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Lucy Guo logs onto Zoom exactly on time. Not early. Not late. Precision matters when your calendar belongs to one of the world’s busiest entrepreneurs.

Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of the online ‘prediction market’ start-up Kalshi, is now worth an estimated $1.3bn after her latest investment round

Pershing Square Capital founder Bill Ackman, worth $8.4 billion, turns off every light and gets upset at wasting money on the little things. Warren Buffett and Lucy Guo agree they hate blowing cash on unnecessary luxuries.

Jeff Bezos hates the word ‘balance’—and he’s not alone. Reid Hoffman says chasing it means you’re not serious about winning, while other billionaire CEOs argue it’s incompatible with success.

Hollywood often dominates stories of wealth and fame, but some of the most inspiring fortunes come from people building quietly in other industries. These are self-made entrepreneurs who didn’t rely on glitzy media exposure or celebrity status. Instead, they scaled real businesses, solved practical problems, and amassed fortunes often exceeding…

You don’t need millions, fancy offices, or instant fame to build something big in tech. Several entrepreneurs have started with humble online projects—sometimes just ideas, sweat equity, or basic tools—and turned them into highly successful companies. For anyone wondering whether to take that first step, these stories offer hope, lessons,…

San Francisco is investigating Scale AI's labor practices just months after Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) bought nearly half of the artificial intelligence startup in a $14 billion deal, casting new attention on how tech's fastest-growing firms treat the workers powering their models.

Millennial founder and CEO of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, Derrick Hayes, splurged on Bentleys, a Range Rover, and McLaren after achieving multimillion-dollar success. But he says he’s spending more wisely as the economy is too uncertain.

The Thiel fellowship awards $200,000 to young people who skip or leave college to spend two years building a startup, with notable alumni including Figma CEO Dylan Field and Scale AI cofounder Lucy Guo.