Chase Peterson Withorn
Deputy Editor, Wealth at Forbes
I edit The Forbes 400 list and help lead @Forbes' coverage of billionaire$.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
Raising Cane’s might not sell much—chicken tenders, crinkle fries, Texas toast, coleslaw and one sauce—but it sells a whole lot of it. Last year, the fast-food chain dished out $5.1 billion worth of the stuff, its best year yet, according to 2024 financials obtained by Forbes. That’s enough to make Todd Graves, the company’s founder and CEO, a whole lot richer. Forbes estimates that Graves has nearly doubled his net worth, to $17.2 billion, on the back of Cane’s banner results.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
Here are the wealthiest people on Forbes' annual rich list. Forbes has been scanning the globe for billionaires since 1987. We found 140 of them that first year. It took two decades for their numbers to swell beyond 1,000. Then there were 2,000 in 2017. Now, eight years later, another milestone: 3,028 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs make up this year’s ranking, 247 more than a year ago.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
The billionaires club has never been bigger—or richer. Here’s who’s up, who’s down, who’s off the list and why it matters more than ever. The world’s billionaires have always been rich and powerful—but never more than now. That’s particularly true in the United States, where Donald Trump was sworn in (again) as America’s billionaire-in-chief in January. This time around, he’s giving the billionaire class more control over the government than ever before.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle in a former ice cream shop near the University of Denver in 1993. Now, three decades and a fast-casual dining revolution later, he’s the first-ever burrito billionaire. Forbes estimates that Ells—who was Chipotle’s CEO until 2018 and its executive chairman until 2020—is worth $1 billion, making him one of 288 fresh faces on this year’s World’s Billionaires list, publishing Tuesday. He might be the unlikeliest of all.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle in a former ice cream shop near the University of Denver in 1993. Now, three decades and a fast-casual dining revolution later, he’s the first-ever burrito billionaire. Forbes estimates that Ells—who was Chipotle’s CEO until 2018 and its executive chairman until 2020—is worth $1 billion, making him one of 288 fresh faces on this year’s World’s Billionaires list, publishing Tuesday. He might be the unlikeliest of all.
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Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle near the University of Denver in 1993. Now—three decades and a whole lot of burritos, bowls and salads later—it's a $68 billion fast-casual juggernaut and he's (finally) a billionaire. My latest for @Forbes. https://t.co/WQoyxxs7SP