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Here at Forbes, we are busy creating our 2022 30 Under 30 list. It's our 10th anniversary. Time has flown. The best part about working on the list is watching young entrepreneurs evolve into influential leaders. Over the years, many Under 30 listers have moved on to other Forbes lists—the Billionaires list included.

This week, we have the story of Alex Rodrigues, the cofounder and CEO of Embark, which makes self-driving software for long-haul trucks. At the ripe old age of 26, he just became the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company through a $5 billion SPAC merger. His tale of business in the fastlane, and many more must stories below.

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Is It Game Over For Activision’s CEO? Following reports that CEO Bobby Kotick swept allegations of sexual misconduct under the rug at gaming giant Activision Blizzard, a group of shareholders sent a letter to the board calling for his resignation. The group of activists is small, but employees staged a walk out this week. Check out our breaking story for the key factors in the developing leadership controversy.

Inventing Entrepreneurs: The billionaire chair of Moderna, Noubar Afeyan, launched 70 companies by pushing researchers to imagine if their craziest ideas were true. Now he’s harnessing  $17 billion and a model of “parallel entrepreneurship” to fund more wild notions.

GE’s Demolition Man: General Electric’s leadership grooming program was long famous, and admired. Its management practices and famed “Crotonville” campus were widely mimicked by other employers, spawning copycat training programs. Now an outsider is finally breaking it apart. Here’s the story of how it happened, and what it means for CEOs everywhere.

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The estimated value of Donald Trump’s new social media company. The Trump Media and Technology Group hasn’t done much yet. Investors still seem to think it’s worth about four times as much as everything else Trump owns. 

Check List

Not quite sure about what the Metaverse is—or will become? Neither are we. But for those who want to buy shares of the companies who could benefit, check out our list of possible winners. 

Tesla had five founders—only one is the richest person on the planet. Three are relatively unknown, and far from billionaires. Here’s the cautionary tale of why and how to avoid the same fate. 

Vaccines have dominated the conversation around beating Covid—and lots of other conversations too. Less attention has been paid to pills that could lower the danger of the virus once you have it. Merck, and now Pzfier, have shown impressive results with new therapies. Forbes has the latest on how the therapies can help in the fight against the virus, and what it means for the big reopen. 

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