Nischa Shah was an investment banker for a decade, before becoming a full-time content creator. Nischa Shah Personal finance YouTuber Nischa Shah quit her six-figure investment banking job to become a full-time content creator — and it was a gamble that paid off. After working in banking for a decade, Shah became an associate director … Read more
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of their full-time jobs. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at [email protected]. Teyoshe Smith’s previous job came with hourlong lunch breaks. She spent … Read more
Shawn Tsao, co-founder of food-delivery app Caviar. It may not be easy to build a successful business from scratch — but it’s proven to be possible. Throughout my time working at CNBC, I’ve chatted with different entrepreneurs, from people who started successful side hustles to the founders of global unicorn companies. Ultimately, I’ve found that it … Read more
30-year-old Caspar Lee was once a YouTube megastar and is now a serial entrepreneur. Caspar Lee Caspar Lee belongs to a crop of content creators who found early success on YouTube back in the 2010s, commanding millions of views on the platform. The 30-year-old serial entrepreneur, who was born in England and raised in Knysna, … Read more
Most mornings, Jacob Heitmann wakes up, eats breakfast and heads to his family’s computer in the basement to see if his 3D-printing business received any orders. If so, he pulls up the design someone ordered — his favorite is a rainbow plastic skull — and puts his 3D printer to work. Most prints take at … Read more
Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in Buzzfeed, the digital publishing company that shut down its media outlet last year. Shares of the company skyrocketed more than 50% before the market open on Wednesday. Ramaswamy acquired a 7.7% stake in Buzzfeed, according to a filing with the … Read more
Before co-founding Netflix, Reed Hastings thought another of his business ideas would become a household name. Specifically, it was a “foot mouse” — where users could control a computer cursor with their feet, Hastings said at a recent Stanford Graduate School of Business event. He believed in its potential so much, he said, that he … Read more
In college, Edward Tirtanata had a brewing love for coffee, so much so that he’d order “one huge cup” every day from either Dunkin’ Donuts or 7-Eleven. Today, the 35-year-old CEO and co-founder of venture-backed unicorn coffee company Kopi Kenangan, still has his cup of joe daily — except that he’s upgraded it to three … Read more
It’s fair to say that AI is all over the 12th annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list. Roughly two-thirds of the 50 companies making the Disruptor 50 list describe artificial intelligence as “critical” to their businesses. And it starts at the very top: for the first time ever, a company repeats as the list ‘s No. … Read more
Back in 2009, like so many during the Great Recession, I got laid off. I had been working 9-to-5 as an audio engineer, and working as a freelance music producer for indie bands on the side I decided to take the setback of losing my job and use it as a chance to devote time … Read more
