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.

MrBeast 'vibe checks' new hires because working for the YouTuber isn't for everyone

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MrBeast, whose name is Jimmy Donaldson, and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) hires some staffers for a trial period known as a "vibe check."

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Drone delivery is finally having its moment

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A Zipline drone delivers a Chipotle bag on a residential doorstep.
Major grocery and retail players are rolling out drone delivery programs, so getting dinner ingredients delivered by air may soon be as common as ordering through an app.

Chipotle/Zipline

ChatGPT Imbotster Syndrome is gumming up how we write professionally

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Multiple hands pointing toward a robot typing on a laptop with a glowing red screen.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

A mother and son turned their 200-year-old ancestral home in Japan into a guesthouse steeped in history

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A close-up of the exterior of the property.
Machiko Imai inherited her family's ancestral home in Japan in 2020. Together with her son, Matsukane, they turned the historic property into a guesthouse.

Go Itami.

Kevin Hassett says 'there will be layoffs' if Trump decides shutdown talks are not progressing

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The Capitol Building is behind a fence during the 2025 government shutdown.
Thousands of federal employees could be laid off if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown, which began on October 1.

Mehmet Eser / Middle East Images via AFP

I spent 27 hours flying with Royal Jordanian. It wouldn't be my first choice for another long-haul flight.

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Author Jamie Davis Smith wearing headphones, sunglasses on plane
I found reasonably priced flights through Royal Jordanian Airlines for a last-minute trip.

Jamie Davis Smith

How new details from Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul could affect Americans seeking advanced degrees

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President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump's student-loan repayment overhaul would place new borrowing caps on graduate and professional degree programs.

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I said I didn't get the Costco hype. Then the superfans came at me.

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The exterior of a Costco store.

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A homeschooled Gen Xer says her parents didn't pressure her to go to an elite college. Now she's a successful jewelry designer with no student debt.

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Sarah Nagle
Sarah Nagle said her homeschool experience allowed her to avoid student debt.

Courtesy of Sarah Nagle

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