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]]> Forbes thepodcasts@forbes.com DoorDash Will Acquire Instacart In $17 Billion Deal DoorDash is acquiring its competitor Instacart for $17 billion, the company announced Thursday. A majority of the deal will be paid in cash and shareholders will have the option to receive cash, DoorDash stock or a combination of both. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/29/doordash-will-acquire-instacart-in-17-billion-deal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:47:00 -0000 full Forbes DoorDash is acquiring its competitor Instacart for $17 billion, the company announced Thursday. A majority of the deal will be paid in cash and shareholders will have the option to receive cash, DoorDash stock or a combination of both. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/29/doordash-will-acquire-instacart-in-17-billion-deal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices DoorDash is acquiring its competitor Instacart for $17 billion, the company announced Thursday. A majority of the deal will be paid in cash and shareholders will have the option to receive cash, DoorDash stock or a combination of both. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/29/doordash-will-acquire-instacart-in-17-billion-deal/

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]]> 159 Inside Anthropic’s $1 Trillion Spending Plan On Data Centers, AI Chips The Claude maker filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, revealing $1 trillion in spending over the next two decades on chips and data centers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full Forbes The Claude maker filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, revealing $1 trillion in spending over the next two decades on chips and data centers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Claude maker filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, revealing $1 trillion in spending over the next two decades on chips and data centers.

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]]> 453 Billionaires Andreessen And Horowitz Are Betting On Pro-AI Politicians Who Could Boost Their Massive Fortunes In January, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced it had raised $15 billion in new funds. It was a monster fundraising haul that boosted the 17-year-old firm’s assets to more than $90 billion, nearly double the amount it held in 2024. It also marked an opportunity for the firm’s co-founders, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, to telegraph their lofty ambitions for how to remake the country—and the world. “As the American leader in venture capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders,” Horowitz wrote in a blog post announcing the fundraise. “Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology. That starts with winning the key architectures of the future—AI and crypto.” Forgive him if he sounds a bit boastful. After all, America may win the next century but his firm is already one of the winningest tech investors of the past year and decade. It first invested in OpenAI in April 2023 when it was worth $29 billion; the AI giant’s valuation hit $852 billion in March and is expected to go public next year with a valuation north of $1 trillion. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2026/10/28/billionaires-andreessen-and-horowitz-are-betting-on-pro-ai-politicians-who-could-boost-their-massive-fortunes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes In January, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced it had raised $15 billion in new funds. It was a monster fundraising haul that boosted the 17-year-old firm’s assets to more than $90 billion, nearly double the amount it held in 2024. It also marked an opportunity for the firm’s co-founders, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, to telegraph their lofty ambitions for how to remake the country—and the world. “As the American leader in venture capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders,” Horowitz wrote in a blog post announcing the fundraise. “Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology. That starts with winning the key architectures of the future—AI and crypto.” Forgive him if he sounds a bit boastful. After all, America may win the next century but his firm is already one of the winningest tech investors of the past year and decade. It first invested in OpenAI in April 2023 when it was worth $29 billion; the AI giant’s valuation hit $852 billion in March and is expected to go public next year with a valuation north of $1 trillion. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2026/10/28/billionaires-andreessen-and-horowitz-are-betting-on-pro-ai-politicians-who-could-boost-their-massive-fortunes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In January, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced it had raised $15 billion in new funds. It was a monster fundraising haul that boosted the 17-year-old firm’s assets to more than $90 billion, nearly double the amount it held in 2024. It also marked an opportunity for the firm’s co-founders, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, to telegraph their lofty ambitions for how to remake the country—and the world. “As the American leader in venture capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders,” Horowitz wrote in a blog post announcing the fundraise. “Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology. That starts with winning the key architectures of the future—AI and crypto.” Forgive him if he sounds a bit boastful. After all, America may win the next century but his firm is already one of the winningest tech investors of the past year and decade. It first invested in OpenAI in April 2023 when it was worth $29 billion; the AI giant’s valuation hit $852 billion in March and is expected to go public next year with a valuation north of $1 trillion. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2026/10/28/billionaires-andreessen-and-horowitz-are-betting-on-pro-ai-politicians-who-could-boost-their-massive-fortunes/

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]]> 455 Two Big AI Risks Revealed In Anthropic's New S-1 Filing Anthropic filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, bringing the AI behemoth closer to what could be the largest public debuts in stock market history. The 335-page filing revealed the Claude maker generated around $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of the year, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, but incurred a $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of the year (most of which is due to a non-cash accounting charge). The company touts more than 300,000 enterprise customers, 250 of which spend over $10 million on Anthropic’s products every year. It plans to list under the ticker symbol “ANT” and is on track to go public as soon as mid-November. Forbes estimates that its two most prominent cofounders: CEO Dario Amodei and his sister, Anthropic president Daniela Amodei, are worth $13.6 billion and $13.7 billion, respectively. Each cofounder owns an estimated 1.4% stake. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-prompt/2026/10/27/inside-anthropics-ipo-prospectus-revenue-losses-and-surprising-details/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Anthropic filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, bringing the AI behemoth closer to what could be the largest public debuts in stock market history. The 335-page filing revealed the Claude maker generated around $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of the year, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, but incurred a $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of the year (most of which is due to a non-cash accounting charge). The company touts more than 300,000 enterprise customers, 250 of which spend over $10 million on Anthropic’s products every year. It plans to list under the ticker symbol “ANT” and is on track to go public as soon as mid-November. Forbes estimates that its two most prominent cofounders: CEO Dario Amodei and his sister, Anthropic president Daniela Amodei, are worth $13.6 billion and $13.7 billion, respectively. Each cofounder owns an estimated 1.4% stake. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-prompt/2026/10/27/inside-anthropics-ipo-prospectus-revenue-losses-and-surprising-details/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Anthropic filed for its blockbuster IPO on Monday, bringing the AI behemoth closer to what could be the largest public debuts in stock market history. The 335-page filing revealed the Claude maker generated around $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of the year, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, but incurred a $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of the year (most of which is due to a non-cash accounting charge). The company touts more than 300,000 enterprise customers, 250 of which spend over $10 million on Anthropic’s products every year. It plans to list under the ticker symbol “ANT” and is on track to go public as soon as mid-November. Forbes estimates that its two most prominent cofounders: CEO Dario Amodei and his sister, Anthropic president Daniela Amodei, are worth $13.6 billion and $13.7 billion, respectively. Each cofounder owns an estimated 1.4% stake. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-prompt/2026/10/27/inside-anthropics-ipo-prospectus-revenue-losses-and-surprising-details/

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]]> 440 Why Struggling Cannabis Growers Are Betting On The AI Data Center Boom As cannabis prices crash around the country, struggling cannabis companies with big industrial buildings outfitted with power, fiber, water and HVAC systems thought they had a golden ticket to the AI race. But moratoriums, NIMBYISM and power constraints crushed most of their dreams. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/10/21/inside-the-weed-industrys-ai-data-center-pipe-dream/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes As cannabis prices crash around the country, struggling cannabis companies with big industrial buildings outfitted with power, fiber, water and HVAC systems thought they had a golden ticket to the AI race. But moratoriums, NIMBYISM and power constraints crushed most of their dreams. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/10/21/inside-the-weed-industrys-ai-data-center-pipe-dream/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As cannabis prices crash around the country, struggling cannabis companies with big industrial buildings outfitted with power, fiber, water and HVAC systems thought they had a golden ticket to the AI race. But moratoriums, NIMBYISM and power constraints crushed most of their dreams. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/10/21/inside-the-weed-industrys-ai-data-center-pipe-dream/

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]]> 438 Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2026: Messi Hits A New High But Can’t Touch Ronaldo This summer represented a bit of a changing of the guard on the soccer pitch, as exemplified by Spain’s winger Lamine Yamal, who hoisted the World Cup trophy at age 19 by beating Argentine legend Lionel Messi—the very man who had bathed him when he was an infant for a now-viral photoshoot in 2007. But while Yamal is already reaping the rewards of his star turn on American soil, he and the rest of soccer’s new generation still have a long way to go to close the financial gap on Messi and his Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the greatest money-making machines the sports world has ever seen. For the fourth consecutive season, and the 12th time in the last 13 years, Ronaldo and Messi are the world’s two highest-paid soccer players, due to haul in $300 million and $145 million, respectively, according to Forbes estimates. (French striker Kylian Mbappé, who lands at No. 3 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning soccer players this year with an estimated $100 million, made a cameo at No. 1 in 2022 thanks to a massive signing bonus he received when he extended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, two years before he left the club for Real Madrid.) Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2026/10/17/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full Forbes This summer represented a bit of a changing of the guard on the soccer pitch, as exemplified by Spain’s winger Lamine Yamal, who hoisted the World Cup trophy at age 19 by beating Argentine legend Lionel Messi—the very man who had bathed him when he was an infant for a now-viral photoshoot in 2007. But while Yamal is already reaping the rewards of his star turn on American soil, he and the rest of soccer’s new generation still have a long way to go to close the financial gap on Messi and his Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the greatest money-making machines the sports world has ever seen. For the fourth consecutive season, and the 12th time in the last 13 years, Ronaldo and Messi are the world’s two highest-paid soccer players, due to haul in $300 million and $145 million, respectively, according to Forbes estimates. (French striker Kylian Mbappé, who lands at No. 3 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning soccer players this year with an estimated $100 million, made a cameo at No. 1 in 2022 thanks to a massive signing bonus he received when he extended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, two years before he left the club for Real Madrid.) Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2026/10/17/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This summer represented a bit of a changing of the guard on the soccer pitch, as exemplified by Spain’s winger Lamine Yamal, who hoisted the World Cup trophy at age 19 by beating Argentine legend Lionel Messi—the very man who had bathed him when he was an infant for a now-viral photoshoot in 2007. But while Yamal is already reaping the rewards of his star turn on American soil, he and the rest of soccer’s new generation still have a long way to go to close the financial gap on Messi and his Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the greatest money-making machines the sports world has ever seen. For the fourth consecutive season, and the 12th time in the last 13 years, Ronaldo and Messi are the world’s two highest-paid soccer players, due to haul in $300 million and $145 million, respectively, according to Forbes estimates. (French striker Kylian Mbappé, who lands at No. 3 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning soccer players this year with an estimated $100 million, made a cameo at No. 1 in 2022 thanks to a massive signing bonus he received when he extended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, two years before he left the club for Real Madrid.) Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2026/10/17/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2026/

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]]> 404 Elon Musk Says He’ll Give Every Child In America One SpaceX Share Next Year Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/19/elon-musk-says-hell-give-every-child-in-america-one-spacex-share-next-year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/19/elon-musk-says-hell-give-every-child-in-america-one-spacex-share-next-year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/19/elon-musk-says-hell-give-every-child-in-america-one-spacex-share-next-year/

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]]> 175 Theranos Whistleblower Alleges Elizabeth Holmes ‘Misled’ Nathan Fielder In Documentary Scene Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee who blew the whistle on the ill-fated biotech company, alleged its founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes “misled” Nathan Fielder about the technology her company developed in a key scene in his new documentary, “You Can See Everything.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/10/19/theranos-whistleblower-alleges-elizabeth-holmes-misled-nathan-fielder-in-documentary-scene/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee who blew the whistle on the ill-fated biotech company, alleged its founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes “misled” Nathan Fielder about the technology her company developed in a key scene in his new documentary, “You Can See Everything.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/10/19/theranos-whistleblower-alleges-elizabeth-holmes-misled-nathan-fielder-in-documentary-scene/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee who blew the whistle on the ill-fated biotech company, alleged its founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes “misled” Nathan Fielder about the technology her company developed in a key scene in his new documentary, “You Can See Everything.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/10/19/theranos-whistleblower-alleges-elizabeth-holmes-misled-nathan-fielder-in-documentary-scene/

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]]> 171 no Counterfeiters Are Advertising Fake Cash On TikTok The Chinese-owned social network has run dozens of ads promoting the sale of counterfeit currency. One even directed users to a Telegram account offering a discount code for 10% off fake money: “TikTok10.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes The Chinese-owned social network has run dozens of ads promoting the sale of counterfeit currency. One even directed users to a Telegram account offering a discount code for 10% off fake money: “TikTok10.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Chinese-owned social network has run dozens of ads promoting the sale of counterfeit currency. One even directed users to a Telegram account offering a discount code for 10% off fake money: “TikTok10.”

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]]> 420 Highest-Paid NBA Players 2026: Curry Is Basketball’s First $200 Million Man Stephen Curry was the NBA’s first unanimous MVP, in 2016. The first player to lead the league in 3-pointers four times, then five times, then six and seven and eight times. The first player to launch 10,000 attempts from beyond the arc—and the first to drain 4,000 of them. But for all of the ways the Golden State Warriors’ 38-year-old sharpshooter has transformed basketball, he is just as much of a game-changer financially. Already the first NBA player with a $40 million salary (in 2019-20) and a $50 million salary (2023-24), Curry is set to cross the $60 million threshold this season, banking $62.6 million on the court. Meanwhile, after splitting with his longtime sponsor Under Armour last fall and unveiling a new deal with Chinese shoe brand Li-Ning in June, Curry projects to earn an estimated $141 million from endorsements and other business endeavors—demolishing the NBA-record $100 million he made off the court in 2024-25. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/10/20/highest-paid-nba-players-2026-curry-is-basketballs-first-200-million-man/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Stephen Curry was the NBA’s first unanimous MVP, in 2016. The first player to lead the league in 3-pointers four times, then five times, then six and seven and eight times. The first player to launch 10,000 attempts from beyond the arc—and the first to drain 4,000 of them. But for all of the ways the Golden State Warriors’ 38-year-old sharpshooter has transformed basketball, he is just as much of a game-changer financially. Already the first NBA player with a $40 million salary (in 2019-20) and a $50 million salary (2023-24), Curry is set to cross the $60 million threshold this season, banking $62.6 million on the court. Meanwhile, after splitting with his longtime sponsor Under Armour last fall and unveiling a new deal with Chinese shoe brand Li-Ning in June, Curry projects to earn an estimated $141 million from endorsements and other business endeavors—demolishing the NBA-record $100 million he made off the court in 2024-25. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/10/20/highest-paid-nba-players-2026-curry-is-basketballs-first-200-million-man/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Stephen Curry was the NBA’s first unanimous MVP, in 2016. The first player to lead the league in 3-pointers four times, then five times, then six and seven and eight times. The first player to launch 10,000 attempts from beyond the arc—and the first to drain 4,000 of them. But for all of the ways the Golden State Warriors’ 38-year-old sharpshooter has transformed basketball, he is just as much of a game-changer financially. Already the first NBA player with a $40 million salary (in 2019-20) and a $50 million salary (2023-24), Curry is set to cross the $60 million threshold this season, banking $62.6 million on the court. Meanwhile, after splitting with his longtime sponsor Under Armour last fall and unveiling a new deal with Chinese shoe brand Li-Ning in June, Curry projects to earn an estimated $141 million from endorsements and other business endeavors—demolishing the NBA-record $100 million he made off the court in 2024-25. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/10/20/highest-paid-nba-players-2026-curry-is-basketballs-first-200-million-man/

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]]> 448 no Trump’s Golf Empire Is A Billion-Dollar Tax Shelter IN SEPTEMBER 2025, staff from an environmental nonprofit descended on Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. Over three days, they looked for the kind of things that excite naturalists—bird species, bat calls, plant varieties—then recorded their discoveries in a 180-page report. It barely mentioned the thing they were really looking for: a tax break for Donald Trump. The president needed one, desperately. Trump’s return to the White House, and his eagerness to profit from it, yielded $1.4 billion of crypto earnings in 2025. His real-estate empire supplied more than $200 million on top of that, according to Forbes calculations. The president’s projected tax bill snowballed to over $500 million. Enter the environmentalists. Among the many peculiarities of the U.S. tax code is a provision allowing landowners to cut their bills by giving up development rights—even if they retain the land itself. The premise is straightforward: Forgoing development can preserve natural habitats, a public benefit that can qualify as a charitable gift. The 180-pager made the case that Trump’s golf course qualified as a natural habitat worth protecting. He then donated the right to further develop it to an environmental nonprofit—without giving up ownership of the golf club itself. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/10/19/trumps-golf-empire-is-a-billion-dollar-tax-shelter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes IN SEPTEMBER 2025, staff from an environmental nonprofit descended on Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. Over three days, they looked for the kind of things that excite naturalists—bird species, bat calls, plant varieties—then recorded their discoveries in a 180-page report. It barely mentioned the thing they were really looking for: a tax break for Donald Trump. The president needed one, desperately. Trump’s return to the White House, and his eagerness to profit from it, yielded $1.4 billion of crypto earnings in 2025. His real-estate empire supplied more than $200 million on top of that, according to Forbes calculations. The president’s projected tax bill snowballed to over $500 million. Enter the environmentalists. Among the many peculiarities of the U.S. tax code is a provision allowing landowners to cut their bills by giving up development rights—even if they retain the land itself. The premise is straightforward: Forgoing development can preserve natural habitats, a public benefit that can qualify as a charitable gift. The 180-pager made the case that Trump’s golf course qualified as a natural habitat worth protecting. He then donated the right to further develop it to an environmental nonprofit—without giving up ownership of the golf club itself. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/10/19/trumps-golf-empire-is-a-billion-dollar-tax-shelter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IN SEPTEMBER 2025, staff from an environmental nonprofit descended on Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. Over three days, they looked for the kind of things that excite naturalists—bird species, bat calls, plant varieties—then recorded their discoveries in a 180-page report. It barely mentioned the thing they were really looking for: a tax break for Donald Trump. The president needed one, desperately. Trump’s return to the White House, and his eagerness to profit from it, yielded $1.4 billion of crypto earnings in 2025. His real-estate empire supplied more than $200 million on top of that, according to Forbes calculations. The president’s projected tax bill snowballed to over $500 million. Enter the environmentalists. Among the many peculiarities of the U.S. tax code is a provision allowing landowners to cut their bills by giving up development rights—even if they retain the land itself. The premise is straightforward: Forgoing development can preserve natural habitats, a public benefit that can qualify as a charitable gift. The 180-pager made the case that Trump’s golf course qualified as a natural habitat worth protecting. He then donated the right to further develop it to an environmental nonprofit—without giving up ownership of the golf club itself. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/10/19/trumps-golf-empire-is-a-billion-dollar-tax-shelter/

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]]> 399 no GLP-1s Took Eli Lilly To $1 Trillion. CEO Dave Ricks Is Betting Billions He Can Do It Again As CEO of the largest, most successful drugmaker on the planet, Dave Ricks sure spends a lot of time thinking about risk. Eli Lilly’s weight-loss and diabetes drugs have become wildly successful beyond anyone’s imagination. Its latest 12-month revenue (through June 30) surged 50% to $79.7 billion, with Zepbound (for weight loss) and Mounjaro (for diabetes) accounting for 62% of the total. In November 2025, its market cap crossed the $1 trillion mark, making it the first pharma company to do so (it’s currently hovering around $1.1 trillion). Lilly has more weight-loss game-changers coming. A pill called Foundayo gained FDA approval in April. It plans to submit a next-gen experimental drug, retatrutide, to the FDA in the first quarter of 2027. (People are so excited about “reta,” as it’s called online, that they’re buying substances claiming to be the drug on the black market.) But the clock is ticking. All drugs have a shelf life because of how pharma patents work. Likely at some point in the 2030s, the exploding market for its weight-loss drugs will collapse as generics flood in. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2026/10/15/glp-1s-took-eli-lilly-to-1-trillion-ceo-dave-ricks-is-betting-billions-he-can-do-it-again/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes As CEO of the largest, most successful drugmaker on the planet, Dave Ricks sure spends a lot of time thinking about risk. Eli Lilly’s weight-loss and diabetes drugs have become wildly successful beyond anyone’s imagination. Its latest 12-month revenue (through June 30) surged 50% to $79.7 billion, with Zepbound (for weight loss) and Mounjaro (for diabetes) accounting for 62% of the total. In November 2025, its market cap crossed the $1 trillion mark, making it the first pharma company to do so (it’s currently hovering around $1.1 trillion). Lilly has more weight-loss game-changers coming. A pill called Foundayo gained FDA approval in April. It plans to submit a next-gen experimental drug, retatrutide, to the FDA in the first quarter of 2027. (People are so excited about “reta,” as it’s called online, that they’re buying substances claiming to be the drug on the black market.) But the clock is ticking. All drugs have a shelf life because of how pharma patents work. Likely at some point in the 2030s, the exploding market for its weight-loss drugs will collapse as generics flood in. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2026/10/15/glp-1s-took-eli-lilly-to-1-trillion-ceo-dave-ricks-is-betting-billions-he-can-do-it-again/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As CEO of the largest, most successful drugmaker on the planet, Dave Ricks sure spends a lot of time thinking about risk. Eli Lilly’s weight-loss and diabetes drugs have become wildly successful beyond anyone’s imagination. Its latest 12-month revenue (through June 30) surged 50% to $79.7 billion, with Zepbound (for weight loss) and Mounjaro (for diabetes) accounting for 62% of the total. In November 2025, its market cap crossed the $1 trillion mark, making it the first pharma company to do so (it’s currently hovering around $1.1 trillion). Lilly has more weight-loss game-changers coming. A pill called Foundayo gained FDA approval in April. It plans to submit a next-gen experimental drug, retatrutide, to the FDA in the first quarter of 2027. (People are so excited about “reta,” as it’s called online, that they’re buying substances claiming to be the drug on the black market.) But the clock is ticking. All drugs have a shelf life because of how pharma patents work. Likely at some point in the 2030s, the exploding market for its weight-loss drugs will collapse as generics flood in. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2026/10/15/glp-1s-took-eli-lilly-to-1-trillion-ceo-dave-ricks-is-betting-billions-he-can-do-it-again/

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]]> 417 no The Most Valuable NBA Teams 2026 NBA teams don’t come up for sale often—two-thirds of the league’s control owners have been in place for at least a decade—which is one big reason why it was such a surprise that August featured two quick flips. First, Mark Walter agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger only about ten months after his purchase of the franchise had closed, and then, barely a week later, Minnesota Timberwolves limited partner Marc Stad reached an agreement to buy out Marc Lore, 14 months after the retail billionaire had officially taken over.Both deals still await approval by the NBA’s board of governors, but assuming they close without incident, as expected, it will mean a tidy return for the sellers. Lore, who first agreed to buy the Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx in 2021 in a multi-stage transaction with an enterprise value of $1.5 billion, got $4.5 billion for the two clubs—a 25% annual return even when measured from the initial agreement. Walter, who is under federal investigation over loans made between his other businesses, matched that return by raising the price of the Lakers from $10 billion to $12.5 billion in less than a year.That is just life in the NBA, where valuations are as high-flying as a breakaway dunk. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinteitelbaum/2026/10/16/the-most-valuable-nba-teams-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes NBA teams don’t come up for sale often—two-thirds of the league’s control owners have been in place for at least a decade—which is one big reason why it was such a surprise that August featured two quick flips. First, Mark Walter agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger only about ten months after his purchase of the franchise had closed, and then, barely a week later, Minnesota Timberwolves limited partner Marc Stad reached an agreement to buy out Marc Lore, 14 months after the retail billionaire had officially taken over.Both deals still await approval by the NBA’s board of governors, but assuming they close without incident, as expected, it will mean a tidy return for the sellers. Lore, who first agreed to buy the Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx in 2021 in a multi-stage transaction with an enterprise value of $1.5 billion, got $4.5 billion for the two clubs—a 25% annual return even when measured from the initial agreement. Walter, who is under federal investigation over loans made between his other businesses, matched that return by raising the price of the Lakers from $10 billion to $12.5 billion in less than a year.That is just life in the NBA, where valuations are as high-flying as a breakaway dunk. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinteitelbaum/2026/10/16/the-most-valuable-nba-teams-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices NBA teams don’t come up for sale often—two-thirds of the league’s control owners have been in place for at least a decade—which is one big reason why it was such a surprise that August featured two quick flips.

First, Mark Walter agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger only about ten months after his purchase of the franchise had closed, and then, barely a week later, Minnesota Timberwolves limited partner Marc Stad reached an agreement to buy out Marc Lore, 14 months after the retail billionaire had officially taken over.Both deals still await approval by the NBA’s board of governors, but assuming they close without incident, as expected, it will mean a tidy return for the sellers. Lore, who first agreed to buy the Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx in 2021 in a multi-stage transaction with an enterprise value of $1.5 billion, got $4.5 billion for the two clubs—a 25% annual return even when measured from the initial agreement.

Walter, who is under federal investigation over loans made between his other businesses, matched that return by raising the price of the Lakers from $10 billion to $12.5 billion in less than a year.That is just life in the NBA, where valuations are as high-flying as a breakaway dunk.

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinteitelbaum/2026/10/16/the-most-valuable-nba-teams-2026/

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]]> 434 no How Vivek Ramaswamy's Well-Timed Ohio Move Likely Saved Him $12 Million In Taxes In case you haven’t heard, Vivek Ramaswamy wants Ohio to stop taxing capital gains. The Republican candidate for governor has made the proposal his opening salvo in a larger tax-cutting agenda: eliminate Ohio taxes on capital gains beginning next year, then phase out the state income tax altogether over the next decade. “If we do it,” he said last year, “founders will flock to Ohio in droves.” Ramaswamy would know: His own move from New York to the state of Ohio in late 2019 came just before one of the largest windfalls of his career, likely saving him millions of dollars in state and municipal taxes, according to CPAs, tax lawyers and tax professionals who reviewed publicly available information about the matter. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2026/10/02/how-vivek-ramaswamys-well-timed-ohio-move-likely-saved-him-12-million-in-taxes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes In case you haven’t heard, Vivek Ramaswamy wants Ohio to stop taxing capital gains. The Republican candidate for governor has made the proposal his opening salvo in a larger tax-cutting agenda: eliminate Ohio taxes on capital gains beginning next year, then phase out the state income tax altogether over the next decade. “If we do it,” he said last year, “founders will flock to Ohio in droves.” Ramaswamy would know: His own move from New York to the state of Ohio in late 2019 came just before one of the largest windfalls of his career, likely saving him millions of dollars in state and municipal taxes, according to CPAs, tax lawyers and tax professionals who reviewed publicly available information about the matter. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2026/10/02/how-vivek-ramaswamys-well-timed-ohio-move-likely-saved-him-12-million-in-taxes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In case you haven’t heard, Vivek Ramaswamy wants Ohio to stop taxing capital gains. The Republican candidate for governor has made the proposal his opening salvo in a larger tax-cutting agenda: eliminate Ohio taxes on capital gains beginning next year, then phase out the state income tax altogether over the next decade. “If we do it,” he said last year, “founders will flock to Ohio in droves.” Ramaswamy would know: His own move from New York to the state of Ohio in late 2019 came just before one of the largest windfalls of his career, likely saving him millions of dollars in state and municipal taxes, according to CPAs, tax lawyers and tax professionals who reviewed publicly available information about the matter. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2026/10/02/how-vivek-ramaswamys-well-timed-ohio-move-likely-saved-him-12-million-in-taxes/

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]]> 420 no How California’s Billionaire Exodus Is Changing Who’s Richest In Other States California voters are set to determine the fate of California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax in November. But some of the state’s wealthiest people aren’t taking any chances and have already moved out of state, starting with its two wealthiest people, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. According to their representatives, Page (estimated fortune: $288 billion) and Brin ($265 billion) are now residents of Florida and Nevada, respectively. Though Forbes was unable to find updated voter registrations or declarations of domicile documenting their moves and their spokespeople declined to provide any proof, Brin and Page both recently bought houses out of state as they made their frustration with the tax known. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2026/10/14/how-californias-billionaire-exodus-is-changing-whos-richest-in-other-states/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes California voters are set to determine the fate of California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax in November. But some of the state’s wealthiest people aren’t taking any chances and have already moved out of state, starting with its two wealthiest people, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. According to their representatives, Page (estimated fortune: $288 billion) and Brin ($265 billion) are now residents of Florida and Nevada, respectively. Though Forbes was unable to find updated voter registrations or declarations of domicile documenting their moves and their spokespeople declined to provide any proof, Brin and Page both recently bought houses out of state as they made their frustration with the tax known. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2026/10/14/how-californias-billionaire-exodus-is-changing-whos-richest-in-other-states/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices California voters are set to determine the fate of California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax in November. But some of the state’s wealthiest people aren’t taking any chances and have already moved out of state, starting with its two wealthiest people, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. According to their representatives, Page (estimated fortune: $288 billion) and Brin ($265 billion) are now residents of Florida and Nevada, respectively. Though Forbes was unable to find updated voter registrations or declarations of domicile documenting their moves and their spokespeople declined to provide any proof, Brin and Page both recently bought houses out of state as they made their frustration with the tax known. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2026/10/14/how-californias-billionaire-exodus-is-changing-whos-richest-in-other-states/

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]]> 452 no Inside Corning’s Mission To Become Bubble-Proof The AI boom runs on Nvidia chips, staggering amounts of electricity and water—and a lot of glass. Corning makes more of it than anyone else. More precisely, the 175-year-old glass company makes the hair-thin optical fiber that hauls data between servers, buildings and data centers. Demand has become so intense that Corning has recently signed multibillion-dollar agreements with Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Verizon. This week, AT&T announced a $3 billion deal with Corning to upgrade its home internet service. And Apple has committed another $2.5 billion for Corning’s Gorilla Glass, the tough, hard-to-scratch stuff used in iPhones and Apple Watches. For one of the nation’s OG technology companies, founded in 1851 and responsible for everything from the glass in Thomas Edison’s light bulbs to the cookware known as Pyrex, AI infrastructure is a lively third act. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/10/01/inside-cornings-mission-to-become-bubble-proof/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes The AI boom runs on Nvidia chips, staggering amounts of electricity and water—and a lot of glass. Corning makes more of it than anyone else. More precisely, the 175-year-old glass company makes the hair-thin optical fiber that hauls data between servers, buildings and data centers. Demand has become so intense that Corning has recently signed multibillion-dollar agreements with Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Verizon. This week, AT&T announced a $3 billion deal with Corning to upgrade its home internet service. And Apple has committed another $2.5 billion for Corning’s Gorilla Glass, the tough, hard-to-scratch stuff used in iPhones and Apple Watches. For one of the nation’s OG technology companies, founded in 1851 and responsible for everything from the glass in Thomas Edison’s light bulbs to the cookware known as Pyrex, AI infrastructure is a lively third act. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/10/01/inside-cornings-mission-to-become-bubble-proof/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The AI boom runs on Nvidia chips, staggering amounts of electricity and water—and a lot of glass. Corning makes more of it than anyone else. More precisely, the 175-year-old glass company makes the hair-thin optical fiber that hauls data between servers, buildings and data centers. Demand has become so intense that Corning has recently signed multibillion-dollar agreements with Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Verizon. This week, AT&T announced a $3 billion deal with Corning to upgrade its home internet service. And Apple has committed another $2.5 billion for Corning’s Gorilla Glass, the tough, hard-to-scratch stuff used in iPhones and Apple Watches. For one of the nation’s OG technology companies, founded in 1851 and responsible for everything from the glass in Thomas Edison’s light bulbs to the cookware known as Pyrex, AI infrastructure is a lively third act. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/10/01/inside-cornings-mission-to-become-bubble-proof/

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]]> 456 no How These Startups Cornered The AI Agent Market Ayear ago, as AI was supposedly coding software engineers out of a job, it still couldn’t reliably book dinner. And some of the biggest tech companies around were struggling to build an assistant that could use your apps without creating more work for you. When Apple delayed the Siri upgrade that would have allowed it to take action within apps, software chef, Craig Federighi, offered a blunt explanation: “This just doesn’t work reliably enough to be an Apple product.”  Amazon’s upgraded Alexa+ did manage a dinner reservation when a reporter from The Verge tested it in July 2025. The request was for Friday. The agent booked Thursday. Now, a new crop of assistants is finally getting those chores right—often enough that the appeal of handing off an errand isn’t tainted by the idea of taking on a second job babysitting AI. We’ve catalogued some of the most interesting in  Forbes’ inaugural Agentic 20 list. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/10/08/ai-personal-assistants-are-finally-having-their-moment/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full Forbes Ayear ago, as AI was supposedly coding software engineers out of a job, it still couldn’t reliably book dinner. And some of the biggest tech companies around were struggling to build an assistant that could use your apps without creating more work for you. When Apple delayed the Siri upgrade that would have allowed it to take action within apps, software chef, Craig Federighi, offered a blunt explanation: “This just doesn’t work reliably enough to be an Apple product.”  Amazon’s upgraded Alexa+ did manage a dinner reservation when a reporter from The Verge tested it in July 2025. The request was for Friday. The agent booked Thursday. Now, a new crop of assistants is finally getting those chores right—often enough that the appeal of handing off an errand isn’t tainted by the idea of taking on a second job babysitting AI. We’ve catalogued some of the most interesting in  Forbes’ inaugural Agentic 20 list. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/10/08/ai-personal-assistants-are-finally-having-their-moment/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ayear ago, as AI was supposedly coding software engineers out of a job, it still couldn’t reliably book dinner. And some of the biggest tech companies around were struggling to build an assistant that could use your apps without creating more work for you.

When Apple delayed the Siri upgrade that would have allowed it to take action within apps, software chef, Craig Federighi, offered a blunt explanation: “This just doesn’t work reliably enough to be an Apple product.” 

Amazon’s upgraded Alexa+ did manage a dinner reservation when a reporter from The Verge tested it in July 2025. The request was for Friday. The agent booked Thursday.

Now, a new crop of assistants is finally getting those chores right—often enough that the appeal of handing off an errand isn’t tainted by the idea of taking on a second job babysitting AI. We’ve catalogued some of the most interesting in  Forbes’ inaugural Agentic 20 list.

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]]> 451 no Michael Dell’s Net Worth Soars After Stock Market Gains—Closing The Gap With Google’s Larry Page Michael Dell’s net worth briefly leaped by more than $10 billion in the hours after markets opened on Tuesday, placing him just behind Google co-founder Larry Page as the fourth-wealthiest person in the world after the S&P 500 hit a fresh record amid a larger stock surge. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/06/michael-dells-net-worth-soars-after-stock-market-gains-closing-the-gap-with-googles-larry-page/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:39:00 -0000 bonus Forbes Michael Dell’s net worth briefly leaped by more than $10 billion in the hours after markets opened on Tuesday, placing him just behind Google co-founder Larry Page as the fourth-wealthiest person in the world after the S&P 500 hit a fresh record amid a larger stock surge. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/06/michael-dells-net-worth-soars-after-stock-market-gains-closing-the-gap-with-googles-larry-page/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Michael Dell’s net worth briefly leaped by more than $10 billion in the hours after markets opened on Tuesday, placing him just behind Google co-founder Larry Page as the fourth-wealthiest person in the world after the S&P 500 hit a fresh record amid a larger stock surge. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/06/michael-dells-net-worth-soars-after-stock-market-gains-closing-the-gap-with-googles-larry-page/

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]]> 160 no RxBar, David Bars Founder Is Now A Billionaire Medici Brands, the parent company behind David protein bars and low-calorie, low-sugar candy brand HallPass, raised $250 million at a $2.25 billion valuation in early September. It was the biggest food industry deal so far this year. The transaction catapults its founder and CEO Peter Rahal, 40, who invested $20 million in the round (representing 8% of the fundraise), into the billionaire ranks. Medici’s biggest individual investor, with an estimated 70%, Rahal is now worth an estimated $1.9 billion. Rahal, who sold his first company RxBar to Kellogg for $600 million in 2017, declined to comment other than to joke that he was broke. But he has said in the past that he’s invested at least $50 million in about 100 different businesses, including ready-to-eat oats brand Mush and Olipop, which is now valued at $2 billion. He previously had a stake in the better-for-you popcorn company LesserEvil, which was acquired by The Hershey Company for $750 million last year. “He doesn’t have to go out for capital,” says one investor who didn’t want to be identified talking about Rahal. “It comes to him.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2026/09/25/rxbar-david-bars-founder-is-now-a-billionaire/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Medici Brands, the parent company behind David protein bars and low-calorie, low-sugar candy brand HallPass, raised $250 million at a $2.25 billion valuation in early September. It was the biggest food industry deal so far this year. The transaction catapults its founder and CEO Peter Rahal, 40, who invested $20 million in the round (representing 8% of the fundraise), into the billionaire ranks. Medici’s biggest individual investor, with an estimated 70%, Rahal is now worth an estimated $1.9 billion. Rahal, who sold his first company RxBar to Kellogg for $600 million in 2017, declined to comment other than to joke that he was broke. But he has said in the past that he’s invested at least $50 million in about 100 different businesses, including ready-to-eat oats brand Mush and Olipop, which is now valued at $2 billion. He previously had a stake in the better-for-you popcorn company LesserEvil, which was acquired by The Hershey Company for $750 million last year. “He doesn’t have to go out for capital,” says one investor who didn’t want to be identified talking about Rahal. “It comes to him.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2026/09/25/rxbar-david-bars-founder-is-now-a-billionaire/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Medici Brands, the parent company behind David protein bars and low-calorie, low-sugar candy brand HallPass, raised $250 million at a $2.25 billion valuation in early September. It was the biggest food industry deal so far this year. The transaction catapults its founder and CEO Peter Rahal, 40, who invested $20 million in the round (representing 8% of the fundraise), into the billionaire ranks. Medici’s biggest individual investor, with an estimated 70%, Rahal is now worth an estimated $1.9 billion. Rahal, who sold his first company RxBar to Kellogg for $600 million in 2017, declined to comment other than to joke that he was broke. But he has said in the past that he’s invested at least $50 million in about 100 different businesses, including ready-to-eat oats brand Mush and Olipop, which is now valued at $2 billion. He previously had a stake in the better-for-you popcorn company LesserEvil, which was acquired by The Hershey Company for $750 million last year. “He doesn’t have to go out for capital,” says one investor who didn’t want to be identified talking about Rahal. “It comes to him.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2026/09/25/rxbar-david-bars-founder-is-now-a-billionaire/

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]]> 416 no Inside The Wild, Lucrative World Of Vegas Matt Stephen Mathew Morrow, better known by his nom de casino, Vegas Matt, looks like a caricature of a high-stakes gambler. A large, one-pound gold chain hangs around his neck with a matching bracelet on his right wrist, a Rolex SkyDweller on his left, and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan parked outside the El Cortez Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. As he walks the casino floor on a Tuesday afternoon in September, fans flock around him every few feet, asking for a photo, telling him how much they love him and his video content. The 62-year-old Morrow posts stories every day to his 5 million followers, including 1.7 million on YouTube and 2 million on Instagram. Two middle-aged sisters are giddy when they spot him and one says: “I go to bed with you every night.” Vegas Matt responds with quick wit: “My superpower is putting women to sleep.” Inside the El Cortez’s high limit slot parlor, he says hello to vice president and general manager Adam Wiesberg, who acts like a shepherd for the flock of influencers who are filming every day at his casino. Vegas Matt pulls out his money clip with about $6,700 in one-hundred-dollar bills, peels one off and feeds it into an Ultimate X video poker machine at the bar, his favorite. “Gambling is dumb,” says Morrow, who was retired and living in Las Vegas before he became the gambling world’s top creator. “These casinos don’t build themselves. Mathematically, you have to know you’re losing.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/09/20/loose-slots-giant-jackpots-inside-the-wild-lucrative-world-of-vegas-matt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:30:00 -0000 full Forbes Stephen Mathew Morrow, better known by his nom de casino, Vegas Matt, looks like a caricature of a high-stakes gambler. A large, one-pound gold chain hangs around his neck with a matching bracelet on his right wrist, a Rolex SkyDweller on his left, and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan parked outside the El Cortez Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. As he walks the casino floor on a Tuesday afternoon in September, fans flock around him every few feet, asking for a photo, telling him how much they love him and his video content. The 62-year-old Morrow posts stories every day to his 5 million followers, including 1.7 million on YouTube and 2 million on Instagram. Two middle-aged sisters are giddy when they spot him and one says: “I go to bed with you every night.” Vegas Matt responds with quick wit: “My superpower is putting women to sleep.” Inside the El Cortez’s high limit slot parlor, he says hello to vice president and general manager Adam Wiesberg, who acts like a shepherd for the flock of influencers who are filming every day at his casino. Vegas Matt pulls out his money clip with about $6,700 in one-hundred-dollar bills, peels one off and feeds it into an Ultimate X video poker machine at the bar, his favorite. “Gambling is dumb,” says Morrow, who was retired and living in Las Vegas before he became the gambling world’s top creator. “These casinos don’t build themselves. Mathematically, you have to know you’re losing.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/09/20/loose-slots-giant-jackpots-inside-the-wild-lucrative-world-of-vegas-matt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Stephen Mathew Morrow, better known by his nom de casino, Vegas Matt, looks like a caricature of a high-stakes gambler. A large, one-pound gold chain hangs around his neck with a matching bracelet on his right wrist, a Rolex SkyDweller on his left, and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan parked outside the El Cortez Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. As he walks the casino floor on a Tuesday afternoon in September, fans flock around him every few feet, asking for a photo, telling him how much they love him and his video content. The 62-year-old Morrow posts stories every day to his 5 million followers, including 1.7 million on YouTube and 2 million on Instagram. Two middle-aged sisters are giddy when they spot him and one says: “I go to bed with you every night.” Vegas Matt responds with quick wit: “My superpower is putting women to sleep.” Inside the El Cortez’s high limit slot parlor, he says hello to vice president and general manager Adam Wiesberg, who acts like a shepherd for the flock of influencers who are filming every day at his casino. Vegas Matt pulls out his money clip with about $6,700 in one-hundred-dollar bills, peels one off and feeds it into an Ultimate X video poker machine at the bar, his favorite. “Gambling is dumb,” says Morrow, who was retired and living in Las Vegas before he became the gambling world’s top creator. “These casinos don’t build themselves. Mathematically, you have to know you’re losing.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/09/20/loose-slots-giant-jackpots-inside-the-wild-lucrative-world-of-vegas-matt/

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]]> 429 no AI Could Allow For 3-Day Workweeks And Single-Income Households, Bezos Claims Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he believes artificial intelligence could generate enough productivity gains to allow Americans to have a three-day workweek or rely on a single-income for the whole household—pushing back against fears that the technology could lead to large-scale job losses for American workers. In an interview with Fox News that aired Wednesday evening, Bezos told host Bret Baier he believes AI’s productivity gains could let some people decide, “I can support my family by working three days a week.” He claimed families in two-earner households could decide they don’t need a second income and let one worker drop out. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/08/jeff-bezos-claims-ai-could-allow-for-3-day-workweeks-and-one-income-families/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:59:00 -0000 bonus Forbes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he believes artificial intelligence could generate enough productivity gains to allow Americans to have a three-day workweek or rely on a single-income for the whole household—pushing back against fears that the technology could lead to large-scale job losses for American workers. In an interview with Fox News that aired Wednesday evening, Bezos told host Bret Baier he believes AI’s productivity gains could let some people decide, “I can support my family by working three days a week.” He claimed families in two-earner households could decide they don’t need a second income and let one worker drop out. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/08/jeff-bezos-claims-ai-could-allow-for-3-day-workweeks-and-one-income-families/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he believes artificial intelligence could generate enough productivity gains to allow Americans to have a three-day workweek or rely on a single-income for the whole household—pushing back against fears that the technology could lead to large-scale job losses for American workers. In an interview with Fox News that aired Wednesday evening, Bezos told host Bret Baier he believes AI’s productivity gains could let some people decide, “I can support my family by working three days a week.” He claimed families in two-earner households could decide they don’t need a second income and let one worker drop out. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/08/jeff-bezos-claims-ai-could-allow-for-3-day-workweeks-and-one-income-families/

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