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MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

These gifts are a “major source of encouragement” during uncertain times for higher education.

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‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

The billionaire philanthropist says there’s more work to be done to get the wealthy to donate.

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Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million

“It’s worked out for all of us,” Galloway said.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combatting homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

“It’s a $2 billion commitment,” Sánchez Bezos said. “And we’re going to continue doing it."

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MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works

The billionaire philanthropist’s giving style is a rarity in the industry.

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Elon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is ‘very hard’

Musk’s giving style differs greatly from that of other billionaires.

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How a park bench meeting led to Aflac’s $200 million mascot idea

“Quack, quack, Aflac became the idea,” CEO Dan Amos told Fortune. The adoption of the avian mascot has coincided with a 621% run-up in share price.

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Steve Jobs taught Gap’s former CEO that micromanaging can be a good thing

“I’m proud to be a micromanager for what a customer sees, feels, and hears,” Mickey Drexler said.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban once ran a Ponzi scheme from his dorm room: ‘That’s how I paid for my junior year of college’

"It was basically a scam,” Cuban, 67, said as he chuckled.

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Lowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’

“I had to find a way to differentiate myself,” Marvin Ellison said.

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Jeff Bezos’ most expensive investment is a $500 million custom superyacht that’s the largest in the world

The Amazon founder even paid an extra $75 million for another yacht to support his superyacht.

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Half of millennial and Gen Z couples pick engagement rings with lab-grown diamonds— ‘well beyond what the mining industry had expected,’ McKinsey says

Couples appear to care more about gemstone size and price than sustainability.

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MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions

MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19 billion in the past five years.

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Homeland Security secretary promises $10,000 bonuses for select TSA agents who worked during the government shutdown—but there’s a catch

The bonuses are only for workers who went ‘above and beyond,’ Kristi Noem said.

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Self-made millionaire Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘golden rule’ of real estate investing

The “Shark Tank” star with a $100 million net worth says paying 20% down is key—and explains why.

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MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million

These donations come on the heels of other major donations from Scott to HBCUs this fall.

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Marriott abruptly cut ties with Sonder, leaving thousands of hotel guests stranded: It’s ‘inconceivable’ they would treat humans that way, guest says

Travel advisor told Fortune there’s no precedent for the debacle. “Sorry, that's not justifiable at all.”

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Warren Buffett is ‘going quiet’ after he steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this year. Read his farewell letter to shareholders

Greg Abel will take Warren Buffett's post at year's end.

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A staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying milestones to buy a house. There’s ‘no single fix’ for the affordability crisis, real estate exec says

Other recent data solidifies just how difficult it’s been for younger generations to break into the housing market.

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MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

The billionaire philanthropist has already reduced her Amazon stake by 42%.

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Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials

"Black Friday is still a make-or-break moment for retailers, but shopper behavior is shifting," says Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva.

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The U.S. housing market is ‘starved’ for affordability: Boomers edge millennials and Gen Z out of homeownership in record numbers

Home buyers need to make six figures to afford a median-priced home in the U.S.

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MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

Howard University says the gift comes at an “opportune time” as the government shutdown has delayed annual federal appropriations.

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More than half of Gen Z says they only use cash as ‘a last resort’ and doing so is ‘cringe,’ survey shows

Some Gen Zers are so against using cash they’ll forgo shopping from stores that are cash only.

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The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be ‘obsessed,’ ex–Wall Streeter and business coach says

“Obsession means that you’re thinking nonstop until your relentless action makes it unreasonable for you to not win,” she says.

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MacKenzie Scott’s latest $60 million donation is a sign philanthropists are trying to fill the void from Trump’s cuts to FEMA

Philanthropy “cannot—and should not—replace government and its essential responsibilities,” CDP President and CEO Patricia McIlreacy told Fortune.

29.10.2025 3

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Skyrocketing valuations, revenues, and investments: ‘That sounds like a tech story. It’s a women’s sports story,’ Alexis Ohanian says

Women’s sports revenue is expected to hit a record-breaking $2.35 billion this year.

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Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’

Failure is an essential prerequisite for success, research shows.

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Florida’s housing market was skewed wildly by the pandemic. It’s finally coming to grips with a ‘realistic middle ground’

Now might not be the right time to sell your house in Florida.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on work-life balance as a CEO: ‘I’m still going to chaperone the first-grade field trip’

Meghan Markle spoke at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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Women could fall behind in the $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer because of the ‘confidence gap’ in financial planning, experts say

Psychological barriers make it more difficult for women to plan their finances, experts said at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit.

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Self-made billionaire Selena Gomez says people didn’t take her seriously in the beauty business at first: People had ‘preconceived ideas of what I’m good at’

Selena Gomez spoke at Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Kamala Harris doesn’t believe her presidential run was her finale: A glass cliff ‘suggests finality, and I’m not into that’

The former vice president spoke Tuesday at Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, D.C.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on how her ‘complicated relationship’ with social media shaped her business strategy

“I also recognize the role that it plays in business,” she said at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference.

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CEO says she’d welcome an AI-bot board member: ‘If you don’t have an AI agent in every meeting, you’re missing out’

Hanneke Faber speaks about the value of AI in decision-making at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit.

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Brené Brown says the key to surviving AI is rejecting Jack Welch’s advice and embracing humanity. The problem is humans ‘can’t stand each other’

Treating our humanity like a liability could mean ignoring our greatest superpower, Brown said.

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The remote work fight isn’t over: Workers are willing to take a major pay cut up to 25%, according to new Harvard study

Harvard, Brown, and UCLA researchers found workers would be willing to take a massive pay cut to work from home.

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Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire

Parton established her own publishing company in 1966, which helped her hold on to nearly all of her publishing rights.

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Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’

Emily Lyons said commas in her bank account didn’t help her feel relieved, but rather scared of losing all she had gained.

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Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Ed Bastian says it’s still safe to fly, though.

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Red Lobster’s 36-year-old CEO led the company after bankruptcy. Now he’s plotting the ‘greatest comeback in the history of the restaurant industry’

“Of course it’s risky,” Damola Adamolekun told Fortune’s Ruth Umoh. “I took over a company that’s bankrupt and had a lot of problems.”

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Jeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: ‘I started Amazon when I was 30’

The Amazon founder reminds Gen Z that Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are the "exception."

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Millennials and Gen Zers are clamoring to break into the housing market. But this real estate expert says ‘not everyone should be an owner’

Just thinking it’s time to buy a house is not “good reason to own a home,” The Real Deal publisher told Fortune.

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Management guru says society overvalues romantic relationships: ‘There’s an excessive amount of pressure to get married, white picket fence’

Simon Sinek says he’s been asked “what’s wrong with you” for not being married.

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Former U.S. Secret Service agent says bringing your authentic self to work stifles teamwork: ‘You don’t get high performers, you get sloppiness’

“Could you imagine if I brought my authentic New York self to every interrogation I did?” former Secret Agent Evy Poumpouras asked on a recent...

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Suzy Welch uncovered the reason Gen Z seems unhireable: Their workplace values don’t match their Gen X and millennial bosses

Gen Z prioritizes values like self-care, helping others, and authenticity.

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Housing costs are so high some Americans are delaying milestones like getting married, having kids and even adopting a pet

More than 44% of homeowners and renters report struggling to afford rent or mortgage payments.

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Pet parents are spending thousands to plan their dog’s perfect vacation through Bark Air’s new luxury concierge service

Bark Air’s new luxury Companion Concierge service helps more pet parents bring their pups on vacation.

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Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’

Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

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‘Shark Tank’ star Lori Greiner doesn’t believe in a 5 a.m. wake-up call: ‘Waking up early doesn’t give you more time. It simply shifts your schedule’

The “Queen of QVC” wakes up at 8 a.m. to match her body’s natural energy. "Success is about maximizing your energy," she says.

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MacKenzie Scott is trying to close the DEI gap in higher ed, with $155 million in donations this week alone

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‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

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Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos commit $102.5 million to organizations combatting homelessness across the U.S.: ‘This is just the beginning’

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MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works

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Elon Musk, fresh off securing a $1 trillion pay package, says philanthropy is ‘very hard’

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How a park bench meeting led to Aflac’s $200 million mascot idea

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Steve Jobs taught Gap’s former CEO that micromanaging can be a good thing

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Billionaire Mark Cuban once ran a Ponzi scheme from his dorm room: ‘That’s how I paid for my junior year of college’

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Lowe’s CEO used to make $4.35 an hour working at Target. His secret to climbing the corporate ladder was volunteering for jobs ‘nobody else wanted’

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Jeff Bezos’ most expensive investment is a $500 million custom superyacht that’s the largest in the world

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Half of millennial and Gen Z couples pick engagement rings with lab-grown diamonds— ‘well beyond what the mining industry had expected,’ McKinsey says

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MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions

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Homeland Security secretary promises $10,000 bonuses for select TSA agents who worked during the government shutdown—but there’s a catch

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Self-made millionaire Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘golden rule’ of real estate investing

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MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million

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Marriott abruptly cut ties with Sonder, leaving thousands of hotel guests stranded: It’s ‘inconceivable’ they would treat humans that way, guest says

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Warren Buffett is ‘going quiet’ after he steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this year. Read his farewell letter to shareholders

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A staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying milestones to buy a house. There’s ‘no single fix’ for the affordability crisis, real estate exec says

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MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion—but it’s barely made a dent in her net worth because of the power of Amazon shares

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Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials

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The U.S. housing market is ‘starved’ for affordability: Boomers edge millennials and Gen Z out of homeownership in record numbers

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MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

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More than half of Gen Z says they only use cash as ‘a last resort’ and doing so is ‘cringe,’ survey shows

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The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be ‘obsessed,’ ex–Wall Streeter and business coach says

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MacKenzie Scott’s latest $60 million donation is a sign philanthropists are trying to fill the void from Trump’s cuts to FEMA

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Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’

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Florida’s housing market was skewed wildly by the pandemic. It’s finally coming to grips with a ‘realistic middle ground’

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on work-life balance as a CEO: ‘I’m still going to chaperone the first-grade field trip’

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Women could fall behind in the $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer because of the ‘confidence gap’ in financial planning, experts say

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Self-made billionaire Selena Gomez says people didn’t take her seriously in the beauty business at first: People had ‘preconceived ideas of what I’m good at’

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Kamala Harris doesn’t believe her presidential run was her finale: A glass cliff ‘suggests finality, and I’m not into that’

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Brené Brown says the key to surviving AI is rejecting Jack Welch’s advice and embracing humanity. The problem is humans ‘can’t stand each other’

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The remote work fight isn’t over: Workers are willing to take a major pay cut up to 25%, according to new Harvard study

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Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire

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Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’