Billionaires

The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights

At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lacklustre. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.

This Forbes list highlights 25 venture-backed companies likely to become unicorns. Learn more about the founders and investors behind these fast-growing tech startups.

Pierson has cozied up to everyone from Diane Von Furstenberg to Selena Gomez, burnishing her image as her businesses unraveled. A case study in how hubris is bad for business.

Simba Telecom—a unit of billionaire David Teoh’s Australia-listed Tuas Ltd.—is buying M1 in a deal valuing the Singapore-based mobile carrier at S$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion).

The move comes after a Delaware court voided an early multibillion-dollar compensation package for Musk following a shareholder lawsuit.

Zuckerberg’s stake in his company surged after Meta’s earnings smashed Wall Street’s estimates.

David Ellison, son of the software centi-billionaire, nurtured a relationship with Paramount over 15 years. His father’s fortune and political status sealed the deal.

First Vlad Tenev blew up the brokerage industry’s fee model. Now, thanks in part to his full-on crypto embrace, he has increased his fortune sixfold to $6 billion as he embarks on a global financial services takeover with tokenized stocks, AI-powered investing and a bid to own the rails of the looming $124 trillion generational wealth transfer.

In a regulatory filing in South Korea, Samsung announced it has secured a $16.5 billion multi-year deal to make chips for a “big global company.”