Success
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Warren Buffett’s son Peter didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until his 20s—he found out from a rich list
Warren Buffett’s son Peter didn’t find out his father was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and he learned it the same way the rest of the world did: by spotting his dad’s name on a list of the richest Americans. “I’m not kidding. It was when I was in my 20s that my…
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Arianna Huffington warns Gen Z that no one with an ‘interesting job’ can simply shut their laptop at 5 p.m.—and if you can, you should change jobs
Many Gen Z say they want a life outside of work. To firmly shut their laptops at 5 p.m.—and a significant chunk will even quit their jobs if their boss messages them after hours. But Arianna Huffington has a reality check for them: No one with an “interesting job” can do that. Despite having well-earned…
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Conan O’Brien tells Harvard graduates to play down their $250K Ivy League degree—and instead embrace being humble and ‘bad at things’
After spending $250,000 in tuition—and four years of their time—on their degree, Harvard graduates might want to be loud and proud about their Ivy League achievement. But in his commencement address to graduates, comedian Conan O’Brien had an unusual warning: don’t let your degree define you. “My wish for you is not that Harvard becomes…
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Jamie Dimon tells Gen Z to ‘learn how to think, learn how to earn respect’ as he describes ‘great meeting’ with Zohran Mamdani
Jamie Dimon has a message for the class of 2026: stop worrying about AI taking your job and start developing the skills no algorithm can replicate. The JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, speaking Friday on Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria, used the season’s graduation backdrop to offer one of his most direct career pep talks yet…
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AMD CEO Lisa Su tells grads they shape the future, not AI—and the world doesn’t just need ‘people who know how to use powerful tools’
College graduates are turning their tassels and heading into a labor market upended by AI. Knowing how to prompt, vibe code, and work alongside AI agents have increasingly become an expectation—but AMD CEO Lisa Su says knowing how to use the tools isn’t enough. “The world does not just need people who know how to…
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National Spelling Bee champion Shrey Parikh spells 32 words correctly in 90 seconds to win in lightning round tie-breaker
Shrey Parikh felt his body shake from nerves and doubts every time he walked to the microphone at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the final test of a six-year competitive spelling career marked by triumph and heartbreak that he knew could end at any moment. Then he listened to pronouncer Jacques Bailly, and his dour…
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From Target stockrooms to factory floors: The first jobs that shaped Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
The path to the C-suite is rarely linear—more often a winding road marked by setbacks as much as opportunity. For women in particular, the climb across industries from Wall Street to Silicon Valley has often meant breaking through glass ceilings to enter rooms where they were once told they did not belong. But long before…
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Warren Buffett says ‘you’re giving up your potential’ if you don’t have this one skill—and it has nothing to do with the stock market
Particularly with the advent of AI, strong communication skills have become even more critical to success in business. Even some of the biggest tech- and AI-focused companies in the world are shelling out million-dollar pay packages for people who can lead communications efforts at a high level. And it’s a key skill Warren Buffett, one…
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Costco CEO says AI is not stealing workers’ jobs—it’s ‘elevating’ them
The rise of AI has brought sweeping—and often uneasy—predictions about the future of work, with some tech leaders warning that entire categories of jobs could disappear. Elon Musk, for example, believes that in as soon as 10 years time, work could be completely optional thanks to the rise of robotics. But while some companies have…
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As AI slashes white-collar jobs, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says there’s one department still hiring: sales
Legions of students pursued engineering in college in hopes of hitting the hiring market as a hot commodity. But now, their prospects are falling flat among some major employers. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently revealed that the $145 billion cloud-based platform is keeping its engineering headcount unchanged as AI generates bounds of productivity. And the…