Kerry Lauerman

NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black, founder of Apollo, relied on the convicted sex offender to help him leverage his multi-billion-dollar art for $500m+ in loans from Bank of America. forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

Great story on one of Trump's ballroom donors, whom the Biden administration denied a pardon a couple of years ago. By @kylekhanmullins. forbes.com/sites/kylemull…

1/ NEW deep dive: Trump’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is leaving the public vulnerable to abuses: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course idsnews.com/article/2025/1…

"Inside Gavin Newsom's Multimillion-Dollar Business Empire," by @kylekhanmullins. forbes.com/sites/kylemull…

The FT commissioned a poll of Trump voters, finding that most thought that the president had made less than $100 million while in office, and a third thought he hadn't made anything from the presidency. His net worth has, in fact, gone up by billions. ft.com/content/2ea2b3…

Scoop: Vox poached Astead Herndon from NYT to host a new video podcast and serve as editorial director starting on Oct 20. Herndon’s move is a significant loss for The NYT, which only just published his extensive magazine cover story about the rise of Zohran Mamdani. status.news/p/nbc-news-lay…

I've joined @Forbes!! I'll be covering AI for their website / magazine, and assisting with lists like AI 50. I'm excited tell deeper stories about the people behind the AI revolution. If you are a founder or investor in AI or robotics I'd love to hear from you =)

Not happy. Censorship isn’t the way. I gave money to IU general fund for the IDS last year, so they could pay everyone and not run a deficit. I gave more than they asked for. I told them I’m happy to help because the IDS is important to kids at IU

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS - Indiana Daily Student idsnews.com/article/2025/1…

Just published: "Why No One Really Knows How Much Money The Trumps Are Making Right Now" forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Donald Trump is now one of the biggest bitcoin investors in the world. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Threads Finally Passes X—Zuckerberg’s 2-Year-Old Platform Passes Musk’s In Daily Users go.forbes.com/iO1ASi

Donald Trump's net worth is up $3 billion in the last year, vaulting him 118 spots on the Forbes 400. He can thank the presidency. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

The Forbes 400 is out and the design is so much fun. No surprise the rich are getting way richer. Look up your favorite billionaire to see where he (or she) ranks. via @forbes forbes.com/forbes-400/

NOW ANNOUNCING: #Forbes400: The definitive ranking of America's richest people in 2025 The wealthiest people in America have never been wealthier. Here's who's up, who's down and who's new: trib.al/xMVc3yF (Illustration by Neil Jamieson For Forbes)

This is why judges cannot agree on how much Trump's fraud should cost him. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Scoop: Robert Smith rented Donald Trump’s mansion, directly next door to Mar-a-Lago, while facing possible indictment in a massive tax-evasion case. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Scoop: Cognition is in talks to raise north of $300M at a valuation of $10B, more than doubling its value from March. The startup had just announced its acquisition of Windsurf after its founders joined Google. With @RashiShrivast18 and @_IainMartin forbes.com/sites/richardn…

There's a lot of speculation on how Jeffrey Epstein got so wealthy. But @John__Hyatt and I dug into court filings, financial records and investigations and what's clear is that it's largely down to two billionaire clients and tax breaks. Read @forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…