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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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
“This is what victory feels like,” Elon Musk declared the day Donald Trump was sworn in. “I'm super fired up for the future…One of the most American values that I love is optimism.”Now, as Donald Trump begins his 100th day back in office, much of the optimism has faded as the American stock market has gotten off to its worst start in 50 years, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both dropping by nearly 8% amid Trump’s tariff war.
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forbes.com | Chase Peterson-Withorn |Chase Peterson Withorn
Meet the little-known car dealership billionaire, and potential future politician, who’s quietly building an empire with the college football great. Joe Agresti was on a conference call in his Baton Rouge office when an unknown number left a message. Nick Saban, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, was calling. He wanted to open a car dealership. “I thought it was a prank call,” Agresti, now 52, recalls.
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1 month 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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Today is Donald Trump’s 100th day (back) in office. Here’s how America’s billionaires are faring so far. https://t.co/NyOkuJLh4A
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