Will Yakowicz

Bookie Tied To Ohtani’s Interpreter Says Half Of All Pro Athletes Gamble On Sports Mathew Bowyer, the illegal bookmaker who took $326 million in wagers from Ippei Mizuhara, is about to serve a year in prison for his crimes. While his operation has been shuttered, he says the $84 bil...

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This Pharma Billionaire Is Developing A Cannabis Painkiller To Replace Dangerous Opioids Clemens Fischer has never smoked pot in his life, but he believes his new experimental drug could reap billions in sales—and change millions of lives.

This Pharma Billionaire Is Developing A Cannabis Painkiller To Replace Dangerous Opioids @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Why Cheech And Chong’s $100 Million Cannabis Empire Is No Joke Weed has always paid off for the godfathers of stoner comedy. Now they’ve built a company that sells THC-infused edibles, drinks and of course some tasty bud, all of which brings in some serious green...

Why Cheech And Chong’s $100 Million Cannabis Empire Is No Joke @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

The robots take already rolled joints and dip them terpene rich adhesive, then dip them into kief.

Meet The Ex-NASA Engineer Training Robots To Make Pre-Roll Joints Nohtal Partansky’s Sorting Robotics equipment is used by some of the biggest names in the cannabis industry, from Stiiizy to Tilray. Now he’s gearing up for when Big Tobacco is ready to roll.

Meet The Ex-NASA Engineer Training Robots To Make Pre-Roll Joints More Potent @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

With Federal Legalization Stalled, Cannabis Companies Are Finding A New Green Rush In Europe Marijuana entrepreneurs in America have high hopes for growth in the EU, which has friendlier regulations and lower taxes. Here’s why it could bloom into a $50 billion market that eclipses the U.S.

With Federal Legalization Stalled, Cannabis Companies Are Finding A New Green Rush In Europe @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

This Irish Drone Startup Is Aiming For A Million Deliveries A Year Manna has raised $30 million to fund an ambitious expansion, taking on well-funded competitors like Amazon, Alphabet and unicorn Zipline. It could be first to scale a mass drone delivery operation.

The Irish drone delivery upstart Manna has raised $30 million to fund an ambitious expansion, taking on deep-pocketed competitors like Amazon, Alphabet's Wing and the unicorn Zipline. It's bidding to be the first to scale a mass drone delivery operation. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

YouTube video by Forbes Zyn, But With Weed: The Pouch Craze Hits The Cannabis Industry

Zyn, But With Weed: The Pouch Craze Hits The Cannabis Industry

our @forbes.com Daily Briefing (with reporting by @willyakowicz.bsky.social)

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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.

Silicon Valley’s ‘Gundo’ Bros Are Building A Y Combinator For Military Tech Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital and Point72 Ventures are backing military companies emerging from Disciplus Ventures, a startup accelerator in El Segundo.

New: El Segundo is getting its own military tech accelerator, with eyes on Y Combinator.

a16z, Point72, Lux + others have backed a stream of companies emerging from Disciplus Ventures in the past year (it's led by a 21-yo who has raised his own fund)

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Billionaire Trump Pal Phil Ruffin Is Ready To Sell The Aging Circus Circus Casino The president-elect’s best friend is preparing to cash out of the legendary Las Vegas resort. He tells Forbes about his latest big gamble in Sin City.

The legendary Circus Circus, which sits on 102 acres on the north end of the Strip, was built in 1968. Ruffin says he has been approached by buyers to sell Circus Circus. “Let’s just say there is interest,” he says coyly. “It’s worth $5 billion.”

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Casino Billionaire Phil Ruffin Is Ready To Sell Las Vegas’s Circus Circus @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Forbes has a scoop on the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni scandal today.

Those “It Ends with Us” costars have gotten most of the attention in the escalating dispute, but another defendant in Lively's case—who's preparing to sue her back as soon as today—is the billionaire Steve Sarowitz.

This Protein Bar Cofounder Sold His Company For $600 Million. Now He Wants Another Bite Of The Market. Peter Rahal’s new David bar was designed for the Ozempic generation. A portrait of a hungry entrepreneur.

Great story from @simonemelvin.bsky.social: "RxBar cofounder, Peter Rahal, sold his first company to Kellogg's for $600 million in 2017. Now free from a five-year-long non-compete agreement, his new David bar aims to be the ultimate health supplement."

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Tucker Carlson And The Dawn Of Rage-Driven Capitalism The former Fox News star sounds off on the testosterone-fueled launch of his potent new nicotine pouch, Alp, and his quest to topple Zyn and restore “free men” in Donald Trump’s America.

Check out my story, Tucker Carlson And The Dawn Of Rage-Driven Capitalism, which is online today and in the Dec/Jan print issue. www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Donald Trump’s victory isn’t just about politics. A small wave of entrepreneurs has figured out that partisanship sells in areas far beyond media. Tucker Carlson’s new nicotine venture offers the perfect prism.

I spent Election Day eve with Tucker Carlson. Instead of talking about Trump, who he campaigned for, he was pitching his new business, a nicotine pouch brand named Alp. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

How Zyn Conquered America Philip Morris International is rehabilitating nicotine’s image with its wildly popular flavored pouches. The highly addictive stimulant is making billions, but is it good for anyone other than PMI?

How Zyn Conquered America @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Honor Thy Father: The Saga Of A Drug Smuggler’s Son Brady Cobb founded Sunburn Cannabis as a tribute to his dad, a legendary “saltwater cowboy” who once operated a $300 million ring smuggling Colombian weed into Florida.

Honor Thy Father: The Saga of a Drug Smuggler’s Son @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Magic mushroom edibles made with Amanita muscaria are on the rise thanks to a legal gray area. Meet the entrepreneurs bringing hallucinogenic treats to a smoke shop—or mailbox—near you. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

The Prophet Of Shroom David Hodges founded San Francisco’s Church of Ambrosia on the belief that psychedelic mushrooms are a sacrament that can reveal life’s true purpose. Inside America’s largest—and trippiest—megachurch.

Prophet of Shroom: David Hodges founded San Francisco’s Church of Ambrosia on the belief that psychedelic mushrooms are a sacrament that can reveal life’s true purpose. Inside America’s largest—and trippiest—megachurch. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

The Billionaire And The Con Artist Roger Williamson claims to be the illegitimate son of the late Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and another billionaire’s bookkeeper. But the only thing about his life that’s rich are the lies i...

The Billionaire And The Con Artist, a tale about a man posing as the son of deceased casino mogul Sheldon Adelson www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

The Godfather Of Sour Diesel Pot Returns To New York Joe Murray, the legendary grower behind the cult chronic Sour Diesel, made his name in the black market 20 years ago. Now he’s trying to find sweet success in a chaotic legal cannabis industry.

The Godfather of Cannabis Strain Sour Diesel Returns To New York www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Weed Kills: How Investing In Cannabis Almost Took Down Scotts Miracle-Gro www.forbes.com/sites/willya...