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Dirtbag Billionaire
Environment
How Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard decided to give away his billions
By David GellesSeptember 9, 2025
Ray Dalio on AI: ‘The days of people making decisions in their own heads are ending’
Leadership
Ray Dalio on AI: ‘The days of people making decisions in their own heads are ending’
By Ray DalioJune 3, 2025
Barry Diller admits he underestimated Steve Jobs and reveals one of the ‘most powerful epiphanies of my life’
Leadership
Barry Diller admits he underestimated Steve Jobs and reveals one of the ‘most powerful epiphanies of my life’
By Barry DillerMay 20, 2025
Father using laptop at home with children watching - stock photo
Life
8 signs your work-life balance is in poor health—and how to fix it
By Judith JosephApril 10, 2025
Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart
Commentary
Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart
By Paul BlusteinMarch 21, 2025
How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas
Tech
How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas
By Bill GatesFebruary 4, 2025
"The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong," by John Kay.
Leadership
Trump 2.0 will see corporations tempted by shareholder primacy even more. Sustainable success still comes from broader goals
By John KayJanuary 15, 2025
Quasi-religious beliefs have ended 200 years of European growth, author argues
Commentary
Quasi-religious beliefs have ended 200 years of European growth, author argues
By Jon MoynihanDecember 3, 2024
Ashton Kutcher and David Sacks
Finance
How celebrities became VCs and VCs became celebrities  
By Tatiana KoffmanNovember 7, 2024
How a ‘halfway-pendulum’ approach to stakeholder capitalism helped Japan’s stock market reverse decades of losses
Finance
How a ‘halfway-pendulum’ approach to stakeholder capitalism helped Japan’s stock market reverse decades of losses
By Jusuke J. J. Ikegami, Harbir Singh and Michael UseemOctober 24, 2024
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings
Success
Netflix beating Blockbuster once seemed unthinkable—but this way of looking at the world makes it obvious
By Judah TaubOctober 22, 2024
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Leadership
Seth Godin: Jeff Bezos built Amazon with a strategy based on embracing change
By Seth GodinOctober 21, 2024
How the behavioral economics of Uber drivers reveal what really drives the workforce
Success
How the behavioral economics of Uber drivers reveal what really drives the workforce
By Stephan MeierOctober 17, 2024
Jeff Bezos created a culture at Amazon of appreciating the input—including the idea for Amazon Prime—of people at all levels of the corporate hierarchy.
Leadership
Jeff Bezos’s ‘truth telling’ culture led to big ideas like Amazon Prime
By Brian SolisOctober 17, 2024
You can’t have 5 priorities—even Steve Jobs and Bob Iger couldn’t
Leadership
You can’t have 5 priorities—even Steve Jobs and Bob Iger couldn’t
By Willie PietersenOctober 14, 2024
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Middle East
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By Jason MaAugust 7, 2026
Environment
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Energy
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