Global Game
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The tiny battery powering Airpods built a $1.9 bn fortune
Thirteen years ago, no one wanted to buy a money-losing hearing-aid battery maker. No one but Michael Tojner. Against all odds, Austria's 'Mr 300 percent' turned that $40 million investment into a $1.9 billion fortune (thank you, Apple!). Now he has to fend off the copycats
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Bitcoin's guardian angel: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong's quest for trust
For now, Coinbase looks like a casino, but its billionaire founder, Brian Armstrong, sees it as just the beginning of the financial liberation of the planet
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Why Gates and Zuck think the next drug blockbusters will come from your gut
On the bravest frontier in human health, scientists are using bacteria from the digestive system to create novel medicines for a huge range of ailments including Parkinson's, cancer and autism. The results could transform lives and deliver massive returns for early investors
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The optometrist who beat the odds to become a billionaire
Amid stock market booms and busts, and game-changing innovations from ETFs to algorithmic trading, a Florida optometrist could be the greatest inventor you never heard of
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Elon's new nemesis
Check your rearview mirror, Tesla. Rivian has a $3 billion war chest from Amazon, Ford and the Saudis, and is revving up production on its electric SUVs and trucks. Now all the secretive automaker has to do is start building cars and avoid the roadblocks that almost caused Tesla to crash. A rare interview with its 37-year-old founder, RJ Scaringe
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The James Bond of Burgundy
Winemaker Jean-Charles Boisset has stealthily built a $450 million oenological empire in France and California, one struggling vineyard at a time—and uncorked a lascivious secret-agent persona
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KR Sridhar's bloom and bust story
The Forbes Investigation: How Bloom Energy blew through billions promising cheap, green tech that falls short
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Long live email?
The inbox had been left for dead. Now it's being resurrected by the two founders of Front, a startup with big-name backers and a mission to make old-fashioned email cutting-edge again
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Forbes Investigation: Fintech's secret bank
Many of the most popular finance apps are little more than glitzy loan pushers with a voracious appetite for risk. Enabling them is a tiny bank in New Jersey with overinflated ambitions
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Forbes Blockchain 50: Full list of top companies leveraging blockchain
To create our second annual list of big companies innovating with blockchain technology, we vetted hundreds of nominations. The best are leveraging the tech underlying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to speed operations and increase transparency. Five of the most intriguing are listed below, with their underlying blockchains
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Want to make money in crypto currency? Question everything
If you want to succeed in the crazy, opaque, inefficient crypto market, start by challenging every assumption, every nugget of news, every piece of social media wisdom