Jemima McEvoy
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1/ Jorge Pérez made his $2.6 billion fortune selling luxury condos in South Florida. Now Trump's tariffs and immigration crackdown are scaring off some buyers and making construction more expensive--but Pérez has a plan for that. Read my latest @forbes.com:

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This Miami Billionaire Is Fighting Trump Tariffs, Immigration Crackdown
Jorge Pérez made his fortune selling luxury condos in South Florida. Now Trump’s tariff plans and immigration policies are scaring off buyers and making it harder to build.
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rmac.bsky.social
Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post.

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AWS enters into 'strategic partnership' with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain | TechCrunch
Amazon says it'll work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, to invest '$5 billion-plus' in a strategic partnership.
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jemimamcevoy.bsky.social
Hopefully this is helpful context!
jemimamcevoy.bsky.social
The source in this story directly contradicts themself. Also, I'd like to point out that my reporting was based on a recording of an all-hands meeting where Mandy herself tells employees she got the money to them back by taking a loan against her house. It's in her own words.
jemimamcevoy.bsky.social
But if you read a couple of paragraphs down, the anonymous source says this: "To invest in the future of the company, Mandy has chosen to take the lead here with a personal loan to invest in the future of the company."
jemimamcevoy.bsky.social
On Saturday I broke news on problems at #SelenaGomez's mental health startup, #Wondermind, after the company failed to pay its bills.

The story included details about how Gomez' mom (Wondermind's CEO) claimed she took out a loan against her house to pay back debts

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Selena Gomez’s Mental Health Startup Is Facing A Cash Crunch
Gomez’ mom, Mandy Teefey, told employees recently that she took out a loan against her home to keep Wondermind, the mental health company she cofounded with her popstar daughter, afloat after twice mi...
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iainmartin.bsky.social
There’s a surprising name lurking in the rankings of startups that have raised the most funding this year. Infinite Reality.

This obscure metaverse startup claims to have raised $3 billion on a $15 billion valuation. Not all is as it seems...
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NEW: @forbes.com just published its annual World Billionaires List.

This is a project I'm proud to have worked on for months.

The big takeaway: The billionaires club has never been bigger. We've reached a new milestone of over 3,000 billionaires worldwide.

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Forbes Billionaires List 2025: World's Wealthiest Now Worth More Than Nearly All Nations' GDPs
The billionaires club has never been bigger—or richer. Here’s who’s up, who’s down, who’s off the list and why it matters more than ever.
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The good news: @forbes.com ramped up the number of bargaining sessions in 2025.
The bad news: We've seen no change in tone at the bargaining table, just the same old, same old. Very disappointing.