Leadership
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Jeff Bezos once gave Eva Longoria and the admiral behind Osama bin Laden’s capture $100 million—but she says you don’t need wealth to give back
A lot of people talk about changing the world. But Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, gave Eva Longoria $50 million to actually do it. And two years on, she says the biggest myth still surrounding philanthropy is that you have to be rich to do it. “One of the biggest misconceptions about philanthropy is that impact…
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Billionaire Connie Ballmer just donated $80 million to support NPR after Trump cut $1.1 billion from public broadcasting
After an exceptionally tough year for public media, Connie Ballmer, billionaire philanthropist and wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, donated $80 million to support NPR’s future. “We need fact-based journalism, and we need local journalism,” Ballmer told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Saturday. Ballmer is an avid NPR listener and said…
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI assistants will act more like overbearing managers rather than job destroyers: ‘They’ll be micromanaging you’
Tech leaders are split on how AI will shake up the world of work. While some CEOs are staunch believers that a white-collar jobs armageddon is imminent, others say it’ll supercharge humans in their professional lives. Jensen Huang, the chief executive of $4.8 trillion giant Nvidia, believes AI agents will act more like overbearing managers…
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How Carvana survived a 99% stock plunge: ‘We’re very comfortable being the underdog’
Carvana was one of the pandemic era’s biggest corporate winners. As consumers embraced online car buying and used-car prices surged, the company became a market darling and a symbol of digital disruption. By 2022, it had hit a wall. Interest rates were rising, used-car demand was weakening, and financing was getting more expensive. Carvana, which…
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Elon Musk bans résumés and cover letters in hiring for his chip team. These are the 3 bullet points he’s looking for instead
It takes hours for some people to craft a résumé and cover letter, listing past experience and accomplishments on a sheet of paper—details your interviewer is likely to ask you to explain face-to-face anyway. That redundant, time-consuming process has forced many to ditch the career materials, and Elon Musk is leading the charge. The Tesla…
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Parents are so panicked about the job market they’re paying career coaches $15,000 years before their kids graduate from college
Career coaches often tell college students to start looking for jobs months before turning the tassel. But in an increasingly brutal job market, some parents are planning years ahead of when their kid receives a diploma. While the average college tuition today costs more than $38,000 a year, anxious parents are betting thousands more will…
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Jensen Huang bans one-on-one meetings, and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky doesn’t use email—meet the CEOs with unconventional work-life rules
White-collar workers have fallen into the mundane rhythm of office life: checking an endless stream of emails, sitting through a barrage of meetings, and pushing through mental fatigue by week’s end. But some CEOs are rewriting norms of the corporate world, leading billion- and trillion-dollar companies on their own terms. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: no…
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MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $26 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares
MacKenzie Scott is one of the biggest names in philanthropy. The billionaire novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has donated an eye-popping $26 billion since 2019. Scott came to much of her fortune through her connection to Bezos. (They divorced in 2019.) During her marriage, she played a key role in Amazon’s…
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Zillow’s CEO says his friends were shocked when he quit a cushy Microsoft job—but Steve Jobs led to his success at the $10.5 billion real estate firm
The 2008 financial crisis burned bad memories into the back of Americans’ brains: employees being laid off in droves, families struggling to put food on their tables, and a housing market in peril. But Zillow’s CEO, Jeremy Wacksman, says the time was the start of a new beginning. Less than one year later, he ditched…
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Dana Perino was terrified to leave the White House — until George W. Bush changed how she thinks about her career
Landing a job—especially one that is well-paid and personally fulfilling—can feel like the hardest part of building a career. But in today’s uncertain labor market, even established professionals face sudden transitions, and mid-career pivots can feel just as destabilizing as early-career ones. Just ask Dana Perino. After George W. Bush’s administration ended, the former White…