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Jan van Hövell built the world's largest sports club where membership is just a Euro a month.

He left big law, became a DJ to pay his bills, and built sports clubs inside refugee camps. Now he wants more members than Bayern Munich

Jan van Hövell’s KLABU turns shipping containers into community hubs for some of the world’s 120 million displaced people. PSJ just signed on to help.

By Catherina GioinoMay 28, 2026

We gave our 5,000 employees a week to do nothing but learn AI. We learned the biggest blockers are human ones

You can be AI fluent, sure, but can you communicate that to others?

By Rob GiglioMay 28, 2026

The boardroom wants answers on AI. Are you ready?

Most executives treat AI governance like a future agenda item. That is the most dangerous mistake they can make — and the window to fix it is closing.

By Brandi ThomasMay 28, 2026

Duke scientists create robot from your nightmares: 20 legs, eyes everywhere, no front or back

“The first time we saw it navigate among trees and rough terrain, even under heavy collisions, we knew this was something different.”

By Allen Breed, Holly Ramer and The Associated PressMay 28, 2026

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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 one that pays.

By Sydney LakeMay 28, 2026

A study finds escaping your income bracket no longer means building wealth. That disconnect may be what’s driving consumer pessimism to record highs

Hard work used to be the path to the American Dream. New research shows your parents’ bank account now matters more than your paycheck.

By Jake AngeloMay 27, 2026

Despite having a $25 million net worth, Hilary Duff thinks saying yes too much to opportunities actually hurt her career

The “Lizzie McGuire” Disney star admits she said yes to almost everything early in her career—and has regrets. Now, she’s telling Gen Z to be more selective.

By Preston ForeMay 27, 2026

‘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.

By Sydney LakeMay 27, 2026

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The CFOs steering Big Tech’s trillion-dollar AI bet

At Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, OpenAI, and Nvidia, the finance chiefs steering AI investments are all women.

By Sheryl EstradaMay 28, 2026

Sanofi is building its own AI ecosystem to give the French pharma giant an edge

Sanofi is developing custom tools and reimagining AI workflows, rather than rely on agentic products sold by SaaS vendors.

By John KellMay 27, 2026

The unlikely origin of a $2.5 billion hospitality unicorn: a bored teenager working the night shift at his family business

“I always remember being 14 years old on my summer holidays, thinking that this was so unfair,” Mews founder Richard Valtr told Fortune.

By Catherina GioinoMay 27, 2026

Even if every California billionaire left tomorrow, it would take 25 years for the state to lose as much as it stands to gain from proposed wealth tax

The Golden State might be able to stomach more ultra-wealthy departures than first feared.

By Tristan BoveMay 27, 2026

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Stop investing in startups. Become their customer instead

BMW pioneered it in 2015. Bosch and Walmart followed. Now Wharton research shows why becoming a startup’s customer — not its investor — may be the smartest corporate innovation move of the decade.

By Serguei Netessine, Valery Yakubovich, Gary Dushnitsky and Claudio GarciaMay 28, 2026

Employees using AI are working faster, but the economy isn’t more efficient. A look at what happened in the pre-Internet era might explain why

The U.S. might be in the early days of a productivity boom without even knowing it.

By Tristan BoveMay 27, 2026

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.

By Sydney LakeMay 26, 2026

After receiving backlash, the CEO of Standard Chartered apologizes for hurt over saying ‘lower value human capital’ will be automated by AI

Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered, says about 15% of “back office” corporate function roles will be reduced in the next four years.

By Emma BurleighMay 26, 2026