Global Game
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Wall Street's robocop
Tim Estes's insights into language and meaning are helping detect terrorists, human traffickers and market manipulators—and making him rich
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China's AI advantage
Veteran researcher and investor Kai-Fu Lee believes that the US is destined to lose its lead in the Artificial Intelligence race
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Meet the secretive billionaire who makes the cheese for Pizza Hut
From Pizza Hut and Domino's to Little Caesars and Papa John's, the vast majority of pizzas in America feature mozzarella from one company. And the elusive James Leprino leads it
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This $ 52-million startup spotted a bright opportunity in LED lighting
It took a trip to China for the founders of Green Creative to spot an LED-bulb niche in the US
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Why students and teachers like the ClassDojo App
By listening to its core audience—teachers—ClassDojo's educational software has reached 90 percent of US schools. Now the real work begins: How to get someone to pay for it
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How NBA plans to popularise basketball in India
Pro basketball's Asian appeal is obvious, but it struggles to seed NBA talent here
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Why Mexico is reliable for investors, despite Trump
Trump's incendiary tweets against Mexico are music to the ears of BlackRock's intrepid emerging-market portfolio manager Gerardo Rodriguez
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Jamie Kern Lima wants to turn IT into the world's largest beauty brand
Former news anchor Jamie Kern Lima began testing makeup a decade ago to help cover her red, blotchy skin. That experimentation led to the creation of IT Cosmetics, which L'Oréal snapped up in 2016 for $1.2 billion. Now she's plotting to turn IT into the largest beauty brand in the world
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America's richest self-made women
Check out Forbes's ranking of the country's most successful women entrepreneurs and executives as measured by their net worths
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Carolyn Rafaelian: The bangle billionaire
By turning what women wear on their wrists into an affinity statement, Carolyn Rafaelian has grown the hippie brand Alex and Ani into a $1 billion company. Now America's richest jeweller is working on world domination—and maybe an IPO
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The Wizards from Oz
Enterprise software giants use armies of salespeople to hawk imperfect products and endless updates. The two Australian billionaires behind Atlassian have built smarter tools that sell themselves. Just ask Tesla, Snapchat, NASA and the entire Ivy League