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James Talarico stands behind a microphone and stares out into the crowd
EconomyJames Talarico says the biggest ‘welfare queens’ in America are ‘the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in income taxes’
By Dave SmithDecember 20, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
SuccessElon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page
By Emma BurleighDecember 16, 2025
Photo of Elon Musk
SuccessBad luck, six-figure earners: Elon Musk warns that money will ‘disappear’ in the future as AI makes work (and salaries) irrelevant
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 15, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
SuccessApple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
Donald Trump inauguration
SuccessMeet the world’s 29 ‘super-billionaires’ fueling the wealth gap and boasting a collective fortune of $4 trillion
By Emma BurleighNovember 26, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
SuccessAmerica’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall
By Emma BurleighNovember 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyGovernments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debt, says UBS
By Eleanor PringleOctober 29, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates and Dalio Family Office
ConferencesRay Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive
By Eleanor PringleOctober 27, 2025
Scott Galloway speaks in a TV interview
SuccessScott Galloway says don’t aspire to be a billionaire, because ‘it’s not going to get you anything.’ Here’s what to do with money instead of hoarding it
By Dave SmithOctober 20, 2025
Yvon Chouinard
SuccessPatagonia founder lived on $1 a day and cat food before making it—when he hit billionaire status, he was so angry he gave away his $3 billion company
By Preston ForeSeptember 22, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
SuccessBoomer NYU professor says Gen Z’s lazy label comes from zero faith in the payoff of hard work—and a fear that the world will end in 20 years anyway
By Emma BurleighAugust 26, 2025
Melinda French Gates reveals she’s refusing to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth nearly $31 billion
SuccessMelinda French Gates reveals she’s refusing to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth nearly $31 billion
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 8, 2025
Jeff Bezos is having a super wedding–and likely has a super prenup, too. How the über rich do marriage contracts
Personal FinanceJeff Bezos is having a super wedding–and likely has a super prenup, too. How the über rich do marriage contracts
By Alicia AdamczykJune 27, 2025
Robin Wright
Success‘House of Cards’ star Robin Wright says Netflix made her juggle three jobs to earn the same $500,000-per-episode salary as her costar Kevin Spacey
By Emma BurleighJune 23, 2025
The U.S. minted more than 560,000 new millionaires in 2024, far outpacing other countries
Personal FinanceThe U.S. minted more than 560,000 new millionaires in 2024, far outpacing other countries
By Alicia AdamczykJune 4, 2025
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Politics
The Bezos family just donated $100 million to help achieve one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top campaign promisesplaceholder alt text
By Jake AngeloMay 12, 2026
AI
Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AIplaceholder alt text
By Jake AngeloMay 16, 2026
Economy
While Trump insisted the Iran war would end ‘soon,’ an account in his name was buying millions in oil, defense and goldplaceholder alt text
By Eva RoytburgMay 18, 2026
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