A job interview with Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin brand, is likely to be nerve-racking enough on its own. But when then-31-year-old lawyer Josh Bayliss arrived at Branson’s London mansion for what he expected to be a fairly standard interview, Branson realized he had another appointment across town—and was already running late.
With an estimated net worth of $400 million, Kevin O’Leary could afford to never cook, clean, or grocery shop for himself ever again. But the Canadian businessman and Shark Tank investor isn’t one to pass up financial savings—no matter how small. “I’m always looking for a great deal, that’s why I’m in Walmart,” he said
Some people may go back and volunteer at the hospital where they were born, or even fewer may go on to become a health care professional there. But it’s extremely unique to make a multimillion-dollar donation there. That’s what political powerbroker George Norcross was able to recently do, though. Norcross, who is considered one of
This near-absence of people from working-class jobs in the halls of power matters. According to research in the U.S. and in other democracies, safety net programs are stingier, business regulations are flimsier and protections for workers are weaker than they would be if people from working-class jobs went on to hold office at higher rates.
Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive or script, rather than the print writing typically taught to young children today. Some people at the time thought a person’s character
It wasn’t just Gen Z and young millennials sneaking out of work and secretly taking some time off over the summer months. Bosses have been at it too. New research has found that productivity really does dip over the peak summer months—and that’s because workers, from the front line to corporate management, are ditching their