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Preston Fore is a reporter at Fortune covering success, with a focus on education, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. Since joining the company in 2023, he has written extensively on career trends, Gen Z in the workforce, and the evolving higher education landscape. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Preston graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in global studies and journalism.
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Success
12 Fortune 500 CEOs worked for Pepsi. Delta’s Ed Bastian explains why it’s a leadership factory
By Preston ForeApril 2, 2026
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Success
Steve Jobs didn’t actually become a billionaire thanks to leading Apple—but rather from his work with a film company he bought off George Lucas
By Preston ForeApril 1, 2026
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Success
As AI threatens to replace tech jobs, startups are desperate for top talent—and some firms are paying tech-savvy grads over $300,000
By Preston ForeMarch 31, 2026
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Success
Even billionaires aren’t safe: This year’s market slump has wiped $75 billion from the wealth of Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg
By Preston ForeMarch 30, 2026
This high school dropout now makes six figures at OpenAI—and he shares the strategy Gen Z can use to get hired in Silicon Valley, too
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This high school dropout now makes six figures at OpenAI—and he shares the strategy Gen Z can use to get hired in Silicon Valley, too
By Preston ForeMarch 29, 2026
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Success
This AI-proof career faces a 250,000-worker shortage—now the Trump administration is trying to revive the job millennials abandoned
By Preston ForeMarch 27, 2026
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Success
Meetings are not work, says Southwest Airlines CEO—and he’s taking action by blocking his calendar every afternoon from Wednesday to Friday 
By Preston ForeMarch 27, 2026
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg
Success
30-year-old CEO of $11 billion Harvey earned the backing of OpenAI and Sam Altman. He says you have to ‘re-earn’ your role every 6 months
By Preston ForeMarch 26, 2026
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Success
Harvard is the No. 1 ‘dream college’ of choice among Gen Z students—despite its war with the Trump administration and an $87,000 a year price tag
By Preston ForeMarch 25, 2026
Alex Karp
Success
Palantir’s billionaire CEO says only two kinds of people will succeed in the AI era: trade workers — ‘or you’re neurodivergent’
By Preston ForeMarch 24, 2026
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Success
High Point University has turned ‘life skills’ into a magnet for the Wall Street elite with a 99.2% job placement rate
By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg
Success
Just like Gen Z, a young Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says
By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026
Warren Buffett
Success
Warren Buffett admits his original philanthropic  plans were not ‘feasible’—he’s instead left his three kids $500 million a year to give away
By Preston ForeMarch 22, 2026
Ironman’s CEO started out unloading trucks when he was 13. He warns Gen Z networking is ‘dangerous’—and to do this instead
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Ironman’s CEO started out unloading trucks when he was 13. He warns Gen Z networking is ‘dangerous’—and to do this instead
By Preston ForeMarch 22, 2026
AI boom is fueling demand for skilled trades—and demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and electricians is soaring, with six-figure salaries to match
Success
AI boom is fueling demand for skilled trades—and demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and electricians is soaring, with six-figure salaries to match
By Preston ForeMarch 20, 2026
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