma Burleigh

Silicon Valley’s graying workforce: Gen Z staff cut in half at tech companies as the average age goes up by 5 years

As AI takes over entry-level jobs, the amount of Gen Z at large public tech companies like Meta and Microsoft has been slashed in half, and the age of...

07.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

America’s billionaires are worth $5.7 trillion—but they’ve only pledged or donated $185 billion of that in the last decade

The U.S.’s 1,135 billionaires are sitting on a collective $5.7 trillion, but few are giving back through philanthropy: They've only pledged or...

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Emma Burleigh

Tennis champion Coco Gauff loves this $2 monthly subscription, cooks TikTok recipes, and treats herself with $3,000 shopping sprees

21-year-old star athlete Coco Gauff has been breaking tennis records for years—but the multimillionaire doesn’t pay for her own Netflix, shops...

04.09.2025 20

Emma Burleigh

Unemployed graduates are flocking to this business degree to stand out in the current job market—unlike most MBAs it requires zero work experience

Gen Z graduates down on their luck amid AI jobs automation are turning to masters of management degrees—no business expertise or work experience...

03.09.2025 2

Emma Burleigh

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says his company has cut 4,000 customer service jobs as AI steps in: ‘I need less heads’

Billionaire tech boss Marc Benioff isn’t the only one replacing customer service and sales roles with AI—Klarna and Microsoft have also slashed...

02.09.2025 10

Emma Burleigh

Luxury real estate star Fredrik Eklund reveals the latest trend for wealthy buyers: at-home ‘biohacking’

‘Million Dollar Listing’ star Fredrik Eklund says his millionaire clientele are spending big bucks to do popular wellness trends at home—the...

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Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO grew up in ‘survival mode’ selling newspapers and bean pies—now his chain sells a $12 cheesesteak every 58 seconds

Just like Gen Z, Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks' millennial founder and CEO Derrick Hayes juggled multiple side gigs growing up: “I was always a hustler.”

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Palantir says college is no longer a reliable training ground—so it hired 22 high school students instead: ‘Skip the debt. Skip the indoctrination.’

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America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year, while the average home earned $83,000—and the gap’s set to get wider under Trump

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Walmart CEO said paying its star managers upwards of $620,000 yearly empowered them to ‘feel like owners’

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This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year

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Former VP Kamala Harris says she went through a nine-hour interview to land the job—but she couldn’t escape ‘gold medal depression’ even when she won

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As Americans lose faith in higher education, Gen Z turns to skills and blue-collar jobs

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Wealthy family in New Jersey posts tutoring job for $264,000 a year—complete with 45 days vacation and a guest house

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The Gen Z job crisis is real: 1.2 million recent grads in the U.K. competed for just 17,000 open roles

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Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism

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Stanford athlete turned wealth guru had everything he wanted by 30, but realized money doesn’t buy happiness: ‘I had the high-paying job, the title, the house, the car’

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Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’

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Like 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

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Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience

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LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault sees wealth skyrocket by $19 billion overnight after months of bleeding billions as shoppers trade designer bags for luxury vacations

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Gen X Pinterest exec was raised in the Bronx: Now, he lives in the center of LA, eats out 50% of the week, and tracks his brainwaves while meditating

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Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success

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Even workers earning more than $500,000 annually are living paycheck to paycheck—thanks to ‘lifestyle inflation,’ they’re continuing to splurge money they don’t have

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CEO of $8 billion AI company says he’s ‘mind boggled’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful

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Adobe exec says the $141 billion software giant embraces candidates who use AI to apply for jobs—because they’re the people ‘creating the future’

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Multimillionaire Shonda Rhimes built a billion-dollar TV empire but still hunts for discounts and clips coupons like Warren Buffett

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This CEO got fired 3 times before becoming his own boss and selling his company for $1.6 billion—he tells struggling Gen Z that’s the point of your 20s

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America’s air traffic controller shortage is even worse during the government shutdown—but job candidates can make $145,000 per year

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350 hiring managers gave their honest thoughts about Gen Z—and only 8% believe they’re ready for the workforce

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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ writer worked at Olive Garden and was a librarian before scoring big deals with Netflix and Amazon

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How the cofounder of Chess.com went from being a child prodigy in a religious cult to building a 225 million player empire

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Insomnia Cookies CEO made millions selling his company to Krispy Kreme, but has a warning for entrepreneurs: ‘It can be lonely, it’s a solitary life’

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More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn’s CEO is saying the future of work won’t belong to people with degrees anymore

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America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today

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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career

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Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m.

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65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire

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