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Vanguard's alarming state of retirement in 2026: The average American has $167,970 in their account—or they have $44,115

It depends on who you ask—and who you are.

Fortune · Jun 17

PayPal mafia member and ex–Sequoia steward Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board—reuniting with Elon Musk after decades

Roelof Botha, who spent more than two decades at VC firm Sequoia Capital, first worked with Elon Musk at PayPal.

Fortune · Jun 17

‘I have nothing to lose’: Perplexity CEO says fear of failure is ‘the stupidest thing’ holding you back

When fear of failure strikes, Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of AI giant Perplexity, reminds himself that just having a job was once the bar for success.

Fortune · Jun 17

The man who lived through the fall of the Soviet Union and helped wealthy Chinese move to Canada sees a familiar picture in America

Nuri Katz has spent 34 years moving the world’s ultrarich from one country to another, and now Americans top the list: “I’ve never seen that before.”

Fortune · Jun 17

The new problem for millennial parents in the Northeast: The million-dollar starter home

The first rung on the property ladder now costs seven figures in a record 242 cities, a new Zillow report shows.

Fortune · Jun 17

He fled Iran for the American Dream, became a millionaire, and could have retired—instead, he built the health tech that saved his father from cancer

This health tech millionaire fled Iran with nothing. Now he skips lunch, spends $500 a month on carrot juice, and bought his whole team Rolexes.

Fortune · Jun 17

SpaceX's $60 Billion Cursor Deal Comes With a Twist: It Didn't Spend a Dollar in Cash

Elon Musk's SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for £44.7 billion in an all-stock deal, riding its post-IPO share surge. This move boosts SpaceX's AI capabilities and market position.

International Business Times UK · Jun 17

Citi, Ford, and Experian share their strategies for scaling AI agents

AI agents require trust. And building trust takes time. At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, business leaders discussed how they're making it work at their companies.

Fortune · Jun 16

Pizza Hut is getting the private equity treatment in a $2.7 billion deal as its owner offloads the brand that defined 1990s dining nostalgia

Yum Brands sold Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China Holdings Inc. for a combined $2.7 billion deal.

Fortune · Jun 16

'Making China the elephant in the room': The G7 confronts its reliance on U.S. AI and Chinese energy supply chains, experts say

With U.S. export controls on Anthropic boxing out allies and China controlling the minerals behind clean energy, the summit's AI and trade goals might be stymied.

Fortune · Jun 16