Founder Charlie Javice found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase
Charlie Javice, who is charged with defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co into buying her now-shuttered college financial aid startup Frank for $175 million in 2021, arrives at United States Court in Manhattan in New York City, June 6, 2023. Mike Segar | Reuters Charlie Javice, founder of a startup purchased by JPMorgan Chase in 2021, […]
Billionaire Jorge Pérez on the secret to passing down the family business
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. When Jon Paul Pérez graduated college, he assumed he would go to work for his father. After all, Jon Paul had […]
How a D&D livestream became a media company
The cast of “Critical Role” playing Dungeons & Dragons. Critical Role A decade ago, a group of professional voice actors gathered around a table to live-stream a game of Dungeons & Dragons. Now, they run a media empire. Critical Role, both the name of the original show and the company, has expanded exponentially since its […]
Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions sells 10% stake at $750 million valuation
Peyton Manning on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Theo Wargo | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Peyton Manning has a new business partner. A new platform run by Patrick Whitesell, the former executive chairman of Endeavor, has acquired a minority stake in Manning’s Omaha Productions. The stake, which is approximately 10% of the company, values Omaha Productions […]
RFK Jr. plans 10,000 HHS job cuts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to slash 10,000 full-time employees across different departments, as […]
GM stock is getting hit the hardest
The GM logo is seen on a water tank of the General Motors assembly plant in Ramos Arizpe, in Coahuila state, Mexico, on Feb. 11, 2021. Daniel Becerril | Reuters As auto stocks reacted to the latest tariff announcement out of Washington, D.C., on Thursday, General Motors took the brunt of the hit. Shares of […]
