Brad Stone
@BradStone
Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author of the books Amazon Unbound, The Upstarts, and The Everything Store. Retweets are usually mistaken clicks.
NEW: In the July issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Bernard Arnault, one of the wealthiest people alive, explains how he built LVMH into the largest luxury conglomerate in the world. (thread: 1/4) bloomberg.com/features/2024-…
If you only want to read one article about DeepSeek, read our cover story for the June issue of @BW: I traveled to Hangzhou -- home to the Little Dragons -- for on-the-ground reporting. For the first time in five years, China’s tech space is buzzing。 shorturl.at/6w3Ak
Burning Man is facing a veritable dust storm of financial problems. @tedalcorn writing for @BW: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Nothing I'd read about the bad job market for new college grads felt quite right, so I did some digging and found what I think is a more comprehensive explanation for why these workers are having a tough time and what it means. The issue isn't AI! Gift: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
US landfills are heating to dangerous levels, spewing trash juice and toxic emissions. Just don’t call it a garbage fire. @mslaurabliss @rachaeldottle: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-… via @BW
New episode of the @BW podcast Everybody's Business has dropped. @svaneksmith is away so they called in the subs (me)
new episode of Everybody's Business: Mamdani v. Billionaires, Hollywood v. AI, featuring @BradStone @nahmias @Lucas_Shaw bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This month’s Businessweek cover story is out, and it’s me and Lily Meier on whether, after decades of declining sales and failed turnarounds, Gap might actually, finally be making a comeback. (Except, oops, the tariffs!) Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
"[Research universities] are behind the breakthroughs that shape daily lives. Undermining them doesn’t just jeopardize higher education, it threatens national and global strength," writes @universityofri president Marc B. Parlange in a new #ScienceEditorial.…
Coca-Cola, BP, FedEx, HSBC and countless other companies are quietly backing away from their environmental commitments. A fateful retreat, on the cover of international editions of the July @BW: bloomberg.com/news/features/… with other stories posting soon.
NEW: @KateClarkTweets and i went deep on the unhinged spying saga between Rippling and Deel for @BW (and this gif!!) two of the world's most valuable startups are volleying accusations back and forth at the center is one alleged spy, who says he smashed his phone w an axe (!)
Warm up some free waffles! It's the tale of towering business success that is Hampton Inn, the reigning purveyor of American Mid. The @BW story you didn't know you needed to read today, by @pat_clark. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
New fund! Please send me your troublesome ringleaders...
Yes, we are actively investing. In fact, today we announced @bloombergbeta has a new fund to invest – our fifth. Startups keep evolving, faster than ever, and we know the best way we can support them is by staying steady, a constant on which they can depend. So our new fund is…
What it means when the US is no longer the world's "moral leader" and what that position meant for the US. **Great article from @BradStone bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Mayor @DanielLurie and @bradstone in conversation about “San Francisco on the rise” @BloombergLive #BloombergTech
Dan Gilbert, aka @cavsdan, has an incredible story to tell. He's pivoting his company, Rocket Mortgage, at a time of high interest rates and home prices while he single-handedly revitalizes downtown Detroit and battles back from a debilitating stroke. My profile in the latest…
We have a great lineup this year!
We welcome Mayor of San Francisco, @DanielLurie to the #BloombergTech program. He joins Bloomberg’s @BradStone to outline his bold vision to revitalize San Francisco and cement it as the global epicenter of AI and tech. Join us June 5th in SF! bloom.bg/3OATr5R
NEW: For Bloomberg Businessweek, I profiled Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in his transition from a lab-bound academic to running a $61 billion startup that's trying to win the AI race without losing its soul. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
New deep dive on @DeepSeek_ai founder Liang Wenfeng for our next cover story, charting his history all the way back to when he just ran a small quant fund in China: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
The June cover of Businessweek. A dispatch from inside DeepSeek and China's AI frontier. By a stellar team including @AustinCarr, @SarithaRai and @joshuabrustein. And much more coming soon in our AI special report. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
The June cover of Businessweek. A dispatch from inside DeepSeek and China's AI frontier. By a stellar team including @AustinCarr, @SarithaRai and @joshuabrustein. And much more coming soon in our AI special report. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
We've blamed pharma companies for the Opioid crisis - Purdue, J&J and the rest. But what was the FDA's role? And what will weakened health agencies mean for the next public health crisis? Powerful, epic story from @samhornblower in @BW and on this week's @BloombergTV Wall…