Jemima McEvoy
Forbes
New York, NY, United States
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Clif Bar CEO, Other Executives To Exit In Wake Of Its Nearly $3 Billion Sale To Mondelez
The departures in Clif Bar’s executive team come six months after the energy bar company was acquired by snack giant Mondelez. → Read More
Late Subway Cofounder Donates Half Of Sandwich Giant To Charity In Billion-Dollar Gift
The family of Peter Buck, the nuclear physicist who founded Subway and died in 2021, has completed his request to give his half of the restaurant giant to his foundation in one of the biggest single gifts ever. → Read More
Inside The Secretive World Of Shark Tank Deals: Who The Real Winners Are
Which judges close the most deals, which ones change the terms off the air, and the surprising response from some entrepreneurs who don’t win over a shark. → Read More
Beaches And Billionaires: Inside DJ Kygo’s Quest To Become The Gen-Z Jimmy Buffett
Not content just being a musical artist, the Norwegian deejay and 30 under 30 alumnus has raised millions to build the Margaritaville of dance music—with a little help from the chief Parrot Head himself. → Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes And 9 Other Epic Billionaire Blowups
From financial ruin to jail time, here are the other big billionaire downfalls that compete with Sam Bankman-Fried’s $17 billion FTX collapse. → Read More
Billionaires Don’t Care For Twitter, Forbes Survey Finds—And That’s Before Musk Took Over
Forbes surveyed billionaires on their favorite social media apps and found the one that’s their favorite. Hint: It’s not Twitter. → Read More
These Billionaires Made A Killing In October
There were 26 billionaires including Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison whose fortunes rose more than $1 billion last month. → Read More
Alex Jones Likely Doesn’t Have $1 Billion. He Does Own Five Homes In Texas, Though.
The far-right radio host owes nearly $1 billion in damages for fueling a wide-reaching conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook massacre. He doesn’t have that kind of money sitting around, meaning his personal assets will likely be on the line, including a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio. → Read More
How Sanctioned Russian Billionaires Are Trying To Loosen Europe’s Grip On Their Superyachts
Forbes found several yachts owned by sanctioned Russian billionaires that reclassified themselves houseboats and “reflagged,” or changed their registration, from British tax havens to more Russian-friendly spots. → Read More
Mark Cuban: Here Are 6 Tips From The Shark Tank Judge That Every Entrepreneur Should Know
Worth an estimated $4.6 billion, Mark Cuban knows a thing or two about business. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks reflected on his career during a recent interview with Forbes and offered some insight into the strategies that helped make him successful. → Read More
10 Under 40: The Youngest Billionaires On The 2022 Forbes 400
Chaos in crypto and turmoil in tech sent many young U.S. billionaires tumbling down the wealth rankings over the past year. These are the 10 under-40s who survived. → Read More
Mark Cuban Considering Leaving Shark Tank As He Bets His Legacy On Low-Cost Drugs
Blockchain, basketball, Broadcast.com: Mark Cuban has never lost his passion for disruption. Now the billionaire entrepreneur has an ambitious plan to take on Big Pharma and lower the cost of prescription drugs once and for all. And, after 13 seasons, this savvy shark may finally be ready to leav... → Read More
Billionaire Barry Diller Cut Final Ties With Tinder—Sold All His Match Group Shares For $1.9 Billion
It’s the end of a tumultuous relationship between IAC’s billionaire founder and his one-time dating darling Tinder. → Read More
Inside The Daily Lives Of The Super Rich—And Why Many Billionaires Still Do Chores
A new Forbes survey of the world’s richest people found many still do household chores like taking out the garbage and grocery shopping. → Read More
Inside Clif Bar’s Rocky Road To Its Sale—And The Unknown Status Of A $580 Million Employee Payout
The years leading up to Clif Bar’s agreement last week to sell itself for $2.9 billion were full of challenges: management turmoil, layoffs and defections, a failed $20 million ad campaign and a succession of CEOs. Now ex-employees speak out on the surprising sale. → Read More
California Couple Gets Mega Rich Off Clif Bars
More than two decades after turning down a $120 million offer from Quaker Oats, Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford, the majority owners of Clif Bar, have agreed to sell the energy bar company to snack giant Mondelez for $2.9 billion. → Read More
They Inherited Billions Upon Billions: Meet America’s Richest Heirs
One of them, Rob Walton, just led a family group to bid $4.65 billion for the Denver Broncos NFL team. Here are the other heirs that rank the highest on Forbes’ list. → Read More
Gene Genies: Inside The Revolutionary Biotech That Can Edit DNA Inside Living Humans
John Leonard built Intellia Therapeutics with Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who pioneered gene editing technology. Intellia has figured out how to alter disease-causing genes inside patients, but before any breakthrough treatments come, it must cure itself of financial ills. → Read More
Keeping Up With The Kardashians: Meet The Woman Who Made A Fortune Helping Build The Family’s Billion Dollar Business Empire
Emma Grede spent her childhood saving spare change to buy fashion magazines. Now she’s making millions helping one of America’s most famous families start and run their businesses. → Read More
How Selling $160 Sweatpants Turned A SoCal Surfer Into One Of America's Richest Women
Paige Mycoskie’s Aviator Nation took off during the pandemic as TikTok teens embraced the Venice Beach vibe by snapping up its pricey smiley-faced sweatpants and rainbow-striped hoodies. → Read More