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Investing icon Kevin O'Leary
SuccessKevin O’Leary blasts attacks on billionaire entrepreneurs as a ‘huge mistake’—He says they don’t get enough credit for the jobs they’ve created
By Emma BurleighFebruary 4, 2026
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SuccessIn 2026, many employers are ditching merit-based pay bumps in favor of ‘peanut butter raises’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 2, 2026
Innes McFee, CEO of Oxford Economics.
EconomyGet used to the K-shaped economy. It’s likely here until 2035, thanks to AI’s outsize benefit for the wealthy
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 29, 2026
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SuccessAnthropic’s billionaire cofounders are giving away 80% of their wealth: ‘The thing to worry about is a level of wealth concentration that will break society’
By Preston ForeJanuary 27, 2026
Protestors at the WEF in Davos
SuccessNearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries are demanding Davos leaders tax them more: ‘Tax us. Tax the super rich.’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 21, 2026
Rich young man walking into office
SuccessThe wealthy kids of property-rich U.K. parents get the highest-paying jobs, especially sons—and new research has revealed why
By Emma BurleighJanuary 15, 2026
James Talarico stands behind a microphone and stares out into the crowd
EconomyJames Talarico says the biggest ‘welfare queens’ in America are ‘the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in income taxes’
By Dave SmithDecember 20, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
SuccessElon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page
By Emma BurleighDecember 16, 2025
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SuccessBad luck, six-figure earners: Elon Musk warns that money will ‘disappear’ in the future as AI makes work (and salaries) irrelevant
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 15, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
SuccessApple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
Donald Trump inauguration
SuccessMeet the world’s 29 ‘super-billionaires’ fueling the wealth gap and boasting a collective fortune of $4 trillion
By Emma BurleighNovember 26, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
SuccessAmerica’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall
By Emma BurleighNovember 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump
EconomyGovernments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debt, says UBS
By Eleanor PringleOctober 29, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates and Dalio Family Office
ConferencesRay Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive
By Eleanor PringleOctober 27, 2025
Scott Galloway speaks in a TV interview
SuccessScott Galloway says don’t aspire to be a billionaire, because ‘it’s not going to get you anything.’ Here’s what to do with money instead of hoarding it
By Dave SmithOctober 20, 2025
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