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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
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Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey breaks down his thought process when he laid off 40% of his Block staffers because of AI
While some tech leaders shy away from admitting their job cuts are related to AI, Block’s CEO Jack Dorsey pointed to the advanced tech in cutting 40% of his staffers. Dorsey, who also founded Bluesky and Twitter (acquired by Elon Musk and renamed to X), is pulling back the curtain on a major layoff decision
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Pope Leo warned the world is in ‘big trouble’ if Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire
Pope Leo XIV sounded the alarm over the growing wealth inequality between CEOs and workers—and he singled out Elon Musk’s path to trillionaire status. In one of first formal interviews after being named pontiff last year, Pope Leo said soaring executive paychecks may be putting the world in “big trouble.” This came as a report
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Teen boys are dating their AI chatbots—and experts warn opting out of real relationships could hurt their careers in the future
Gen Z dated strategically—dating people 25% more attractive and successful than them to climb the social ladder. Gen Alpha, it seems, has decided the whole thing is too much effort. Instead, teen boys are quietly swapping first dates, awkward silences, and emotional guesswork for an AI girlfriend who never cancels, never argues, and always texts
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Poppi’s cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank while 9 months pregnant and landed a $400,000 deal—now it’s worth $2 billion
When Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth pitched her business with her husband on Shark Tank in 2018, she was nervous, excited—and about to have a baby. “I was nine months pregnant, so there was the ‘Hey, don’t go into labor on national TV,’” Ellsworth told Fortune. Ellsworth, 38, originally brewed up the first iterations of what
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Emma Grede says her $5 billion Skims empire started with a cold call to Kris Jenner: ‘The difference between me and someone else is I made it happen’
You’ve probably heard of the British Entrepreneur Emma Grede because of Skims, the $5 billion shapewear company she runs with Kim Kardashian. She’s also invested in other brands with the family, such as the cleaning products company Safely and Kylie Jenner’s clothing line, Khy. And the growing empire can all be traced back to one
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‘The college grading system [is] almost meaningless’: People see the Ivy League as an easy A and with flawed admissions standards
Higher education is mired in a PR crisis. Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has targeted the nation’s most elite institutions, including the Ivy League. The cracks first appeared during campus protests over the war in Gaza, throwing the leadership lapses and internal tensions of colleges and universities into clear view.