Lauren Rivera

Lauren Rivera

Forbes Staff|Innovation
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Jun 17, 2025

Mach 5 Aviation: Meet the Next Billion-Dollar Startup Racing to the Future

Hermeus, a Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startup List Alum, is rewriting the rules of the sky, bringing speed back to the forefront of aerospace technology after decades of stagnation.

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Jun 2, 2025

Meet The College Dropout Who Unseated Taylor Swift To Become The Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire

Lucy Guo, the 30-year-old cofounder of Scale AI, is now the youngest self-made woman billionaire on the planet. Guo unseats pop star Taylor Swift, 35, who has held that title since Forbes declared her a billionaire in late 2023.

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May 30, 2025

Meet The Iranian Immigrant Who Became A Biotech Billionaire

Assistant Managing Editor Kerry A. Dolan sits with Co-CEO Maky Zanganeh of Summit Therapeutics.

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Apr 18, 2025

How This Refugee Became Albania’s First Billionaire

Staff Writer Giacomo Tognini speaks with Samir Mane about his unique journey to becoming Albania's First Billionaire.

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Apr 9, 2025

The World's Richest Chinese Billionaires 2025

Chinese billionaires are making a comeback amid the country’s AI advancement and the government’s friendlier stance toward the private sector.

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Apr 7, 2025

The World's Richest Indian Billionaires 2025

Despite a stock market correction and a weaker rupee, there are a record 205 Indian citizens on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list. The 10 richest account for over a third of their cumulative total net worth of $941 billion.

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Apr 4, 2025

The World's Richest Black Billionaires 2025

Twenty-three of this year's World's Billionaires List are Black and they’re a wealthy and impressive bunch.

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Apr 1, 2025

The Richest Women In The World 2025

Women remain woefully underrepresented on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list. But their numbers are increasing - slowly

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Apr 1, 2025

The World's Celebrity Billionaires 2025

Fame and fortune often come hand in hand. But although many celebrities are wealthy, it’s rare for their net worths to stretch all the way to ten figures. Forbes estimates that less than two dozen people on the planet have accomplished that feat.

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Apr 1, 2025

Meet the 2025 AI Boom Billionaires

Thanks to artificial intelligence, DeepSeek’s founder, Alphabet’s CEO, four CoreWeave execs and a bunch of other tech tycoons have joined Forbes’ billionaires list for the first time.