Forbes US Magazine - December 2024/January 2025

In this issue

30 Under 30 - This year’s crop of young world-beaters are inventing new tech to treat tumors, expanding access to electric vehicle charging, making credit cards more secure—even dreaming of reflective satellites that could bring the sun out at night.

Rock Star - What if the revolutionary techniques developed to frack rocks for oil could be modified to unlock limitless clean energy from the heat of Earth’s crust?
Tim Latimer has raised more than $400 million to make his green dream come true—but President-elect Trump might be standing in the way.

The Fed: A Big Brawl Beckons

The second Trump administration is headed for a colossal collision with the Federal Reserve. Make no mistake, almost all of the media will be siding with Fed head Jerome Powell and his institution.

3 mins

THE NEW TRUMPIVERSE

Meet the 13 Washington arrivistes looking to leverage their relationship with the president-elect into real power.

2 mins

NO ACCIDENT

John Morgan has built a ten-figure fortune and the nation's largest personal injury law firm on the back of marketing and memories of growing up poor.

2 mins

Talk Ain't Cheap

Podcast superstar ALEX COOPER built a media empire in the streaming economy. In August, she inked a $125 million deal with legacy radio service SiriusXM to bring a new generation of fans to the aging satellite network. Now she has to deliver.

4 mins

Codebreakers

Backed by $200 million in funding, 28-year-old SCOTT WU and his team of competitive coders at Cognition are building an AI tool that can program entirely on its own, potentially disintegrating the whole industry. Is its $2 billion valuation the result of a true breakthrough, or just more AI hype?

8 mins

PROTECT YOUR WEALTH

The last two years of the Biden Administration have been blissful for stock investors.

1 min

A Family Affair

THESE DAYS, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A ROCKEFELLER OR A MUSK TO GET WHITE-GLOVE WEALTH SERVICES FROM A PRIVATE FINANCIAL OFFICE.

5 mins

How to Stop Worrying and Love Bonds

DONALD TRUMP’S PROPOSALS WOULD RUN UP THE DEFICIT. WHAT WILL THAT DO TO YOUR BONDS? JOHN COCHRANE’S FISCAL THEORY POINTS TO AN ANSWER.

4 mins

Easy Options

MARKETS ARE ON FIRE, BUT IF YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT SCORCHING RETURNS SLIPPING AWAY, HERE'S HOW TO PROTECT YOUR BIG GAINS.

2 mins

Michael Strahan Is On the Clock

WITH THREE TV JOBS (AND COUNTING), THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER MAKES HIS DAYS SEEM LONGER THAN 24 HOURS AND REWARDS HIMSELF WITH A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR WATCH COLLECTION. BUT AT 53, HE'S ALREADY DREAMING OF RETIRING. AGAIN.

4 mins

Forbes 30 UNDER 30

FOR THE VISIONARIES featured in our 14th annual Forbes 30 Under 30, the only constant is change-and this year we're changing the way we list them as well.

2 mins

ROCK STAR

WHAT IF THE REVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO FRACK ROCKS FOR OIL COULD BE MODIFIED TO UNLOCK LIMITLESS CLEAN ENERGY FROM THE HEAT OF THE EARTH'S CRUST?

8 mins

RAGE DRIVEN PROFITS

DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY ISN'T JUST ABOUT POLITICS. A SMALL WAVE OF ENTREPRENEURS HAS FIGURED OUT THAT PARTISANSHIP SELLS IN AREAS FAR BEYOND MEDIA. TUCKER CARLSON'S NEW NICOTINE VENTURE OFFERS THE PERFECT PRISM.

10+ mins

INSIDE THE WILD MONEY MACHINE FUELING CRYPTO'S STUPIDEST BUBBLE.

MOST IN TRADITIONAL FINANCE HAVE LONG CONSIDERED CRYPTOCURRENCY A JOKE. NOW LEGIONS OF YOUNG MEME COIN TRADERS ARE LEANING INTO THE ABSURDITY, TRANSLATING THEIR FINANCIAL NIHILISM INTO A BOOMINGIF PERILOUS-$100 BILLION MARKET.

10 mins

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