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A 1% mistake costs $10 billion: Inside the impossible math of managing Elon Musk’s trillionaire SpaceX wealth

SpaceX's record IPO made Musk a trillionaire—and created a wealth-management challenge no advisor has ever faced.

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Gen Z fled San Francisco for Texas and Florida. Now they’re turning ‘welcomer cities’ into the next big tech towns

The next wave of the migration story is already underway, and it’s moving the innovation economy into unexpected territory.

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Stranded on a Denver tarmac, Booking.com’s CEO envisions the AI that should have rerouted him to Aspen before takeoff

At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference, Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel described the AI travel agent he wants to build, while Ryan Serhant shared...

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Stephen Schwarzman’s grandfather inspired the Blackstone billionaire’s philanthropy: It was ‘his privilege to help others in need’

Blackstone billionaire Stephen Schwarzman has given over $1 billion to charity. He credits his grandfather—and now plans a top-10 AI-focused...

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Jeff Bezos commits himself to make ‘three good decisions a day,’ inspired by Warren Buffett’s philosophy of making smart choices

"As a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions," the Amazon founder said.

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High-earning millennials and Gen Zers feel broke and conflicted: ‘I make a good salary, I shouldn’t be struggling this much’

Just 16% of U.S. adults say they feel financially fulfilled, and experts say the anxiety gripping everyone else often has little to do with what's...

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Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used mortgages to buy multimillion-dollar mansions. Here’s why that’s a savvy financial decision

Even the world’s richest people borrow money to buy homes. Financial experts say mortgages can actually be a strategic wealth move for the ultrarich.

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MacKenzie Scott’s approach to her $26 billion giving spree was inspired by a book she read in college about writing

Scott signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and has since given away 46% of her net worth.

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Women run a record 11.2% of Fortune 500 companies in 2026—but the gain came in a year of high-profile exits

Internal promotions and outside hires helped the Fortune 500 notch more women CEOs.

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Mark Cuban put $500K into a stranger’s rocket company over email. It’s now a SpaceX competitor worth $4 billion

The billionaire entrepreneur has a pattern of investing in things and people he hasn’t seen before.

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He sent out 3,200 résumés and got zero job offers in the 2008 crash. Now Outdoor Boys’ Luke Nichols is telling grads how he survived

The Outdoor Boys star survived the 2008 crash by out-saving his more credentialed peers. Now he's telling younger generations to do the same.

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Warren Buffett’s son Peter didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until his 20s—he found out from a rich list

Peter Buffett, now 68, says he laughed when he spotted his father on the list of the richest Americans—and his friends were just as shocked as he was.

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Gen Z is rejecting $200 dates and choosing ‘solo-maxxing’—and dating apps are taking a hit

As date-night costs near $200, young people are reframing single life as a deliberate, lower-cost, lower-stress lifestyle they call "solo maxxing."

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Warren Buffett says ‘you’re giving up your potential’ if you don’t have this one skill—and it has nothing to do with the stock market

The Oracle of Omaha says communication is the most under-taught skill in school. In the AI era, executives from Jeff Bezos to Jamie Dimon say it's the...

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‘PTO-maxxing’ is the summer hack turning 15 vacation days into 49 days off

With burnout climbing and Americans leaving more vacation days on the table than almost any other country, workers are getting strategic.

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Kevin O’Leary slams people who want work-life balance: ‘I hope they work for my competitors’

The Shark Tank star says he wants employees who go above and beyond, but Gen Z workers say they'd take a $5,000 pay cut to keep that boundary.

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Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’

The leadership expert behind one of the most-watched TED Talks of all time says rock bottom is a feature, not a bug, of every success story.

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Inside the ‘stealth wealth’ playbook: How Silicon Valley’s elite buy multimillion-dollar mansions without leaving a paper trail

The ultrawealthy now treat visibility as a liability and they're paying to disappear from luxury real estate records.

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The Midwest is leading America’s spring housing rebound because of ‘buyers who are actually showing up,’ Realtor.com says

Kansas City, Louisville, and Indianapolis are powering the strongest spring housing market since 2022 as buyers chase affordability in the Midwest...

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MacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list

“MacKenzie Scott is among the notable absences on the Philanthropy 50 list,” the Chronicle of Philanthropy said.

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Pay transparency is exposing a bigger problem: Most companies can’t explain why they pay what they pay

Syndio’s CEO and the founder of Salary Transparent Street told Fortune workers aren't just demanding to know what their colleagues earn—they want...

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‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix

The actress built Hello Sunshine after Hollywood told her there were no female-led movies to make. Six years later, she sold it for $900 million.

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Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank says micromanagement is ‘underestimated.’ Steve Jobs and Elon Musk would agree

The Under Armour founder says he runs 80-90% of the business on structure.

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Nonprofit CEOs say Trump’s economy is driving surging demand—and they’re pushed to the brink

A new Center for Effective Philanthropy report finds nonprofits are facing higher need, tighter funding, staff cuts, and worsening burnout.

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NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off

Anil Kochhar, the commencement speaker at North Carolina State University's Wilson College of Textiles made a surprise donation.

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TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett’s 3 rules for Gen Z entering the workforce: Adapt, lean in, and build a bigger table

TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett told Florida A&M University's class of 2026 fear isn't the right response to an AI-disrupted job market.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Z and millennials are using ChatGPT like a ‘life advisor’—but college students might be one step ahead

Speaking at a Sequoia Capital event, the OpenAI CEO said college students have built complex ChatGPT workflows and "don't really make life decisions...

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Investors are betting big on senior housing. There’s just one problem—the baby boomers they’re chasing can’t pay the rent

The senior housing boom could become real estate's next gold rush—or overbuilding disaster

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The American Dream is moving to the Midwest—Michigan and Wisconsin beat the coasts for the hottest housing markets, Redfin finds

Wisconsin landed three of the top 10 spots on Redfin's 2026 ranking, as buyers priced out of coastal markets chase Midwest affordability.

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Meet Mark Stevens: The billionaire VC, Nvidia board member, and Giving Pledge signer who just donated $200 million to USC

Billionaire venture capitalist Mark Stevens, an early Nvidia backer at Sequoia Capital, just made one of the largest gifts in USC history to fuel the...

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The IRS may owe COVID-era refunds to tens of millions of taxpayers. Here’s who could qualify

The affected taxpayers could include individuals, small businesses, large corporations, estates, and trusts.

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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200

This is causing a K-shaped dating economy to emerge.

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America’s twin scarcities: The 4-million-unit shortage in both housing and childcare is breaking families

America's housing and childcare shortages are converging into a single affordability crisis with major macroeconomic consequences.

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Big Tech is shelling out up to $1 million for new hires who will never have to write a line of code

Tech companies are paying up to $1.2 million for senior communications roles because explaining AI is now a strategic asset.

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From Warren Buffett to Tim Cook, these 5 Fortune 500 legends all share the same childhood job

Ross Perot once said a paper route taught “just good, basic business principles.”

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‘Capitalism works because the losers die’: Kevin O’Leary says it’s a ‘really bad idea’ for the federal government to bail out Spirit Airlines

The Shark Tank star and multimillionaire investor says the Trump administration's reported $500 million rescue plan props up "bad management" and...

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Florida’s influx of rich residents is killing the middle class and housing market

The pandemic wave of Florida transplants is backfiring.

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Milestones like marriage and parenthood are so delayed for millennials and Gen Z many of them are skipping out on life insurance, report finds

“We failed you 1,000 times over,” one expert told Fortune exclusively. “We don't educate you at the time that you're going through your benefit...

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Billionaire Michael Dell started his company in his University of Texas dorm room. Now, he’s betting on AI with a $750 million gift

This gift pushes the Dells’ donations to UT Austin over $1 billion.

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The tables have turned: Florida and Texas are the biggest losers in the housing market as Ohio emerges as a surprise winner

Cleveland is becoming one of the more desirable markets for homebuyers.

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America’s ‘silent army’ of skilled tradespeople are retiring with no one to replace them—and the price tag could hit $1 trillion a year

The shortage of electricians, HVAC techs, and pipefitters could have catastrophic consequences for the economy, according to a new JLL report...

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For wealthy buyers, Mar-a-Lago’s security perimeter is Palm Beach’s hottest amenity

An indefinite road closure on Billionaires’ Row was supposed to be a hassle. Agents say it’s become a sales pitch.

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MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $26 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

Since her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos, Scott has quietly donated $26 billion to HBCUs, DEI groups, and disaster relief—outpacing her ex-husband's...

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MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges

The billionaire philanthropist has directed more than $1.2 billion to HBCUs as Trump administration cuts threaten their survival.

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Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change. With the 2030 clock ticking, his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, is leading the charge to spend it

The Bezos Earth Fund has disbursed more than $2 billion so far. With less than four years left to deploy the rest, the couple's philanthropy is...

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Warren Buffett’s first tax return showed $7 owed to the IRS. The then-paperboy and former Berkshire Hathaway CEO is now worth $143 billion

That’s a far cry from the $26.8 billion Buffett said his company Berkshire Hathaway paid in 2024 taxes.

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Rory McIlroy’s mom worked night shifts at a factory so her son could play golf. Now he’s worth $200M and is a two-time Masters champion

How the 2026 Masters champion went from humble beginnings to one of golf’s most celebrated careers.

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The ‘Tuscan Mom’ aesthetic is taking over TikTok as Gen Z glamorize McMansions and reject millennial gray

From terracotta walls to wrought-iron fixtures, a new generation is reclaiming the early-2000s interiors their millennial predecessors were desperate...

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Mark Cuban admits he made a mistake letting go of the Mavericks: ‘I don’t regret selling. I regret who I sold to’

The former Shark Tank star opens up about his feelings regarding the Mavericks sale.

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Delta’s CEO spent 15 years turning the airline into a premium brand. Now it commands 20% more per seat than rivals

“Delta is not a low-cost airline,” Ed Bastian told Fortune’s Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell.

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