"I think we're back to a Darwinian moment where everybody has to figure out who's really good," said Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on a recent episode of the 20VC podcast. https://bit.ly/4oVwv2o

US Polo Assn. CEO J. Michael Prince’s first taste of leadership was a complete accident—and he was almost passed over entirely. https://bit.ly/4p3mDUy

The 2026 UBS Global Wealth Report, released Tuesday, confirms that the everyday millionaire class is expanding faster than at any point in 17 years.https://bit.ly/4pi0DFD

What do Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, and William Boeing have in common? They are all American-born children of immigrants. https://bit.ly/4vdvHaJ

Nvidia may be worth $4.8 trillion, but its employees still have to pay up at the company cafeteria. https://bit.ly/4asWHLT

Anthropic has had a far rougher ride in Trump’s D.C. than OpenAI, or pretty much any other tech company. https://bit.ly/4oSSE1i

"I’ve had people say this is a horrible idea, you’re wasting your brain," Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe told Fortune. "Part of the founder’s journey is rejection and building resilience to being misunderstood.” https://bit.ly/4oTaGAq

Sens. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently touted their plan to raise more revenue by removing the cap on income that's subject to Social Security taxes. They cited estimates it would generate about $3 trillion for the program over 10 years. https://bit.ly/3SB8TEb

“For the US, the fact that the Oman route might be blocked presents it with a big ultimatum: either the US escalates or gives IRGC control of the Strait of Hormuz. Logic says there’s no way that would happen, so escalation will continue.” https://bit.ly/4f7hBCN

Every January, David Protein founder and CEO Peter Rahal knew what to expect: the emergence of a new diet trend like keto or paleo in “very volatile swings.” This year, however, was different. There was no new fad diet. https://bit.ly/4xU1lwu

“What I learned by observing him was that the same attributes kept coming up—intensity, hard work. But also the ability to think big and have confidence. You have to think crazy.” https://bit.ly/4vwbhe1

"I built my agents for a purpose I chose, in a company I control. That’s a confined, lucky version of this technology. It’s not the version most people are going to meet. My daughter may never have that choice." https://bit.ly/4pcfukV

Chief Revenue Officer Richard Heaselgrave described the balance of sport and commerce as a “yin and yang” kind of dynamic: “Paris, as a city, is appealing: The food, the art, the culture, the fashion, that we can export.” https://bit.ly/3QMeC9x

"Risk wasn’t shameful and failure wasn’t final here. I’ve failed publicly, spectacularly, on the front page, and this country still let me get back up. That’s not a small thing; it is a core tenet of the American promise." https://bit.ly/3R3rCrD

The cloud computing companies, which are spending hundreds of billions of dollars this year to build AI data centers, are snapping up massive volumes of the memory supply. Consumer PC and phone makers fight for the scraps. https://bit.ly/4eyHj31

Real estate offers work flexibility; plus, the industry is showing early signs of resilience against AI disruption. It’s a profession rooted in “uniquely human strengths” like networking and relationship-building. https://bit.ly/4aoFfIm

America’s public waterfronts are increasingly … less so. “If we don’t stand up for what is ours, sort of collectively ours, we’re going to regret it down the road.” https://bit.ly/4vvDOQN

“In contrast to market pricing, we continue to see data and developments as pointing toward an economy that, rather than rate hikes, is more likely to require rate cuts.” https://bit.ly/4faWxKP

For workers ages 22 to 25, employment in highly AI-exposed occupations is now shrinking at 3.8% per year. And the early-career decline sharpened after year one — 2.8% decrease to April 2024, growing to a more than 4% decline per year since. https://bit.ly/4g5DUtL

“The war is increasingly paid for by quietly invoicing the population and suspending the state’s own rules. A regime sustained this way is heading for a poorer, angrier country, a financial system out of control, and war funding it cannot count on." https://bit.ly/3SxyDBt

A 30-year fixed mortgage is the rare household bill that doesn’t change month-over-month or year-over-year—but the taxes and insurance bundled into the monthly payment do. Every year, taxes and insurance can change a county-by-county schedule or at renewal, respectively. https://bit.ly/4as1BZE

“Iran needs Gulf states’ recognition of its control over Iran’s route to maintain control over the strait because it cannot conduct attacks in perpetuity without risking instability and additional attacks.” https://bit.ly/4aowGgI

The younger generation is increasingly focused on funding systemic change through impact investing, advocacy, and venture-style philanthropy. Many are prioritizing causes such as climate change, racial justice, and gender equity. https://bit.ly/3QqzZ0h

Andreou’s duty is to get the 51-year-old tech giant to move fast without breaking the trusted business relationships it has. The result is an organized chaos of employees driving hard every day to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other top labs. https://bit.ly/4wdyXDU

“Why make the company into a massive conglomerate, when conglomerates are totally out of favor? The world is de-conglomerate-izing. People want pure play, and they’re in rockets, Starlink and AI.” https://bit.ly/3SLXqle

“Most of the people I talked to that were scammed said that they did feel something was off. It was just too good. Whatever they said they needed, that job was going to give them, and that you know that usually isn’t true in a brand new job.” https://bit.ly/4oV3rIr

CEO Cristiano Amon dismisses the notion that this is all too much for Qualcomm to chase at once. “We have a very, very strong engineering culture. It’s a company that is not afraid of taking on completely new challenges.” https://bit.ly/4f7kAv2

While many of Big Tech’s biggest names have been fairly public and open about their dealings with President Donald Trump, there’s one executive who has been more stealth in his dealings with the CEO-in-Chief. https://bit.ly/3QBX4x2

Cursor CEO Michael Truell turned an AI coding project into a staple for enterprise developers and built a hiring funnel out of the community that grew up around it. https://bit.ly/4wf4xkS

Despite wanting to keep her gigantic philanthropy quiet, MacKenzie Scott’s giving keeps making a splash. https://bit.ly/4vzxsQy

There may be another reason for work-from-home crackdowns and in-office mandates that CEOs haven’t mentioned: their own egos. https://bit.ly/4oRVQdF

“I made $26,000 when I graduated from college—that was $26,000 more than I made ever—and so I immediately maxed out on my 401(k) plan,” TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett said. https://bit.ly/4uZ3yEf

Micron’s blowout quarter wasn’t just a beat. It was a restructuring of how Wall Street will price memory — and maybe all of semiconductors — for years to come. https://bit.ly/4wed4o8

Economists told Fortune a ban on institutional investors won’t break fundamental barriers to homeownership and could negatively affect the low-income Americans the bills aim to help. https://bit.ly/4xJSWM0

The CEO of an $8 billion logistics company that thrived during the pandemic is reviving the debate about remote work with a controversial take that has some calling him out online. https://bit.ly/43TD6kk

President Donald Trump posted on social media that he would no longer be signing as planned for Wednesday a bipartisan measure to increase home construction. https://bit.ly/4gEdyPD

President Donald Trump posted on social media that he would no longer be signing a bipartisan measure to increase home construction. https://bit.ly/4gEdyPD

Before Tesla became a $1.3 trillion juggernaut eyeing a potential megamerger with SpaceX, Elon Musk was writing a check to a then-27-year-old Stanford engineer who couldn’t get anyone to take his electric car idea seriously. https://bit.ly/4vmGYGy

This past week, two Google DeepMind stars jumped ship in just 48 hours, both departures shocking in their own way for what they may say about Google DeepMind’s prospects in the AI race. https://bit.ly/4aPELet

Polymarket is in the hot seat after an investigation alleged that the prediction market paid influencers to film fake trades and fabricate winnings. https://bit.ly/4xKdCDt

“This sentiment of renting AI from someone rather than owning it is a national security risk,” Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez told Fortune. “You need to fully control it.” https://bit.ly/4eEt8s6

There’s one unexpected breakout star of the 2026 FIFA World Cup: ranch dressing. https://bit.ly/43MybSj

Alan Greenspan was so respected during his many years as head of the world’s most influential central bank that by the time he stepped down in 2006, he was widely celebrated as the “Oracle’’ and “Maestro.’’ https://bit.ly/4y0CtDx

“It is the labor market environment men grow up in, more than what they observe as adults, that shapes their later participation.” https://bit.ly/4ewDXw5

“Soybeans will be stressed further in the months and years ahead, and yields on some of these crops will be reduced in parts of the country. If that happens, it will have a negative impact on food production, leading to price inflation.” https://bit.ly/43SB2cj

“I am surprised because I think that you have Ukraine, Iran, oil, Russia, and our relationship with China.” Dimon said he was concerned about the shifting “tectonic plates” shaping the economy’s trajectory over the much longer term. https://bit.ly/4xCVXhf

"To my father, wellness was not a goal to be optimized, but rather something that came naturally with a curious, family-oriented, and altruistic existence." https://bit.ly/4vZJlip

“I think as soon as you get comfortable—game over,” Llamas told Fortune. “I’m also just not wired that way. If you could interview 50 people that know me, and they will tell you that I’m never going to be satisfied.” https://bit.ly/43JUKqH

Dairy farms can’t ratchet up production too much: Because whey is a byproduct of cheese, it is constrained by demand for cheese, which is rising but expected to slow as consumer preferences change, especially in an inflationary environment. https://bit.ly/4ele9Eu

Smetters and his team estimate U.S. federal debt cannot rationally exceed about 210% of GDP. Above that level, he argues, there is no feasible broad‑based tax on labor income that can cover the interest bill at the returns investors will demand. https://bit.ly/4w15Bsa