Tom Huddleston Jr.
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New York, NY, United States
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A Bill Gates speech inspired Zoom founder to start an internet business—now he's a billionaire
Eric Yuan, the founder of Zoom, was inspired by a 1994 Bill Gates speech on the future of the internet. The U.S. rejected the Chinese coder's visa eight times and when Yuan was finally able to emigrate, he didn't yet speak English. Now, his videoconferencing company is worth billions after Thursday's IPO. → Read More
Why you absolutely should talk to strangers, according to Deepak Chopra (and science)
Wellness guru Deepak Chopra explains how small talk could help you live a happier, more successful life. → Read More
Here's the relatable advice Bill Gates says he would give his younger self
Looking back as a billionaire in his 60s, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has some advice for his younger, introverted self. → Read More
This failure nearly made 'Game of Thrones' creator George R.R. Martin stop writing and go into real estate
An early setback nearly derailed George R.R. Martin's writing career years before he wrote the books that formed the basis of HBO's "Game of Thrones." Here's how he overcame failure. → Read More
Warren Buffett thinks Elon Musk has 'room for improvement' as Tesla's CEO
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett gave Yahoo Finance his thoughts on Elon Musk's job as Tesla CEO. → Read More
Warren Buffett wants to ask the 2020 presidential candidates this 1 question
Berkshire Hathaway billionaire Warren Buffett says the question he would ask the 2020 presidential candidates is a good "test." → Read More
Tesla can now drive itself through a parking lot to pick you up
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a tweet that the Enhance Summon feature is rolling out this week to US car owners. → Read More
This is Tony Robbins' 10-minute morning routine to 'change your day for the better'
Life and business strategist and self-made multimillionaire Tony Robbins says his quick morning routine "can help you get into a peak state." → Read More
CEO of $3 billion real estate start-up: This is the No. 1 thing you must do when you buy your first home
"Home shopping is an emotional roller-coaster," especially for first time buyers, says Eric Wu, CEO and co-founder of Opendoor, the $3 billion real estate start-up. Here's how to buy smart. → Read More
Two college students are accused of scamming Apple out of $900,000 with fake iPhones
Federal prosecutors are accusing Quan Jiang and Yangyang Zhou, two Oregon college students, of using counterfeit iPhones to exploit Apple's warranty program. → Read More
Prince Harry says video game Fortnite is 'irresponsible' and should be banned
Prince Harry has concerns that the popular online game "Fortnite" is too addictive for children to be playing, and he says the game "shouldn't be allowed." → Read More
Mark Cuban: This is the one lie all successful entrepreneurs tell
It's the difference between entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs — or "wantrepreneurs," says billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. → Read More
How Casper's founders went from $100,000 in debt to building a billion-dollar mattress start-up
Neil Parikh, one of five co-founders of billion-dollar online mattress start-up Casper, says they used credit cards to get the business off the ground. Then Kylie Jenner posted about Casper. "I think it broke our website." → Read More
Look inside the $2 million Montana dream home HGTV just gave away
HGTV gave away this 3,650-square-foot mountain resort home. It has a hot tub overlooking a lake and floor to ceiling windows. → Read More
Investor once told Lyft's founders he was 'not sure about this carpool thing' — now it's a $20 billion company
Lyft's shares started trading Friday in an IPO that values the company at over $20 billion. But in the beginning, co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer had to trust their instincts when an early investor advised them to take the ride-hailing company in a different direction when they were about to launch. → Read More
The winner of HGTV's multimillion-dollar Dream Home can expect a hefty tax bill
A former preschool teacher just won the Montana dream home — a 3,650-square-foot mountain resort house — but she'll face a hefty tax bill if she moves in. Most past winners have ended up selling their dream home. → Read More
Tony Robbins: Money doesn't equal happiness — here's what does
Life coach and self-made millionaire Tony Robbins says that obsessing over money is not the path to happiness — instead, this is his advice. → Read More
This 40-year-old neuropsychologist has the only perfect March Madness bracket — here's how he did it
Neuropsychologist Gregg Nigl has the only remaining perfect March Madness bracket, correctly predicting the first 48 games of the NCAA Tournament. → Read More
How this scammer used phishing emails to steal over $100 million from Google and Facebook
A 50-year-old Lithuanian man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to an email scheme that bilked tech giants Facebook and Google out of more than $100 million. → Read More
These 20-something hackers won $375,000 and a Model 3 for finding a Tesla bug
Richard Zhu and Amat Cama won a hacking competition by exposing a security bug in the Tesla Model 3 system as well as a vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser. → Read More