Leadership
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Rory McIlroy’s mom worked night shifts at a factory so her son could play golf. Now he’s worth $200M and is a two-time Masters champion
Rory McIlroy solidified himself as the biggest name in golf this weekend when he won the Masters for a second year in a row and is worth an estimated $200 million. But McIlroy came from much humbler beginnings. He grew up in a modest, semi-detached house in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, with two parents
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $70 million to Meals on Wheels America—helping feed more than 2 million people a year
While billionaires have come under fire for not living up to their philanthropic promises, one person is rising from the rest: MacKenzie Scott. She’s pouring billions into education, public health, and the environment—and now, she just funneled some of her fortune to help feed and support millions of Americans. Scott recently gave a $70 million
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When AI sells to AI, brands win on data and identity
Personal AI use is collapsing the customer decision-making process into a single conversation, and most brands aren’t ready for it. The window of influence that once spanned dozens of touchpoints is shrinking to seconds. What’s more, AI is now selling to AI. Brands themselves are using the technology to market to consumer AI intermediaries before
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Why an exec at biopharma giant Gilead Sciences prefers energy management over time management
For Johanna Mercier, Gilead Sciences’ chief commercial and corporate affairs officer, leadership starts with a clear accounting of what sustains performance across a global role. In a job that rarely conforms to fixed hours, she focuses on her energy: what drains it, what restores it, and how to protect enough of it to lead with
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This TikTok sensation sold her startup for $2 billion. Now Pepsi is letting ‘Poppi be Poppi’
Allison Ellsworth admits she’s not the typical founder story. She was, by her own telling, “a solid C student,” a partier, someone who got arrested during spring break and later found herself driving across the country working in oil and gas research. Even now, after selling Poppi for $2 billion, she doesn’t try to polish
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$12 billion crypto company boss says Gen Z ‘create an absurd amount of chaos’ and make him want to pull his hair out—but he’s betting on them anyway
It’s no secret that Gen Z often gets flak for showing up late to work, ghosting job interviews, refusing to do put in any overtime for free, and demanding senior titles and work-life balance before they’ve really earned it. Some bosses are fed up—firing fresh-faced Gen Z grads just months in and branding the whole cohort
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Born in Soviet Union, Grindr CEO was told he had two career options: Learn English or how to shoot a gun
Most young people are told the path to prosperity is to study hard, maybe go to college, and get a grad job. Not Grindr CEO George Arison. Born in the 1980s Soviet Union, his father told him he had only two shots at success—one of which was learning to be proficient with a firearm. “My
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These cofounders quit corporate jobs, took on $100K in credit card debt, and slept in a Denny’s—now their $1.2B company is backed by Serena Williams
Some of the world’s most successful companies revved up their success in the least glamorous of places. Google and Amazon were both launched out of their founders’ garages, and Microsoft was born out of a motel in New Mexico. While growing fintech company Esusu to be a billion-dollar success, its creators were even willing to
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Former Tesla president reveals the ‘single most important thing’ you can do for your career—it’s a habit Elon Musk and Warren Buffett share too
Jon McNeill has had a front-row seat to how the world’s most successful leaders operate. As former president of Tesla—reporting directly to Elon Musk—and later COO of Lyft, he’s spent years working alongside top executives. Across those experiences, he’s noticed one habit that consistently sets high performers apart, yet seems to be fading with younger
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Warren Buffett says ‘accumulating great amounts of money’ doesn’t achieve greatness—He still lives in a $31,500 Nebraska home and clipped coupons
Many entrepreneurs strive to one day add “millionaire,” or even “billionaire,” to their list of achievements; it’s become an industry-wide sign that they’ve finally made it in business. But billionaire investing mogul Warren Buffett hit back at the notion that eye-watering net worths equate to excellence. “Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts