2020’s Biggest Career Crashes | The Power Couple Targeting Tesla | America’s Richest Families

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This is the final CEO newsletter of 2020. It felt good to write that sentence. In psychology there’s a theory called the “fresh start effect,'' where a new phase—a new year, a new notebook, a new home—allows you to separate from the past and focus on new goals. Think, New Year’s resolutions. We enter 2021 with dire problems, but also hope. Besides the fresh start, two potent vaccines sit on the horizon. As we slam shut this chapter, I hope you find time to rest and recharge. There’s a big year ahead for us all, and Forbes will be there to fuel your fresh start—may it last longer than your most ambitious resolutions.

Must Reads

Want a playbook on what not to do? Check out Forbes Staff Writer Kristen Stoller’s list of 2020’s seven most spectacular professional flame-outs, including a job-ending Zoom exposure and a resignation over racial discrimination.

Meet the women who crushed the investment game in 2020. Forbes Senior Editor Antoine Gara reports on how at least a half a dozen firms led by women-led funds that have blown away their peers and drawn in tens of billions of dollars in assets collectively since the start of January. Check out the investment style and strategies that delivered whopping returns. 

Goldman Sach CEO David Solomon is betting hundreds of millions on America’s small businesses. Forbes Senior Editor Maneet Ahuja has an exclusive interview with Goldman’s Soloman on why one of the world’s biggest investment banks is thinking small.

CEO Profile

Data Point

$1.2 trillion

The total wealth held by America’s 50 wealthiest dynasties. Forbes Assistant Managing Editor Kerry Dolan delivers our latest ranking of America’s Richest Families, who are worth a collective $1.2 trillion—up about 30% from $916 billion in 2015.

Check List

Amid the restaurant business’ darkest days, Forbes Staff Writer Chloe Sorvino interviews Momfuku’s 29-year-old CEO Marguerite Mariscal on how America’s coolest food brand is weathering Covid-19 and what’s next on her menu.

There’s a new NBA owner in town. Forbes Senior Editor Alex Konrad takes you inside billionaire Ryan Smith’s plans for the Utah Jazz.

Closing out 2020 requires something stronger than champagne. Luckily, Karla Alindahao has 13 easy-to-make mezcal cocktails to end a fiery year on a smokey note.