Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Wall Street

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Photo collage featuring Wall Street's rising stars of 2024

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They're still in the early innings of their careers, but these dealmakers and investors are already setting the agenda for the next era of finance.

Mark Cuban shared 7 tips for investors and founders navigating AI, inflation, and the American dream

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Mark Cuban at the Fiserv Forum in Las Vegas on Monday
Mark Cuban urged entrepreneurs to focus on customers, embrace AI wisely, and protect their intellectual property in an uncertain economy.

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3 AI execs say Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee could hinder startups and innovation

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Wall Street is bracing for the impacts of President Trump's new $100,000 H-1B application fee.

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Meet 16 VC firms investing in innovative creator economy startups like Substack, Whatnot, and Agentio

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Amy Wu Martin at Menlo Ventures, Sasha Kaletsky at Creator Ventures, and Ishan Sinha at Point72 Ventures.
Meet VCs backing creator economy startups, including Amy Wu Martin at Menlo Ventures, Sasha Kaletsky at Creator Ventures, and Ishan Sinha at Point72 Ventures.

Courtesy Menlo Ventures; Courtesy Creator Ventures; Courtesy Point72.

I left a career at Amazon and Microsoft to start a hedge fund. After raising almost $10M in my first year, I'm never going back to Big Tech.

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Stephen Wu's headshot with the NYC skyline blurred in the background.

Courtesy of Stephen Wu

It will be a while before OpenAI turns a profit. In the meantime, Microsoft gets a cut of revenue.

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Sam Altman presenting onstage with the OpenAI logo behind him.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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Seeking nominations for the top VCs backing the creator economy in 2024

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Creator economy VCs from left to right: Jenny He, Marlon Nichols, Paige Finn Doherty, Wayne Hu
Top VCs funding creator economy startups in 2023 from left to right: Jenny He, Marlon Nichols, Paige Finn Doherty, and Wayne Hu

Courtesy of Position Ventures; MaC Venture Capital; Behind Genius Ventures; Signal Fire; Sydney Bradley/Insider

Wall Street big shots may be forced to cancel their summer vacations

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Photo illustration of the Wall Street Bull with a suitcase, plane, laptop and palm trees.
Wall Street's fantasies of decamping to the Hamptons for the summer have been shattered by higher inflation and stock market volatility.

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Elon Musk gave Tesla investors the one thing they've been demanding — and it worked brilliantly

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Elon Musk wearing a suit and standing next to a black Tesla at a car manufacturing plant.
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Tesla was moving up production for cheaper cars.

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Saudi Arabia is desperately trying to woo bankers to pay for its futuristic desert city

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A conceptual image of the planned design for The Line in Saudi Arabia's Neom, shows a large mirrored facade extending out into the water from the desert.
The planned design for The Line in Neom.

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