👑 The $28B throne

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By announcing plans to [acquire]( Figma for $20B, Adobe eliminated a budding rival and made a big bet on the future of design in the process, per The Verge. Figma… … was founded in 2012, when co-founder Dylan Field dropped out of Brown University to accept a grant from Peter Thiel. His premise was simple: Design is a team sport, and browser-based apps make collaboration easier than desktop apps like Adobe Photoshop. - By 2021, Figma’s rapid growth helped it reach “decacorn” status by [securing]( $200m at a $10B valuation. - Just over a year later, Adobe offered to pay 2x that to buy the company, betting that the future of design will be browser-based. The deal will make Field the wealthiest recipient of the Thiel Fellowship, given his $2B+ stake in Figma. This isn’t Adobe’s first acquisition When finalized, Figma will mark the company’s [third]( $1B+ acquisition since 2020. Critics argue this consolidation could lead to less innovation as Adobe absorbs competitors into its creative suite. - In Figma’s case, Adobe CPO Scott Belsky says the company plans to give Field and team “complete autonomy.” But Adobe still has competition. Canva, a popular graphic design tool, recently [announced]( its own suite of tools that could eventually rival Adobe’s Creative Cloud. That is, if Adobe doesn’t acquire them first. 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Kwon is facing arrest in South Korea after his stablecoins lost $60B in value. The Dynamic Island, the shape-shifting notch feature on iPhone 14 Pros, was partly designed by Chan Karunamuni, who shared a [cool clip]( highlighting its fluid animations. That was fast: Indian billionaire [Gautam Adani]( is now the world's second-richest person with his [$146.9B]( fortune, unseating Jeff Bezos whose net worth slid to ~$145.8. Elon Musk remains in the top spot with $260B. Intuitive Machines, a space company focused on lunar vehicles, [announced that]( it will go public in a SPAC deal worth ~$1B. Mentor musts: A good mentor can be the secret to excelling in your career — if you use their time wisely. The Hustle Blog compiled [40 questions]( to ask your mentor in your next meeting. Chart [estimated value of royal family's wealth]( Selina Lee How much is the royal family worth? A lot. The New York Times [broke down]( some of their ~$28B fortune into four buckets. (Vocab lesson for non-Brits: a duchy is a territory controlled by a duke or duchess.) The Crown Estate: $19B+ It oversees the monarchy’s assets — a vast array of real estate and farmland. It’s controlled by a board of directors, chaired by King Charles III. The Duchy of Cornwall: $1.4B It was established in [1337]( to generate income for the heir, who controls it. Currently, that’s King Charles III’s eldest son, Prince William. It includes 130k acres of real estate — vacation rentals, farmland, commercial space, and The Oval cricket ground — reeling in millions annually. The Duchy of Lancaster: $949m Established in [1399]( to generate income for the sovereign, it contains 45.7k acres of commercial, residential, and agricultural assets. In 2022, it pulled in [~$27.3m](. The family’s private fortune: ~$430m That’s the late queen’s estimated net worth, including inherited assets. BTW: King Charles III also inherited a [cursed crown](. 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It’s led some to believe she’s an avid collector herself, though that’s reportedly not the case. 4) Apple reportedly [spent $120m]( on an Oscar-contending Civil War era film called Emancipation, starring Will Smith. Problem is, Will Smith was banned from the Oscars for a decade; now the company isn’t sure when to release it. 5) The Ethereum Merge will reduce the preeminent crypto network’s annual electricity use by 99.9% and its CO2 emissions from ~11m tons to ~870 tons, less than what’s needed to power [100 US homes for a year](. 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