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Preston Fore is a reporter at Fortune covering success, with a focus on education, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. Since joining the company in 2023, he has written extensively on career trends, Gen Z in the workforce, and the evolving higher education landscape. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Preston graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in global studies and journalism.
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Success
KFC’s president started washing dishes at 13 but dreamt of being the ‘female Richard Branson’—so she quit jobs that wouldn’t embrace her personality
By Preston ForeOctober 24, 2026
Nathan Fielder
Success
Elizabeth Holmes documentary maker Nathan Fielder started out as a broker. He quit because it was ‘depressing’ and is now making millions 
By Preston ForeOctober 23, 2026
Eric Schmidt
Success
Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt worked 60-hour weeks: ‘I used to tell people my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day.’ He says AI will kill that burden
By Preston ForeOctober 22, 2026
Martha Stewart
Success
Martha Stewart says people need to get it through their ‘thick skulls’ that there’s ‘no such thing as balance’—even at 85 she starts work at 7 a.m.
By Preston ForeOctober 21, 2026
Actor Jason Sudeikis (left) who stars as Ted Lasso with Jamie Dimon (right)
Success
Jamie Dimon says CEOs should be more like Ted Lasso instead of like ‘autocrats’—and tell their employees how they truly feel
By Preston ForeOctober 20, 2026
Two young people hold moving boxes in an apartment
Success
Gen Z is chasing the American Dream in South Carolina, Missouri, and Tennessee—as California loses thousands of young adults and billionaires
By Preston ForeOctober 19, 2026
Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him there
Success
Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him there
By Preston ForeOctober 18, 2026
Shaquille O'Neal walks on the field before a game
Success
Despite a $500 million net worth, Shaq’s on his 5th college degree—and tells Gen Z that AI can’t replace sitting across people smarter than you
By Preston ForeOctober 17, 2026
Wearing a white cap with the NFL logo, referee Shawn Smith holds up his fist
Success
Despite making over $200,000 a year, many NFL referees still hold full-time jobs as attorneys, aerospace engineers, and college professors
By Preston ForeOctober 16, 2026
Satya Nadella gestures with both hands
Success
Microsoft’s CEO is still haunted by staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates. Years later, his boss Steve Ballmer taught him how to speak up
By Preston ForeOctober 15, 2026
Young man sitting on a private jet, wearing a flannel while working on a laptop and holding a glass of champagne
Success
Inside the college majors at elite universities where graduates earn more than $250,000—over 4 times their peers
By Preston ForeOctober 14, 2026
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Success
IMF chief warns AI’s ‘slow-moving tsunami’ is coming—and it could leave Gen Z graduates stuck making lattes at Starbucks
By Preston ForeOctober 13, 2026
Jeff Bezos wearing a bowtie
Success
Jeff Bezos says people have been ‘incorrectly’ taught that success is a villain: ‘You can be a billionaire if you started a hamburger stand’
By Preston ForeOctober 12, 2026
Mike Tomlin smiling
Success
Warren Buffett watches YouTube, David Solomon DJs, and this former NFL coach spent 12 years playing Minecraft
By Preston ForeOctober 11, 2026
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Success
Palantir’s billionaire CEO says only two kinds of people will succeed in the AI era: trade workers—‘or you’re neurodivergent’
By Preston ForeOctober 10, 2026
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