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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott extends her philanthropy with a $17 million gift to Oklahoma’s oldest public community college, where most students rely on aid 

MacKenzie Scott is continuing her giving streak to colleges, this time with a $17 million “life-changing” donation to Northern Oklahoma College.

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Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: ‘Everybody’s jobs will be different’

“I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.

21.11.2025 3

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Billionaire Mark Cuban wants Gen Z job seekers to focus on this one thing in the age of AI, and he gives the same advice to his children

At large corporations, AI skills can end up feeling “somewhat extraneous,” the billionaire said.

18.11.2025 2

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Meet the 73-year-old who splits his time between Panama and the U.S.: ‘$500 is my cost of living, plus food’

Wells took up a permanent residence in Boquete, Panama, in 2015.

15.11.2025 10

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Billionaires are swapping art and cars for sports teams as their top ‘trophy’ investment, JPMorgan says

Three years ago, only 6% of billionaires had controlling stakes in sports teams. Now, that share has jumped to 20%.

14.11.2025 9

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No, you probably aren’t wealthier as a ‘double-income, no kids’ DINK. The married couples are better off, Pew finds

They may flaunt their disposable income online, but the DINK life is a poorer one. Housing wealth plays a big part.

13.11.2025 2

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When will I know if my flight is canceled? Here’s what to expect as delays ripple across U.S. airports

Things will return to normal, eventually, but in time for Thanksgiving travel? That's not a given at this point.

12.11.2025 2

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Gen Z isn’t doom spending. Wasting money on flashy purchases is normal while you’re young and have nothing else to be admired for yet, expert says

“My aspiration for material stuff is the inverse of what else I have to offer the world,” The Psychology of Money author said.

12.11.2025 1

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Gen Z wants to know what their coworkers earn—so they’re being more transparent about pay and shunning employers who hide salaries

While some may find talking openly about compensation a bit awkward, career experts say Gen Z’s transparency is what the workforce needs.

11.11.2025 2

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Meet the millennial Meta cofounder and ex-journalist wife giving away their $20 billion fortune

The couple has donated more than $4 billion total, including more than $600 million in 2025 alone.

10.11.2025 1

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U.S. Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera shares her secret to switching her mindset to calm mode before performing

“When I’m getting ready, I like to stay as calm as possible. I don’t listen to music, I take a nap. I try to get my mind off gymnastics,”...

08.11.2025 10

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Ten years ago, millennials bought first homes at 31. Now, Gen Z may wait until 40 as the housing market grows increasingly out of reach

Despite affordability headwinds, more than half of Gen Z still thinks homeownership is part of the American dream.

07.11.2025 2

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Zohran Mamdani is New York’s first millennial Mayor—experts share how the young leader’s style will differ from his boomer predecessors

Higher minimum wage for young workers, remote working and a 4-day workweek could get a spotlight thanks to New York’s first millennial Mayor

07.11.2025 2

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Millennial CEO reveals ‘the most honest’ time-off request from his Gen Z employee: ‘I just had a breakup… I need a short break’

The boss approved the request without question, but concluded: “Gen Z doesn’t do filters!”

05.11.2025 2

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Reese Witherspoon candidly attributes her $400 million Hollywood success to anxiety—she says she pushed herself to ‘extreme levels to show up in a perfect way’

Reese Witherspoon has spent four decades climbing Hollywood’s ranks—from an Oscar win to selling her company Hello Sunshine for $900 million. Now,...

04.11.2025 3

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The exact amount of money you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage

To make it to the top five per cent, households need to bring in $619,178 annually, a new analysis by GoBankingRates revealed.

03.11.2025 2

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I spoke to Bill de Blasio about being cloned—and what public figures can do when AI fakes strike: ‘All you can do is go online and deny what it is’

In a world full of online impersonators, deepfakes, trading scams, ChatGPT writing essays, and AI-curated images, a growing number of people are now...

02.11.2025 7

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Not even blue-collar jobs are safe from automation—the era of robots is here and for $20K you can already buy your first robo housekeeper

The latest home-intruder is a 5-foot-6-inch humanoid housekeeper, called Neo, created by 1X Technologies. It’s ready for pre-order at a cost of...

31.10.2025 3

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Billie Eilish calls on billionaires to give away their wealth—with Mark Zuckerberg in the room: ‘If you’re a billionaire, why are you one?’

"No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties,” she said at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards.

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Meet Timothy Mellon, the reclusive Wyoming billionaire revealed as the $130 million donor funding military pay during the federal shutdown

The great-great-grandson of Mellon Bank’s founder inherited around $23 million from the family business, before making his own fortune in the...

30.10.2025 5

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These are the U.S. cities where Americans can actually afford to live on a single person’s income—and the ones out-of-budget for singletons

To measure affordability, analysts used the rule that rent shouldn’t exceed 30% of income. In New York, that means nearly $4,000 a month for a...

29.10.2025 2

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As Gen Z faces the white collar freeze in hiring, law and business school applications are soaring

Gen Z is rushing back to the classroom to dodge AI disruption as law-school applications have jumped 33% compared to this time last year.

28.10.2025 2

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Parents offering $240K to tutor their one-year-old—the job ad calls for someone ‘from a socially appropriate background’ to prepare their toddler for top schools

The CEO of Tutors International says the salary is not shocking for wealthy families.

26.10.2025 8

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Meet the billionaire couple who not only signed The Giving Pledge but actually delivered—donating nearly half their fortune while still alive

Since signing in 2010, John and Laura Arnold have given away $2 billion to date.

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Bank boss says Gen Z did ‘what society told them’—they got degrees and debt—but still no jobs: ‘This generation wasn’t built to withstand that level of rejection

“Too many young people were steered into debt-funded degrees with promises that no longer hold true,” banking boss Quentin Nason slammed higher...

23.10.2025 2

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Top defense CEO says non-linear paths can take you to the top: ‘Leapfrogging is one of my core values’

Toni Townes-Whitley’s career zigzags led to her running a $4.4 billion defense tech giant.

21.10.2025 10

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Marketing leaders say AI is rewriting how brands reach Gen Z and millennials: ‘Forget what you know; learn this’ 

Top executives say AI is helping their users lean into being more personable.

21.10.2025 10

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As workers fear for AI job cuts, Open AI co-founder says AI agents will take a decade before they even work: ‘They don’t have enough intelligence’

For employees worried that AI agents could take their jobs, Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI says the technology is still far from perfect.

21.10.2025 2

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John Summit went from working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in a $65,000 job to a multimillionaire DJ—‘I make more in one show than I would in my entire accounting career’

Swapping cubicles for full-time party life, Summit is now a multi-millionaire DJ, producer and owner of his own label “Experts Only.”

18.10.2025 10

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Hailey Bieber has shared what she will do with the $1 billion she made from her Rhode sale to e.l.f. Beauty earlier this year

“I just want to be smart with it, I would like to invest it wisely,” Bieber said.

17.10.2025 3

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MacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes

After the billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott ended up with about 4% of Amazon, she’s given away $19 billion over the past five years, with...

16.10.2025 10

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Mark Cuban called for workers to get a slice of their employers’ $33 trillion success—now, Samsung is awarding shares to staff for the first time

Paychecks aren’t enough anymore, employees want ownership in stocks. Now at Samsung, employees are getting a piece of the company's soaring $448...

16.10.2025 20

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As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it’s time for workers to receive a cut of their employers’ success in the form of stocks

Billionaire wealth has increased by $33 trillion since 2015—and Mark Cuban says employees deserve a piece of that pie too.

14.10.2025 5

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Peter Thiel says he warned Elon Musk to ditch donating to The Giving Pledge because Bill Gates will give his wealth away ‘to left-wing nonprofits’

"What am I supposed to do—give it to my children?" Musk responded, as Thiel recounted. "You know, it would be much worse to give it to Bill Gates."

13.10.2025 2

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Gen Z coder rejected by the Ivy League despite founding a $30 million app says college is ‘not worth it for most people’

Although he started his first business at just ten years old, earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, and achieved a 34 on the ACT, he was still rejected by the Ivy...

12.10.2025 20

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‘Psychology of Money’ author Morgan Housel follows the same morbid success measure as Warren Buffett—a “reverse obituary”

The behavioral finance known for his bestseller The Psychology of Money, unveils the psychology behind spending.

12.10.2025 10

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Before ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Janelle James did it all—waitressing, personal chef, party planner, sewing teacher. Now she’s making over $4 million a season

Before landing a $200,000-per-episode salary on Abbott Elementary, Janelle James did ‘every hustle in the book’ to stay afloat.

10.10.2025 3

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Watch out, new hires: Employers are sneaking in a ‘hybrid creep’ after your offer letter

Even in the age of flexible work, landing your dream hybrid job might not be enough to keep you safe from creeping in-office policies.

09.10.2025 3

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Meet Larry Ellison: the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul whose family could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN, and TikTok

The Ellison name is taking shape to be the future of movies, streaming, TV shows and more. As Larry Ellison, Oracle cofounder and his son, take their...

08.10.2025 3

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Gen Z billionaire Alexandr Wang tells 13-year olds they should be more like Bill Gates, who snuck out of the house to code at night

“When personal computers first came about, the people who spent the most time with it and grew up with it had this immense advantage in the future...

03.10.2025 2

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White House layoff threats and the greatest resignation in American history highlight paycheck uncertainty—here’s how to prepare if it happens to you

From government shutdowns to AI disruption, sudden income loss can strike at any time—experts reveal the five financial steps to take the moment...

02.10.2025 2

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Martha Stewart wakes up at 4 a.m., packs in brain games and pilates—all before staff arrive at 7 a.m—in her quest to be a ‘super ager’

Martha Stewart doesn’t allow herself to sleep in—and the first self-made female billionaire in America expects her staff to bring their a-game by...

02.10.2025 10

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Walmart CEO says he can’t think of a single job that won’t be changed by AI—here’s how today’s workforce can prepare

The CEO of one of the world’s largest employers says AI is going to impact your job—ready or not.

30.09.2025 2

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Mark Cuban says his best investment of all time was still living like a student after college—including sleeping on the floor and driving a $200 broken car 

Before selling his first $30 million company Microsolutions, Mark Cuban lived with five roommates in a 3-bedroom apartment and shopped for groceries...

29.09.2025 2

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This Ivy League reject taught himself to code at 7, built a $30m app by 18 and is treating college like a $100k vacation: ‘not necessarily things that are directly related to my company’

Zach Yadegari drives a Lamborghini, lives in a house with fellow Gen Z millionaires and is having fun at the University of Miami even though he...

27.09.2025 10

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Harry Potter star Emma Watson says she paused her career at 29, after 16-hour work days turned her into ‘an insane person’ who couldn’t hold a conversation

Emma Watson’s taken a break from acting since 2019—now she’s revealing the grueling schedules and emotional toll that forced her to step back.

26.09.2025 4

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Expats are running away to Panama—they’re enjoying a better quality of life for 40% less than back home

With just $800 a month needed to live comfortably, Panama holds its crown as the top expat haven. Meanwhile, the U.S. sinks all the way down to 36th...

26.09.2025 4

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Employers are dishing out quiet promotions: fancy new job roles without the title or pay—and experts say it ‘practically guarantees burnout’

Employers are getting more done at the office, by having you do more for less. But experts warn it’s “normalizing unpaid advancement.”

19.09.2025 5

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The 10 best countries to retire in right now—and America didn’t make the cut

As retiring in America becomes increasingly unaffordable, retirees are booking a one-way trip to Portugal instead.

18.09.2025 5

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Female Gen Z workers say the best kind of bosses have one thing in common—they’re ‘girl dads’

'Girl dad’ managers are being described as more empathetic and fair by Gen Z women on TikTok because they have ‘built-in sensitivity training.’

17.09.2025 20

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