Leadership
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One U.S. college is fixing tuition at just 10% of parental income: ‘We’re not hiding the cost of college behind secret formulas’
Many U.S. college degrees now come with a six-figure price tag, forcing families into debt and stunting the financial livelihood of young workers. But at one small liberal arts school in the U.S., students don’t have to choose between academic ambition and a lifetime of payments. Whitman College, a private college in Walla Walla, Washington,…
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Google CEO tells graduates to stop obsessing over first jobs because ‘very few moments are make or break’ in life—a lesson he learned in Vegas
There’s a lot weighing on Gen Z these days: landing a first job, navigating an AI-powered workplace, and figuring out whether traditional milestones like homeownership are still within reach. But instead of trying to come up with solutions to endless anxiety-inducing problems, Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently offered a simple antidote to the workforce’s youngest…
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TIAA’s CEO made $26,000 in her first job but still maxed out her 401(k). She has advice for Gen Z
For young workers watching their salaries get eaten up by rent, groceries, and student loans, setting aside money for retirement can fall to the bottom of their list. But making little sacrifices over time is one of the best paths to ride out post-career days in comfort, according to TIAAPresident and CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett.…
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Fortune 500 bosses demanding staff return to the office share one trait: narcissism, research finds
CEOs have offered many different reasons for calling workers back into the office—despite research that suggests working from home can be as effective, if not more effective, than in-office work. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote in an RTO memo that “collaborating, brainstorming, and inventing are simpler and more effective” in person, and that “teaching and…
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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America’s $19.2 billion in megagifts last year
Despite wanting to keep her gigantic philanthropy quiet, MacKenzie Scott’s giving keeps making a splash. Of the $19.2 worth of megagifts made by donors in 2025, Scott’s giving represented one-third, according to data provided to Fortune from Giving USA and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff…
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Gen Z graduates are blaming AI for their unemployment woes when they should be looking somewhere else
While recent graduates kicked off their summer of potential unemployment by booing commencement speakers extolling the benefits of AI, they may have to look elsewhere to blame for those low hire rates. One top economist argued the generation has reasons beyond just the technology to blame for the weak job market they are inheriting, and…
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Ikea’s billionaire founder was so frugal that he bought clothes from flea markets and took free salt and pepper from restaurants
As the saying goes, watch the pennies and the pounds look after themselves. But as it turns out, even some of the wealthiest people on the planet follow the money-saving mantra, well after they’ve made it. IKEA’s billionaire founder, Ingvar Kamprad, took his love for budget furniture home with him—literally. Despite having an estimated $58.7…
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Getting past the pilot: Why so many AI test projects have trouble scaling
It’s an increasingly common tale within corporations today: The AI project performs admirably in testing during the pilot phase, gets the green light for a broader rollout…and then stops working properly; Or it fails to deliver the expected business results. Finger pointing, recriminations, and embarrassment ensue. The problem is not always the technology. In fact,…
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‘Wipe out and change are different’: Amazon exec slams AI job apocalypse fears as he hires thousands of Gen Z grads
As Silicon Valley debates whether AI will replace millions of office workers, one of the executives building the technology’s underlying infrastructure says Gen Z shouldn’t buy into the apocalyptic job displacement predictions. Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services, argued that forecasts of mass white-collar job losses—including warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodeithat AI could…
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CEO of $8 billion Flexport blasts remote work as ‘white-collar fraud’ and a ‘total fantasy’ for highly paid employees
The CEO of an $8 billion logistics company that thrived during the pandemic is reviving the debate about remote work with a controversial take that has some calling him out online. Ryan Petersen, the founder and CEO of Flexport, said on the Twenty Minute VC podcast this week that remote work is “white collar fraud,”…