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Preston Fore is a reporter at Fortune covering success, with a focus on education, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. Since joining the company in 2023, he has written extensively on career trends, Gen Z in the workforce, and the evolving higher education landscape. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Preston graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in global studies and journalism.
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Success
Want a job in AI-era tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders want to see your GitHub projects and internships
By Preston ForeDecember 18, 2025
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James Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar
By Preston ForeDecember 17, 2025
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As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, McDonald’s CEO dishes out some tough love career advice for navigating the market: ‘You’ve got to make things happen for yourself’
By Preston ForeDecember 16, 2025
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he went to ‘night school’ for an hour every day with Barack Obama and even turned in homework
By Preston ForeDecember 15, 2025
Lauren Antonoff
Success
Once a college dropout, this CEO went back to school at 52—but she still says the Gen Zers who will succeed are those who ‘forge their own path’
By Preston ForeDecember 13, 2025
Joe Lonsdale
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Palantir cofounder calls elite college undergrads a ‘loser generation’ as data reveals rise in students seeking support for disabilities, like ADHD
By Preston ForeDecember 11, 2025
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Netflix–Paramount bidding wars are pushing Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav toward billionaire status—he has one rule for success: ‘Never be outworked’
By Preston ForeDecember 10, 2025
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Even the man behind ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is worried about the ‘rate of change that’s happening in the world right now’ thanks to AI
By Preston ForeDecember 9, 2025
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Success
Skills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness
By Preston ForeDecember 9, 2025
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President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 
By Preston ForeDecember 9, 2025
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Success
Millionaire YouTuber Hank Green tells Gen Z to rethink their Tesla bets—and shares the portfolio changes he’s making to avoid AI-bubble fallout
By Preston ForeDecember 7, 2025
Reed Hastings
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Netflix cofounder started his career selling vacuums door-to-door before college—now, his $440 billion streaming giant is buying Warner Bros. and HBO
By Preston ForeDecember 5, 2025
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Success
‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way
By Preston ForeDecember 4, 2025
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Success
Gen Z grads in the U.K. are earning 30% less than millennials did—new data shows the degree payoff is collapsing
By Preston ForeDecember 3, 2025
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Success
Harvard MBA grads are landing jobs paying $184K—but a record number are still ditching the corporate world and choosing entrepreneurship instead
By Preston ForeDecember 2, 2025
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