Forbes Daily Briefing

Thanks in part to the return of Serena Williams, for the first time ever there are more women than men among the sport’s top ten earners, who hauled in a combined $333 million over the past year.

Read the full list on Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/08/28/the-worlds-highest-paid-tennis-players-2026/
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The very notion of “Innovative” is, of course, inherently subjective. But with this new list, Forbes relies solely on hard data that capture dozens of different indicators of sector-leading innovation no matter their industry or age.

The ranking is driven by Forbes’ new Innovation Index™, which measures innovation based on volume of patents and intellectual property, research focus, investor confidence, return on equity, media and social media sentiment from data partner SignalAI, and evaluation of company news and statements by synthetic audiences (more on that later). The Index analyzes every company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 list, with the top 100 making the Forbes list.

Led by pharma giant Eli Lilly (No. 1) and tech titan Apple (No. 2), the top 10 includes sectors as diverse as manufacturing (Boeing, No. 8) and financial services (Mastercard). But whether it's through R&D investments, market and consumer confidence, and/or the creation of new IP, they all outpace their peers in driving America's business engines forward.

Read the full story on Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2026/08/25/big-bold-breaking-ground-why-lilly-amazon-and-mastercard-headline-our-new-most-innovative-companies-list/
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When the Boston Red Sox were in the midst of an early-season swoon, the principal owner of the holding company that controls the team was moved to make rare public comments. “When I arrived to live and work in Boston 25 years ago, I was told if you win the World Series in Boston, you’ll never have to buy another drink in this town,” Fenway Sports Group’s John Henry recalled in May.

Unfortunately, “it doesn’t actually work that way,” lamented the 76-year-old billionaire, who has become a lightning rod for criticism—including some “sell the team” chants from Boston’s notoriously passionate fans—even after snapping an 86-year drought with a storybook championship in 2004 and adding three more World Series rings in the ensuing 14 years.

Perhaps that is why Mike Gordon, Fenway Sports Group’s president, prefers to stay anonymous.

Unlike Henry, whose face is recognizable to most Red Sox fans and who can often be spotted in the owners’ box at home games, and Tom Werner, the group’s billionaire chairman, who likewise has spoken publicly about the team over their quarter-century of ownership, few fans would recognize Gordon well enough to buy him a drink even if they wanted to. Still, the 61-year-old partner owns a stake of around 10% in FSG, which Forbes values at around $1.4 billion, making him a billionaire.

By Hank Tucker
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Josh Kushner—The Kushner scion and younger brother of Jared—rode the AI wave to an eleven-digit fortune, as his VC firm Thrive Capital nearly tripled its assets thanks to smart bets on OpenAI and SpaceX. Now he’s looking to spend some cash on the NBA’s Lakers.

Read the full story on Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2026/08/23/josh-kushners-fortune-tripled-this-year-thanks-to-stakes-in-openai-spacex-and-more/
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Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left America’s fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/08/17/the-cost-of-doge-americas-environmental-intelligence-is-going-stale/
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