The fortunes of the nation’s richest self-made women soared 31% in our seventh annual ranking to $118 billion, amid a stock market boom on.forbes.com/6019ycRZS#SelfMadeWomen
A record 26 are now billionaires, including pop star mogul Rihanna and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki #SelfMadeWomen
Two-thirds of the 100 founded or cofounded a company; 26 are CEOs. Fifteen are newcomers, including singer and investor Dolly Parton and former model Cindy Crawford #SelfMadeWomen
Here's a look inside Forbes' ranking of the country's most successful #SelfMadeWomen entrepreneurs and executives as measured by their net worths on.forbes.com/6018ycRZq
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When Robyn Fenty, known to the world as Rihanna, launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics company that made “women everywhere (feel) included.” #SelfMadeWomen
A perhaps unintended consequence: The beauty line has helped her enter one of the world’s most exclusive ranks: Billionaire #SelfMadeWomen
The case for California: why stories about the Golden State’s demise are overblown on.forbes.com/6016H7kbM
California, with the world’s fifth-largest economy, has topped the U.S. economy for growth in gross domestic product for each of the past 10 years – including the 2020 pandemic year, when California GDP growth contracted less than in the U.S. overall
While exits from San Francisco in the Q2 through Q4 of 2020 were 31% higher than during the same period in 2019, there was no pronounced change or evidence of a California exodus. More than three-quarters of San Franciscans who moved in 2020 stayed in the state
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have officially called it quits, splitting up one of the world’s richest power-couples on.forbes.com/6011H2wZF by @WallStManeet
J. Lo is one of America’s wealthiest self-made women with a net worth of more than $150 million from her music, film and endorsements on.forbes.com/6011H2wZF
A-Rod one of the top earning athletes ever, has amassed a fortune of at least $400 million based on Forbes estimates on.forbes.com/6011H2wZF
Even with the return of the NHL and NBA in their “bubbles,” MLB’s shortened season and months of mostly fan-free NFL Sundays, the revenue losses for the NCAA and the four major U.S. sports leagues have now hit at least $14.1 billion so far, according to Forbes estimates
And that doesn’t include the hit to the players. Total earnings for the Forbes 100 Highest-Paid Athletes fell for the first time in four years in 2020
One year after the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, the “new normal” is a reality that has affected nearly every aspect of our daily lives
Forbes profiled these leaders and pioneers over the course of this remarkable year. Below is a sample of those who reinvented the world when we needed it most
Average team values are up 4%, the smallest gain since 2010, but the NBA’s financial outlook is still bright with big market teams particularly attractive on.forbes.com/6019Hg3Eh
A dozen of the NBA’s 30 franchises are valued at $2 billion or more, with the six most valuable of them representing nearly two-thirds of the total franchise value gains over the past 12 months
The Chicago Bulls ranked No. 4 this year with a value of $3.3 billion