Lauren Gensler
Forbes
New York, NY, United States
Contact Lauren
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Lauren:
Tech Billionaires Benioff, Dorsey Square Off Over How To Deal With Homelessness
The two tech titans don't exactly see eye to eye over a new corporate tax before San Francisco voters this November. → Read More
Trump And Other Billionaires Who Scored As Stingiest Members Of Forbes 400
Room for improvement: A significant number of billionaires on our list have little to show when it comes to philanthropy. → Read More
Relentlessly Rich: The 2018 Forbes 400 By The Numbers
It's seemingly as certain as death and taxes: The richest people in America keep getting richer. → Read More
The Easiest Money Bill Ackman Has Made Lately Is In A Bunch Of Charter Schools
Ackman’s personal investments in a string of charter schools and a financial services upstart out of Indonesia have outperformed his hedge fund. → Read More
Meet The 15 Newest Members Of The 2018 Forbes 400
Entrepreneurial spirit reigns among the newcomers: All but three who appear on the list of the richest Americans for the first time are self-made. → Read More
Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million To Help Put More Veterans In Congress
The world's richest man is venturing further into the political arena. → Read More
Jeff Bezos Is $1.8 Billion Richer As Amazon's Market Cap Briefly Hits $1 Trillion
Bezos's fortune has grown at warp speed, basically doubling from $81 billion a year ago to nearly $167 billion today. → Read More
Meet The Unknown Immigrant Billionaire Betting Her Fortune To Take On Musk In Space
Eren and Fatih Ozmen are part of a growing wave of the uber-rich who are racing into space. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic are the best-known ventures, but everyone from Larry Page and Mark Cuban to Jeff Bezos and Paul Allen is in the game. → Read More
GreenSky, An Online Lending Unicorn, Raises Over $800 Million In IPO
Founder and CEO David Zalik has made billions by figuring out a better way to finance home improvement projects. → Read More
Meet The Richest Person In Every State 2018
These billionaires and centimillionaires have fortunes worth an aggregate of $832 billion. → Read More
Robinhood, With No-Fee Trading App, Sees Valuation Soar To $5.6 Billion
The nation's fastest-growing brokerage has attracted four million users. → Read More
Why It's No Surprise That Online Lender GreenSky Would Weigh An IPO
Its highly-profitable model has allowed it to avoid the LendingClub fallout. → Read More
Billionaire Behind Blockbuster And AutoNation, H. Wayne Huizenga, Dies At 80
The serial entrepreneur was also the one-time owner of the Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins and Florida Panthers. → Read More
Why Rex Tillerson's Year In Washington Wasn't A Total Bust
The former Exxon CEO had to dump all his stock when he joined the Trump Administration. That worked out well. → Read More
Jeff Bezos' Fortune Crosses $130 Billion As Amazon Stock Continues Climb
The e-commerce king became $2.1 billion richer on Friday. → Read More
Billionaire Imogene Powers Johnson, Heir To Cleaning Products Empire, Dies At 87
The engineer, philanthropist and widow to Samuel C. Johnson had experienced health complications in recent months. → Read More
How This Female CEO Became A Billionaire By Taking On Her Former Employer
Arista Networks' breakneck growth has made Jayshree Ullal a billionaire -- one of just 72 self-made women billionaires globally. → Read More
Zara Cofounder Amancio Ortega's Fortune Falls By $4.3 Billion In One Day
Sales are forecast to slow during the all-important holiday quarter, says JPMorgan. → Read More
Walmart Heirs Lose $14 Billion As Stock Rocked By Sputtering Online Sales Growth
The children of Walmart founder Sam Walton watched their fortunes shrivel by $3.8 billion apiece. → Read More
Forbes Fintech 50 2018: The Future Of Personal Finance
These start-ups are changing the way we save, invest, borrow and insure our belongings. → Read More