favorites

Klarna CEO says he feels ‘gloomy’ because AI is developing so quickly it’ll soon be able to do his entire job

“My work to me is a super important part of who I am,” Sebastian Siemiatkowski said.

yesterday 3

Sydney Lake

In a frozen luxury housing market, buyers are asking to ‘try before you buy’ and having sleepovers in multimillion-dollar mansions

Sellers are trying new tactics to get the most money for their homes.

yesterday 3

Sydney Lake

Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun says the key to being a better leader is being a better person: ‘Leadership is self improvement’

“The problem is most people are sensitive, and they don’t want to be criticized,” he said.

yesterday 2

Sydney Lake

Reese Witherspoon says, ‘I don’t think my career would be possible’ in the age of AI and social media: ‘It’s a different world’

AI has fundamentally changed the entertainment industry.

yesterday 2

Sydney Lake

The job market is so bad, people in their 40s are resorting to going back to school instead of looking for work

“Experience is no longer enough,” a job-search expert says.

previous day 10

Sydney Lake

Gen Z is defiantly ‘giving up’ on ever owning a home and is spending more than saving, working less, and making risky investments, study shows

Young people are crossing a ‘threshold” into dangerous financial territory.

12.12.2025 9

Sydney Lake

What it takes to be wealthy in America: $2.3 million, Charles Schwab says

Survey respondents said it feels like it takes more money to feel wealthy today compared with last year.

11.12.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Why Jerome Powell’s latest big rate cut still won’t help you get a lower mortgage rate

"Since this rate cut was no surprise, the markets have taken it in stride,” 43-year mortgage industry veteran Melissa Cohn told Fortune.

11.12.2025 4

Sydney Lake

You’re probably $30,000 short of what you need to buy a house—and you’re not alone

More than 75% of U.S. homes on the market are unaffordable for the typical household, according to a Bankrate analysis.

09.12.2025 4

Sydney Lake

Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

“A nerd’s gotta do what a nerd’s gotta do, and a nerd should practice what he preaches,” Craig Newmark said.

09.12.2025 6

Sydney Lake

Parents are sacrificing retirement, taking second jobs, and liquidating investments just to afford college for their kids

More than 60% of parents say they’re delaying retirement to pay for college.

09.12.2025 7

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

These gifts are a “major source of encouragement” during uncertain times for higher education.

06.12.2025 20

Sydney Lake

‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

The billionaire philanthropist says there’s more work to be done to get the wealthy to donate.

05.12.2025 4

Sydney Lake

Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million

“It’s worked out for all of us,” Galloway said.

04.12.2025 5

Sydney Lake

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combatting homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

“It’s a $2 billion commitment,” Sánchez Bezos said. “And we’re going to continue doing it."

02.12.2025 3

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works

The billionaire philanthropist’s giving style is a rarity in the industry.

02.12.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Elon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is ‘very hard’

Musk’s giving style differs greatly from that of other billionaires.

02.12.2025 10

Sydney Lake

How a park bench meeting led to Aflac’s $200 million mascot idea

“Quack, quack, Aflac became the idea,” CEO Dan Amos told Fortune. The adoption of the avian mascot has coincided with a 621% run-up in share price.

02.12.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Steve Jobs taught Gap’s former CEO that micromanaging can be a good thing

“I’m proud to be a micromanager for what a customer sees, feels, and hears,” Mickey Drexler said.

29.11.2025 6

Sydney Lake

Billionaire Mark Cuban once ran a Ponzi scheme from his dorm room: ‘That’s how I paid for my junior year of college’

"It was basically a scam,” Cuban, 67, said as he chuckled.

28.11.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Lowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’

“I had to find a way to differentiate myself,” Marvin Ellison said.

27.11.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Jeff Bezos’ most expensive investment is a $500 million custom superyacht that’s the largest in the world

The Amazon founder even paid an extra $75 million for another yacht to support his superyacht.

21.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Half of millennial and Gen Z couples pick engagement rings with lab-grown diamonds— ‘well beyond what the mining industry had expected,’ McKinsey says

Couples appear to care more about gemstone size and price than sustainability.

19.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions

MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19 billion in the past five years.

16.11.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Homeland Security secretary promises $10,000 bonuses for select TSA agents who worked during the government shutdown—but there’s a catch

The bonuses are only for workers who went ‘above and beyond,’ Kristi Noem said.

14.11.2025 2

Sydney Lake

Self-made millionaire Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘golden rule’ of real estate investing

The “Shark Tank” star with a $100 million net worth says paying 20% down is key—and explains why.

13.11.2025 2

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million

These donations come on the heels of other major donations from Scott to HBCUs this fall.

13.11.2025 2

Sydney Lake

Marriott abruptly cut ties with Sonder, leaving thousands of hotel guests stranded: It’s ‘inconceivable’ they would treat humans that way, guest says

Travel advisor told Fortune there’s no precedent for the debacle. “Sorry, that's not justifiable at all.”

12.11.2025 2

Sydney Lake

Warren Buffett is ‘going quiet’ after he steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this year. Read his farewell letter to shareholders

Greg Abel will take Warren Buffett's post at year's end.

10.11.2025 2

Sydney Lake

A staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying milestones to buy a house. There’s ‘no single fix’ for the affordability crisis, real estate exec says

Other recent data solidifies just how difficult it’s been for younger generations to break into the housing market.

10.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

The billionaire philanthropist has already reduced her Amazon stake by 42%.

07.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials

"Black Friday is still a make-or-break moment for retailers, but shopper behavior is shifting," says Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva.

05.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

The U.S. housing market is ‘starved’ for affordability: Boomers edge millennials and Gen Z out of homeownership in record numbers

Home buyers need to make six figures to afford a median-priced home in the U.S.

04.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

Howard University says the gift comes at an “opportune time” as the government shutdown has delayed annual federal appropriations.

03.11.2025 3

Sydney Lake

More than half of Gen Z says they only use cash as ‘a last resort’ and doing so is ‘cringe,’ survey shows

Some Gen Zers are so against using cash they’ll forgo shopping from stores that are cash only.

01.11.2025 10

Sydney Lake

The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be ‘obsessed,’ ex–Wall Streeter and business coach says

“Obsession means that you’re thinking nonstop until your relentless action makes it unreasonable for you to not win,” she says.

31.10.2025 5

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott’s latest $60 million donation is a sign philanthropists are trying to fill the void from Trump’s cuts to FEMA

Philanthropy “cannot—and should not—replace government and its essential responsibilities,” CDP President and CEO Patricia McIlreacy told Fortune.

29.10.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Skyrocketing valuations, revenues, and investments: ‘That sounds like a tech story. It’s a women’s sports story,’ Alexis Ohanian says

Women’s sports revenue is expected to hit a record-breaking $2.35 billion this year.

27.10.2025 3

Sydney Lake

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

Failure is an essential prerequisite for success, research shows.

24.10.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Florida’s housing market was skewed wildly by the pandemic. It’s finally coming to grips with a ‘realistic middle ground’

Now might not be the right time to sell your house in Florida.

20.10.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on work-life balance as a CEO: ‘I’m still going to chaperone the first-grade field trip’

Meghan Markle spoke at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

19.10.2025 10

Sydney Lake

Women could fall behind in the $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer because of the ‘confidence gap’ in financial planning, experts say

Psychological barriers make it more difficult for women to plan their finances, experts said at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit.

18.10.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Self-made billionaire Selena Gomez says people didn’t take her seriously in the beauty business at first: People had ‘preconceived ideas of what I’m good at’

Selena Gomez spoke at Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

15.10.2025 3

Sydney Lake

Kamala Harris doesn’t believe her presidential run was her finale: A glass cliff ‘suggests finality, and I’m not into that’

The former vice president spoke Tuesday at Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C.

15.10.2025 9

Sydney Lake

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on how her ‘complicated relationship’ with social media shaped her business strategy

“I also recognize the role that it plays in business,” she said at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference.

14.10.2025 2

Sydney Lake

CEO says she’d welcome an AI-bot board member: ‘If you don’t have an AI agent in every meeting, you’re missing out’

Hanneke Faber speaks about the value of AI in decision-making at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit.

14.10.2025 5

Sydney Lake

Brené Brown says the key to surviving AI is rejecting Jack Welch’s advice and embracing humanity. The problem is humans ‘can’t stand each other’

Treating our humanity like a liability could mean ignoring our greatest superpower, Brown said.

14.10.2025 30

Sydney Lake

The remote work fight isn’t over: Workers are willing to take a major pay cut up to 25%, according to new Harvard study

Harvard, Brown, and UCLA researchers found workers would be willing to take a massive pay cut to work from home.

10.10.2025 7

Sydney Lake

Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire

Parton established her own publishing company in 1966, which helped her hold on to nearly all of her publishing rights.

08.10.2025 4

Sydney Lake

Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’

Emily Lyons said commas in her bank account didn’t help her feel relieved, but rather scared of losing all she had gained.

08.10.2025 10

Categories

Sources

Popular

Klarna CEO says he feels ‘gloomy’ because AI is developing so quickly it’ll soon be able to do his entire job

Sydney Lake

In a frozen luxury housing market, buyers are asking to ‘try before you buy’ and having sleepovers in multimillion-dollar mansions

Sydney Lake

Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun says the key to being a better leader is being a better person: ‘Leadership is self improvement’

Sydney Lake

Reese Witherspoon says, ‘I don’t think my career would be possible’ in the age of AI and social media: ‘It’s a different world’

Sydney Lake

The job market is so bad, people in their 40s are resorting to going back to school instead of looking for work

Sydney Lake

Gen Z is defiantly ‘giving up’ on ever owning a home and is spending more than saving, working less, and making risky investments, study shows

Sydney Lake

What it takes to be wealthy in America: $2.3 million, Charles Schwab says

Sydney Lake

Why Jerome Powell’s latest big rate cut still won’t help you get a lower mortgage rate

Sydney Lake

You’re probably $30,000 short of what you need to buy a house—and you’re not alone

Sydney Lake

Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

Sydney Lake

Parents are sacrificing retirement, taking second jobs, and liquidating investments just to afford college for their kids

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

Sydney Lake

‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

Sydney Lake

Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million

Sydney Lake

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combatting homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works

Sydney Lake

Elon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is ‘very hard’

Sydney Lake

How a park bench meeting led to Aflac’s $200 million mascot idea

Sydney Lake

Steve Jobs taught Gap’s former CEO that micromanaging can be a good thing

Sydney Lake

Billionaire Mark Cuban once ran a Ponzi scheme from his dorm room: ‘That’s how I paid for my junior year of college’

Sydney Lake

Lowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’

Sydney Lake

Jeff Bezos’ most expensive investment is a $500 million custom superyacht that’s the largest in the world

Sydney Lake

Half of millennial and Gen Z couples pick engagement rings with lab-grown diamonds— ‘well beyond what the mining industry had expected,’ McKinsey says

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions

Sydney Lake

Homeland Security secretary promises $10,000 bonuses for select TSA agents who worked during the government shutdown—but there’s a catch

Sydney Lake

Self-made millionaire Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘golden rule’ of real estate investing

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million

Sydney Lake

Marriott abruptly cut ties with Sonder, leaving thousands of hotel guests stranded: It’s ‘inconceivable’ they would treat humans that way, guest says

Sydney Lake

Warren Buffett is ‘going quiet’ after he steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this year. Read his farewell letter to shareholders

Sydney Lake

A staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying milestones to buy a house. There’s ‘no single fix’ for the affordability crisis, real estate exec says

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

Sydney Lake

Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials

Sydney Lake

The U.S. housing market is ‘starved’ for affordability: Boomers edge millennials and Gen Z out of homeownership in record numbers

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

Sydney Lake

More than half of Gen Z says they only use cash as ‘a last resort’ and doing so is ‘cringe,’ survey shows

Sydney Lake

The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be ‘obsessed,’ ex–Wall Streeter and business coach says

Sydney Lake

MacKenzie Scott’s latest $60 million donation is a sign philanthropists are trying to fill the void from Trump’s cuts to FEMA

Sydney Lake

Skyrocketing valuations, revenues, and investments: ‘That sounds like a tech story. It’s a women’s sports story,’ Alexis Ohanian says

Sydney Lake

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