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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has spent the past 28 years helping turn the e-commerce giant into one of the biggest companies on earth.But the 57-year-old executive didn’t start his career with aspirations of being a high-powered CEO. In a May 15 podcast appearance on “How Leaders Lead with David Novak,” Jassy said he too often sees young people who think they should be entering the professional world knowing what they want to do with the rest of their lives.”I have a 21-year-old son and a 24-year-old daughter, and one of the things I see with them and their peers is…

Cristiano Ronaldo has said he will not play at the upcoming Club World Cup after turning down offers from participating teams.The 40-year-old’s contract with Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr, who have not qualified for the tournament in the United States, expires at the end of June. Earlier this year, FIFA president Gianni Infantino raised the prospect of Portugal captain Ronaldo joining one of the sides involved in the competition, which starts next Saturday.But speaking ahead of his country’s Nations League final against Spain on Sunday evening in Munich, the forward said: “I will not be at the Club World…

Little Caesars co-founder Marian Ilitch is the third-richest self-made woman in the U.S., according to a new Forbes list.Ilitch has an estimated net worth of $6.9 billion, Forbes reported on Tuesday. Most of that wealth likely comes from the Little Caesars pizza restaurant chain, which she co-founded with her late husband Michael Ilitch in Garden City, Michigan, in 1959. Little Caesars brings in an estimated $5 billion in annual systemwide sales, Forbes estimated.Ilitch, 90, took the reins as chairwoman of her family’s holding company Ilitch Holdings, which owns Little Caesars, after her husband died in 2017.Growing up, Ilitch refilled napkin…

Kylian Mbappé said he was happy to see his former team Paris Saint-Germain win the Champions League for the first time despite having left the club a year ago in acrimonious circumstances to join Real Madrid.PSG thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 last weekend to win Europe’s premier club competition, having lost in the 2020 final to Bayern Munich.”I was happy, they deserved it, they’ve been through so many problems, I’ve been through that too. I’ve been through every stage of the Champions League except winning it,” Mbappé told reporters on Saturday.”They were the best team in Europe. I can’t remember ever…

Americans earning a regular salary may have trouble living comfortably in all 50 states.The median annual wage for individuals was just below $62,000 at the end of 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But it takes a salary of at least $80,829 for a single adult to live comfortably in West Virginia, the most affordable state, according to a recent SmartAsset study.SmartAsset defines “comfortable” as earning enough to follow the 50/30/20 budget method, which recommends putting 50% of your income toward essentials like rent and food, 30% toward discretionary spending and 20% toward debt repayment and savings. It…

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAirplane tickets are getting cheaper, but it’s getting more expensive to bring your family to an airport lounge.Capital One is the latest company to limit access to booming airport lounges to combat overcrowding.Starting Feb. 1, Venture X and Venture X Business cardholders will no longer be able to automatically take a guest into lounges or bring authorized second card users.They will instead have to pay $125 annually for each additional cardholder to keep their lounge access, $45 per adult guest per visit and $25 per guest 17 or younger. The $125 fee also includes second…

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is aiming to return as early as possible next season as he makes good progress in his recovery from a cruciate ligament injury that has kept him out since early February. United and Martinez are understood to be satisfied with his rehabilitation since undergoing surgery four months ago and the latest tests carried out last week have confirmed that the 27-year-old has no tear in his meniscus. Neither Martinez nor United will take any unnecessary risks with integrating him back into the group and the player will not return until he is completely happy with…

CNN  —  Coco Gauff claimed her second career grand slam singles title on Saturday, coming from behind to defeat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in a thrilling French Open women’s final. The 21-year-old’s win, a repeat of her 2023 US Open victory, means she is the first American since Serena Williams in 2015 to triumph at Roland Garros, and only the third this century. She is the also the youngest American to lift the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup since Serena Williams did so in 2002. “I was going through a lot of things when I lost this final…

CNN  —  An intense public feud erupted this week between President Donald Trump and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social media and in the Oval Office. Tensions began rising on Tuesday, when Musk blasted what Trump calls his “big, beautiful bill” as a “disgusting abomination,” surprising Republican leaders. But the billionaire escalated the fight on Thursday when he began sharing years-old comments from Trump and other Republican lawmakers raising concerns about US government spending and the deficit. Throughout Thursday and Friday morning, Trump and other prominent…

Al Nassr and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo said on Saturday he did not plan to play at the Club World Cup in the United States, despite being courted by clubs participating in the expanded 32-team tournament.Speculation over the 40-year-old’s future intensified last month when FIFA President Gianni Infantino said discussions were underway about Ronaldo playing in the Club World Cup, despite Al Nassr failing to qualify.Al Nassr’s sporting director Fernando Hierro said last month they were negotiating with Ronaldo over a contract extension but faced competition from a host of clubs eager to sign the five-time Ballon d’Or winner.Ronaldo himself…