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Will Yakowicz, Forbes Staff

Fit Chance: “The demand is very high," Shalom Meckenzie says of Amp, "and my gut feeling is that we are building something very big here."

Why the odds are stacked against this sports gambling billionaire’s home exercise startup

Shalom Meckenzie made a $1.4 billion fortune after merging his software company with DraftKings. He now believes his new fitness company, Amp, could be even bigger—just don’t remind him about Peloton. Or Mirror. Or…

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff

Meet the startup that makes quitting cigarettes, vaping and Zyn cool

New York-based Jones just raised $10 million to expand its nicotine lozenge company in the stodgy, $3 billion smoking cessation market.

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff

Meet the crypto-pioneering, biohacking, psychedelic-promoting billionaire who wants to reimagine the Olympics

Christian Angermayer is seemingly behind every flashy investment of the last decade. With boundless bravado and a roster of famous friends—including Peter Thiel, Uma Thurman, and the president of Rwanda—he’s getting ready to launch an Olympiad for athletes on steroids.

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff

The billionaire and the con artist

Roger Williamson claims to be the illegitimate son of the late Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and another billionaire’s bookkeeper. But the only thing about his life that’s rich are the lies it’s built upon.

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff

Asides

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hopes to build the ‘Diageo Of Cannabis’ with US$185 Million deal

The deal will help the hip-hop mogul foster more Black and Brown entrepreneurs in the industry.

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff

Mr. Vice Guy: Meet the hedge fund vulture who made US$120 million betting on casinos and cannabis

What will be Soo Kim’s next big gamble? Television.

  • By Will Yakowicz
  • Forbes Staff
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