Leadership
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Despite his new trillionaire status, Elon Musk says money ‘will stop being relevant’ in the future because of AI
SpaceX’s IPO has made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but the CEO spent the leadup to the moment espousing his belief that money won’t matter one day. In a recent conversation with Peter Diamandis, an entrepreneur and executive chairman of the XPrize Foundation, Musk fleshed-out his moonshot visions for the future, which have previously…
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Upstate New York sticker mogul has a bronze Trump statue, MAGA hip-hop album and a presidential endorsement. The local machine wants the Marine
Republican political candidates routinely highlight their devotion to President Donald Trump. But in upstate New York, Anthony Constantino is taking it to another level. Constantino, a political newcomer and candidate in the June 23 Republican primary to succeed Rep. Elise Stefanik, boasts a giant “Vote for Trump” sign atop his successful sticker business in the…
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Ex-Disney star Bridgit Mendler says being rejected hundreds of times by Hollywood gives her the same ‘traditional background’ as other space CEOs
To Gen Z, Bridgit Mendler is a Disney Channel star—known from her hit childhood roles on Good Luck Charlie and Lemonade Mouth. But in Silicon Valley, she’s known as the founder and CEO of Northwood, a space startup that recently closed a $100 million Series B funding round. Looking back now, at 33, she says…
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The chaos at CBS News shows the limits of ‘blow it up’ leadership
Bari Weiss never intended to play things safe. “I wanna blow this up,” she reportedly told colleagues early in her tenure as editor-in-chief of CBS News, the legacy broadcaster whose parent company, Paramount, bought her news and opinion site, the Free Press, in October. Paramount CEO David Ellison appointed Weiss to remake CBS News as…
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American taxpayers have spent $33 billion on sports stadiums. They got fewer seats—and higher prices
When the Buffalo Bills open their $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium this September, they’ll be opening the NFL’s smallest venue: 60,108 seats, down from the 71,608 the old stadium held. And to make that happen, New York State and Erie County paid $850 million in public funds, resulting in 11,500 fewer seats, with personal seat licenses…
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The real hurdle to enterprise AI isn’t fixing productivity KPIs. It’s ‘unlearning’ old habits, experts say
When Amazon recently dismantled an internal AI leaderboard, it exposed a broader issue in corporate America’s AI rollout. The leaderboard tracked so-called tokenmaxxing, a trendy corporate phenomenon where employees maximize their consumption of AI processing power to prove they are utilizing the technology. But employees were gaming the system to inflate their productivity scores. It…
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Olympic champion Shaun White says AI is ‘leveling the playing field’ for professional athletes
Olympic snowboarder Shaun White said he came from “pretty humble beginnings” without the same advantages as his rivals. The San Diego native didn’t live in the snowy mountains, and it was expensive to afford lift tickets, lodging, and food for a family of five growing up. “You’re seeing athletes there with full-time coaches,” White told…
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More than 115K young people applied for internships at Citadel—just 350 interns made the cut, making the acceptance rate a record low of 0.36%
Up-and-coming professionals are vying for limited summer work, with some early-career opportunities growing more competitive than Ivy League colleges. Unlike other employers reeling back their entry-level hiring, financial holding company Citadel just welcomed its biggest internship class yet. But even as Ken Griffin’s companies expand their entry-level ranks, landing the summer gig has never been…
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Meet the SpaceX employees who are set to become multimillionaires thanks to its IPO: from execs to even welders
As markets brace for what could become one of the most consequential public offerings in modern history, Elon Musk’s rocket giant SpaceX is preparing to generate staggering wealth—not only for its billionaire founder, but potentially for thousands of employees and investors. The biggest fortunes will flow to executives and early insiders. Chief Operating Officer Gwynne…
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A 5-week course and a guaranteed job: Meta commits $115 million to solve the skilled-trades shortage stalling its AI buildout
Trade jobs are the future, and Meta knows it. The company is launching an initiative called America’s Workforce Academy to train data center technicians in partnership with commercial real estate giant CBRE, the Associated Builders and Contractors, a construction trade association, and the civil rights organization National Urban League. Meta is committing $115 million this…