by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Before Bernie Marcus cofounded the now-$343 billion home improvement chain Home Depot, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. Marcus, who died in November 2024 at age 95, enrolled in pharmacy school when his family couldn’t afford to send him to medical school. He would...
by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Joshua Kushner has just announced he is teaming up with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $12.5 billion. The new sale still needs approval from the NBA’s Board of Governors, but it would mark the largest sale price for a...
by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has never left “founder mode.” He prioritizes developing trust, attention to detail, and organization. And in the age of AI, he argues companies need to keep that mentality and move more like startups to succeed. “The winners of AI are going to...
by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Anthropic investors have been kicking the tires on what could be the most valuable initial public offering in history. A handful of the frontier lab’s backers confirmed to the Financial Times this week that they expect privately held Anthropic to go public in October...
by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Amid the tensions spurred by President Donald Trump’s proclaimed desire to annex Greenland, one Texas driller made plans to create an oil boom along the Danish territory’s sparsely populated east coast. But those aspirations are now facing repeated delays in the face...
by John Hill | Aug 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
The results of the Democratic primary delivered a blow to the progressive wing of the party, but also to Polymarket and Kalshi—popular prediction market platforms that had gained a near-infallible reputation after accurately forecasting the outcome of every state in...
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