Robert Olsen

Revolut Secures Nvidia Investment As Valuation Soars To $75 Billion Nvidia’s venture arm has taken a stake in the fintech as its valuation jumps to a new high.

Revolut secures Nvidia investment as its valuation jumps to $75 billion, highlighting the growing crossover of fintech and AI. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Fintech Giant Wise Boosts Headcount And Marketing As It Prepares For Wall Street Listing The fintech that disrupted cross-border transfers in Europe is now aiming to scale in America, with a hiring spree and marketing blitz leading the charge.

Fintech Wise is ramping up hiring, marketing, and operations in the U.S. ahead of a 2026 Wall Street listing. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Monzo’s Surprise CEO Appointment Signals New Phase Of Global Expansion Monzo has appointed former Google executive Diana Layfield as CEO after TS Anil announced his surprise exit. The move signals the fintech's ambition for global growth.

Monzo’s surprise CEO shake-up signals a new growth chapter as the fintech eyes global expansion. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Barclays’ $800 Million Fintech Gamble Marks A Pivot From Wall Street To Main Street The British bank’s purchase of fintech Best Egg signals a deeper push into U.S. consumer lending as part of its broader plan to bolster returns.

A decade ago, fintechs vowed to topple the banks. Now one of those banks is buying a fintech. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

America’s Cable Cowboy Cashes In Half His Firm’s Stake In Britain’s ITV John Malone, the billionaire dealmaker who helped shape modern media, is trimming a long-standing stake in Britain’s ITV.

Few people have shaped the modern media industry like John Malone. Now, the “Cable Cowboy” is ending a decade-long bet on one of Britain’s biggest broadcasters. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

AI In Education: How Pearson Is Using Digital Learning To Drive Growth Pearson’s latest results offer a glimpse of how AI is reshaping one of the world’s oldest education companies.

It’s not often you see a company founded in the 1800s using #AI to drive growth in 2025. I dug into Pearson’s latest results to see how its digital reinvention is finally paying off. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

This Startup Raised $13.3 Million To Inject AI Into One Of The World’s Slowest Industries Armed with fresh capital, ClaimSorted is using artificial intelligence to ensure insurance claims get paid without the pain.

A startup called ClaimSorted just raised $13.3M from Atomico and @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy to use AI to fix a system that once seemed unfixable. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Checkout.com Hits $12 Billion Valuation, Bets On AI Shopping Agents As Next Big Thing Checkout.com is bouncing back and positioning itself at the center of a coming retail revolution, where AI agents handle shopping from start to finish.

Checkout.com hits $12 billion valuation and bets big on AI agents to shop for you. The next retail revolution is here. #AI #Fintech #Ecommerce www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

JD Sports Shrugs Off Tariffs, Says Strained U.S. Shoppers Pose Bigger Risk JD Sports is brushing off concerns about U.S. tariffs, but CEO Régis Schultz says cash-strapped U.S. consumers could have a bigger impact on the retailer’s long-term growth.

JD Sports says tariffs are manageable, but strained U.S. shoppers are the real risk. With sales down and shares off 40%, the retailer’s growth now hinges more on wallets than Washington. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Fintech Giant Revolut Unveils $13 Billion Bet To Become The First Truly Global Bank Revolut is making its biggest push yet on the world stage, pledging $13 billion to fuel a rapid expansion that aims to reach 100 countries and grow its customer base to 100 million by the end of the d...

Revolut is making its biggest push yet on the world stage, pledging $13 billion to fuel a rapid expansion that aims to reach 100 countries and grow its customer base to 100 million.

Photo of Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 23-year-old AI influencer.

This 23-year-old with no professional investing experience is now running an AI-focused hedge fund that manages over $1.5 billion. #AI www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Billionaire Co-Owner Of New York Jets Completes Purchase Of Crystal Palace F.C. Robert “Woody” Johnson has completed his purchase of a 43% stake in Crystal Palace from Eagle Football Holdings, the south London club confirmed on Thursday.

Robert “Woody” Johnson has completed his purchase of a 43% stake in Crystal Palace. “It is an organization with a proud history, tradition, and deep roots in English football in south London," he said.

AI summaries causing ‘devastating’ drop in online news audiences, study finds Exclusive: Analysis found that sites previously ranked first can lose up to 79% of traffic if results are displayed below a Google AI Overview

News companies have been warned of a “devastating impact” on online audiences as search results are replaced by AI summaries.

Fintech Giant’s Billionaire Cofounders Spar Over U.S. Listing Plan The cofounders of Wise have fallen out over the firm’s plan to shift its primary listing from the U.K. to the U.S.

The cofounders of Wise have fallen out over the firm’s plan to shift its primary listing from the U.K. to the U.S.

If Ed gets us back in the Europa, I'll vote Libdem at the next election.

Apollo lends £80mn in pricey debt to Premier League’s Nottingham Forest Loan is US private capital firm’s first foray into top flight English football

Apollo Management has lent £80mn to Nottingham Forest in expensive debt to allow it to pay off other liabilities...Inter Milan and AC Milan were both seized by creditors after defaulting on their loans.

Elon Musk Is Cashing In on the AI Romance Boom Grok’s new flirtatious character may be lucrative, but it only offers an illusion of intimacy.

Elon Musk has turned his ambitions to addressing loneliness, but the result is only the illusion of intimacy.

Billionaire Mike Ashley’s Frasers Hit By Higher Labor Costs And Drop In Luxury Sales Retail giant Frasers Group blamed the government’s tax-hiking budget for adding to its labor costs at a time when it also had to grapple with a challenging retail market.

Retail giant Frasers Group blamed the government’s tax-hiking budget for adding to its labor costs at a time when it also had to grapple with a challenging retail market.

Crystal Palace Fans Begin Series Of Protests Over Europa League Exclusion The club's supporters marched through the streets of London to protest against UEFA’s decision to exclude the Eagles from the Europa League.

Crystal Palace supporters marched through the streets of London to protest against UEFA’s decision to exclude the Eagles from the Europa League. www.forbes.com/sites/robert...

Britain’s Ambassador Says Trump Will Be ‘One Of The Most Consequential Presidents In American History’ Peter Mandelson, the U.K.'s ambassador to the U.S., hailed a major transatlantic trade deal for automobiles, while expressing effusive praise for President Donald Trump.

Peter Mandelson, the U.K.’s ambassador to the U.S., hailed a major transatlantic trade deal for automobiles, while expressing effusive praise for Donald Trump.

The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her path

Musk’s incessant posting, impulsive decision making and obsession with X and other platforms becoming too “woke” posed huge obstacles for the CEO he hired to run the company. theguardian.com/technology/2...

Oasis in row with photo agencies over pictures from reunion shows Exclusive: Band’s management tell agencies and publishers they can use shots of first gig in Cardiff for one year only

A row has broken out over restrictions imposed on how newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasters and digital publishers can use photos taken at #oasislive25. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.

Contrary to the president’s assertions, records filed in a fraud case against him suggest that his riches were not the product of a steady and strong empire.

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England.

Jane Street Boss Says He Was Duped Into Funding AK-47s for Coup The indictment reads like a cinematic plot: A Harvard Fellow and another activist allegedly wanted to buy AK-47s, Stinger missiles and grenades to topple South Sudan’s government. What they lacked was...

Jane Street co-founder Robert Granieri concedes that he was duped into funding an alleged coup plot. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.

New York Jets Billionaire Co-Owner Buys Stake In Crystal Palace Robert "Woody" Johnson has agreed to buy John Textor’s stake in Crystal Palace in a deal that will likely boost the chances of the south London club playing in next season’s Europa League.

Robert "Woody" Johnson has agreed to buy John Textor’s stake in Crystal Palace in a deal that will likely boost the chances of the south London club playing in next season’s Europa League.

Telegram boss will leave fortune to over 100 children he fathered The technology tycoon said his children would not have access to their inheritance for 30 years.

The billionaire founder of Telegram will leave his fortune to the more than 100 children he has fathered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Britain’s Third-Richest Person Says Government Is Killing Ambition And Growth The Labour government is pursuing a “vindictive” agenda that threatens the future prosperity of the nation, according to James Dyson, one of the U.K.’s most successful entrepreneurs.

“Labour is out to destroy,” James Dyson wrote. “Those who aspire to create wealth and jobs, and those who grow our food, will all be punished. They hate those who set out to try, with hostility.” www.forbes.com/sites/robert...