Wall Street rising stars: 25 top young investors, traders, and dealmakers at firms like Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and JPMorgan

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What does it take to be a rising star on Wall Street?

If our list is anything to go by, you have to be an intensely hardworking, intellectually curious team player who's willing to go the distance to drive the biggest deals, win the most sought-after clients, or build the most successful businesses. 

Xi Jinping just fired his giant money cannon at the wrong target

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Sure, Wall Street. Go ahead. Ride the dragon.

LVMH's Bernard Arnault overtakes Mark Zuckerberg to become 3rd-richest person after $30 billion wealth surge

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Bernard Arnault has grown $30 billion richer this week.

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For Wall Street deal makers, the billion-dollar bangers are back

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900 workers will share a $75 million pot after KKR sale — with some getting $325,000 windfalls

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GeoStabilization workers will share a $75 million pot.

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Mark Cuban is worth $5.7 billion. Here's how the 'Shark Tank' investor makes and spends his fortune.

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Mark Cuban.

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Elon Musk is $100 billion richer than in April thanks to Tesla's stock surge — and worth more than McDonald's or Pepsi

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has added over $100 billion to his fortune since April.

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A surfer without a degree is worth $16 billion after his biotech company's stock soared 1,100% in a year

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Bob Duggan is the CEO of Summit Therapeutics.

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A millennial woman who made nearly $250k secretly working 2 jobs says it helped her enter a relationship for the 'right reasons' — not financial security

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A millennial woman said that secretly working two jobs helped her pay off her student debt, but that homeownership is still out of reach for her in California. The source of the story isn't pictured.

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$100 billion club shrinks to 12 members as slump in stocks knocks 3 people out

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tumbled out of the $100 billion club last week.

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