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Tesla CEO Elon Musk
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Elon Musk’s $158 billion Tesla pay was 2.5 million times his workers’ salary last year—it’s ‘unlike anything we have seen before,’ exec pay watch says
By Emma BurleighAugust 14, 2026
‘Kids don’t go out and do things anymore’: Youth sports are becoming a thing for rich people
Personal Finance
‘Kids don’t go out and do things anymore’: Youth sports are becoming a thing for rich people
By Linley Sanders, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux and The Associated PressAugust 13, 2026
Alex Karp gestures
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With a $15 billion net worth, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but that middle-class workers will get just modest raises
By Preston ForeJuly 17, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global Markets Conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
Economy
Jamie Dimon understands why people are anti-rich: ‘We have, in fact, left the lower-income folks behind’ and ‘that’s kind of annoying’
By Eleanor PringleJuly 15, 2026
Businessman flying private jet using smartphone
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Self-made multimillionaire says Canadians ‘give no money away’ compared with Americans—research shows U.S. giving is more than twice as high
By Preston ForeJuly 9, 2026
A group of smiling female friends.
Personal Finance
America’s rich are going to be ‘younger, more female—and more openly queer,’ says UBS, all thanks to the Great Wealth Transfer
By Eleanor PringleJuly 6, 2026
High-earning millennials and Gen Zers feel broke and conflicted: ‘I make a good salary, I shouldn’t be struggling this much’
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High-earning millennials and Gen Zers feel broke and conflicted: ‘I make a good salary, I shouldn’t be struggling this much’
By Sydney LakeJune 7, 2026
‘Be delusional enough to call yourself something the world hasn’t called you yet’: What powerful women told the class of 2026
Newsletters
‘Be delusional enough to call yourself something the world hasn’t called you yet’: What powerful women told the class of 2026
By Sydney LakeMay 14, 2026
Mrs. Dow Jones on what women get wrong about money
Newsletters
Mrs. Dow Jones on what women get wrong about money
By Sydney LakeMay 13, 2026
CEOs got an 11% pay raise in 2025. Workers got 0.5%
Economy
CEOs got an 11% pay raise in 2025. Workers got 0.5%
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 1, 2026
Justin Trudeau wearing a suit
Success
Justin Trudeau warns AI boom could create hundreds of trillionaires—and it will mean there’s something ‘fundamentally wrong with the world’
By Preston ForeApril 28, 2026
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Economy
Billionaire Larry Fink says you’re wrong to think that AI stealing your job is the big problem—it’s really about what it’s doing for his class
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
Business people on airplane runway
Personal Finance
1 in 5 Americans thinks it’s ‘morally wrong’ to be a billionaire—Gen Z in particular finds it distasteful
By Eleanor PringleMarch 19, 2026
The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
Economy
The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
Investing icon Kevin O'Leary
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Kevin 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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By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026
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