“And which great efficiency expert will lead this important new effort to streamline?” “Actually there will be two people in charge”

👀 Big banks have gained more than $1 billion from Bitcoin’s surge post-election — by Javier Paz of Forbes Crypto: forbes.com/sites/digital-…

Tucker Carlson And The Dawn Of Rage-Driven Capitalism Forbes forbes.com/sites/willyako…

#Trump’s win has been good for $PLTR shareholders, especially its two new billionaire cofounders. Read my latest for Forbes—on who is profiting from a key public-private partnership and why Palantir's perceived market value has increased so much: forbes.com/sites/phoebeli…

New: The Inside Story Of Scott Bessent’s Ascent To Possible Treasury Secretary Nominee “Scott is a student of Stan Druckenmiller. He likes to take big bets with limited downside.” forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

Jersey Mike's sandwich chain is acquired by private equity firm Blackstone for $8 billion apnews.com/article/jersey…

"Patriotism, ego, access." "A reverse 'New Deal.'" "A chance to see change." I spoke to a few early applicants to DOGE, the incoming agency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. From CEOs to college coders, they said they're willing to drop everything to move to D.C. full-time.

Sam Bankman-Fried Is Shopping His Prison Diary - Here's A Peek Inside: by Steven Ehrlich forbes.com/sites/digital-…

Kelly Loeffler, Trump's pick to lead the Small Business Administration, describes herself as an entrepreneur whose work ethic propelled her from a simple family farm to the upper echelons of finance and politics. The truth is more complicated. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

1/ Hours after his announcement at a press conference with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where he promised to invest $20 billion into U.S. data centers, I spoke with Dubai real estate billionaire Hussain Sajwani about his plans and his friendship with Trump. forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

Scoop from me: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been quietly working on a new AI project called "Hooglee." The stealth startup is being incubated by his family office and focuses on AI video generation and "creating meaningful connections" potentially through a social platform.

If TikTok US is banned here, will its Chinese owners agree to a sale and how much will they get for it, from Elon Musk, Frank McCourt, Amazon ? Phoebe Liu Matthew Durot spoke to nine people and got ranges between $20 billion and $300 billion. @forbes forbes.com/sites/phoebeli…

In December, I made a couple of trips to Miami to sit down with Michael Saylor and dissect the $MSTR phenomenon: a 60x-plus valuation surge in four years, tens of billions raised through equity and zero-interest bonds, and volatility so high bond traders are apparently feeling

1/ The Beretta family has sold firearms for 499 years. But it became the world's largest gunmaker by not sticking to its guns, expanding into scopes, clothing and now ammo. I profiled the family's 15th generation CEO Pietro Gussalli Beretta for Forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

Childhood friends Xavier Aguera, Charles Brun and Quentin Couturier started selling chic, inexpensive reading glasses in banks fifteen years ago. Today, Izipizi is in 85 countries and is finally ready to conquer America. on.forbes.com/60104UkjO

There's a lot of speculation on how Jeffrey Epstein got so wealthy. But John Hyatt and I dug into court filings, financial records and investigations and what's clear is that it's largely down to two billionaire clients and tax breaks. Read @forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

McBillionaires: The Super Successful Entrepreneurs Who Got Their Starts At Fast-Food Chains on.forbes.com/6019AEdvJ

Donald Trump's net worth is up $3 billion in the last year, vaulting him 118 spots on the Forbes 400. He can thank the presidency. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Four of Trump's kids are now worth at least an estimated $100 million. They can thank the presidency. New story out this morning breaking it all down. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…