natalie-ammari

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. 

Shailene Woodley is always chasing butterflies.

Not literal ones, of course. The metaphorical kind — the internal fluttering when she reads a script and immediately resonates with a character or finds out who's attached to the project and knows with certainty that she needs to be part of it.

Move over, paid streamers — free TV is having its revenge.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wannapa Suprasert, a 28-year-old from Thailand now based in San Francisco who was scammed out of over $300,000. The following has been edited for length and clarity.