Fortune US Magazine - February - March 2024

In this issue

Running Out of Oxygen
Venture-capital-funded private markets fueled the creation of hundreds of billion-dollar startups over the past decade. Now the unicorns are in crisis.
BY JESSICA MATHEWS

Face to Face With Failure
Economic turmoil poses a daunting challenge to founders: balancing their startups’ future with their own mental health.
BY ANDY DUNN

In Focus MARCOS GALPERIN

The MercadoLibre CEO has built his Uruguay-based marketplace into the \"Amazon of Latin America.\" But the company is more than another Everything Store. Diversifying into fintech has made Mercado Libre Latin America's second most valuable company, worth $85 billion, and accelerated the region's digital adoption. Now, facing new rivals and fresh political uncertainty, Galperin is reinventing the business once more.

6 mins

Wall Street vs.the Ivy League

More corporate leaders are fed up with campus culture. Can business and academia find common ground?

7 mins

The Chip Industry's Dirty Little Secret: It's Very Dirty

Semiconductor makers are the midst of a factory building boom that critics worry will cause extensive environmental damage.

4 mins

Al's Battle Shifts to the Corridors of Power

Tech companies are sparring with regulators over how they can use and develop artificial intelligence.

6 mins

The Unexpected Upside of an Aging Workforce

Hiring and retaining older workers can help boost your company's bottom line.

6 mins

5 Steady-Rising Stocks for 2024

Cast aside in the surge of enthusiasm for all things tech, these five non-tech options are arguably poised for big years ahead.

5 mins

RUNNING OUT OF OXYGEN

VENTURECAPITAL-FUNDED PRIVATE MARKETS FUELED THE CREATION OF HUNDREDS OF BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUPS OVER THE PAST DECADE. NOW THOSE MARKETS ARE IN UPHEAVALAND THE UNICORNS ARE IN CRISIS.

10+ mins

ROAD KILL

BIRD'S ELECTRIC SCOOTER BUSINESS HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF THE NEXT

8 mins

FACE TO FACE WITH FAILURE

ECONOMIC TURMOIL POSES A DAUNTING CHALLENGE TO FOUNDERS: BALANCING THEIR STARTUPS' FUTURE WITH THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH.

6 mins

THE CHINA DILEMMA

For decades, American companies came to China to tap into a vast opportunity. As geopolitical tensions rise, it's getting much harder to stay-and it's just as hard to leave.

10+ mins

BIG PHARMA'S MONKEY BUSINESS

A CRACKDOWN ON MACAQUE SMUGGLING HAS DISRUPTED A VITAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY CHAIN. INSIDE THE HIGHSTAKES BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MEDICAL INNOVATION, AND THE PRIMATE SPECIES IT DEPENDS UPON.

10+ mins

HOT MESS

Huy Fong sriracha rose from nowhere to become an iconic American food brand. Here's how a feud between partners knocked it off its throne.

10+ mins

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