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CONTENTSFRONTRUNNER
17 | Inside Jay-Z’s Fortune
The king of hip-hop is America’s newest billionaire.
Plus: The Richest Rappers
20 | Next Billion-Dollar Startups: VSCO
The popular photo app looks to grow.
22 | Watches: A New Bronze Age
How a third-place metal became first-class.
24 | World of Forbes
Around the globe with our 35 international editions.
26 | Buy, Hold, Sell
Snag KAWS’ street art and the Datsun 240Z.
27 | Conversation
A kinder KKR, and a $300 million video game fumble.CONTRARIAN
INVESTING
29 | Apocalypse Soon
Hedge fund visionary Robert Gibbins is betting that
climate change will change everything.
By Nathan Vardi
32 | Oracle of Apopka
Eddie Brown grew up as a laborer in the Jim Crow
South. What he’s accomplished since is one of Wall
Street’s greatest untold stories, a study in growing rich
on the ignorance of the crowd.
By Antoine GaraLEADERSHIP
38 | A Man, a Can, a Plan
John Hayes, CEO of jar maker Ball, has abandoned
glass and plastic. Is he crazy—or just ahead of his time?
By Kristin StollerTECH DISRUPTORS
40 | The New Nuclear
Stars like Charles Schwab and Buzz Aldrin are chasing
the sun at fusion-energy firm TAE Technologies.
By Christopher HelmanENTREPRENEURS
46 | Bittersweet Success
As their father lay dying, the 13 Keith siblings took his
snack recipe—and built a company worth $300 million.
By Chloe SorvinoFORBES LIFE
50 | Bourbon’s Rule Breaker
Barrell Craft Spirits creates some of America’s best
whiskeys without ever distilling a drop.
By Fred Minnick13 | Fact & Comment
STEVE FORBES
What experts miss about power.112 | Thoughts
On control.
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