Future fifty ’24

The social becomes political TikTok—Gen Z’s most popular social media platform, famed for zany dance routines and crooning pets and helmed by CEO Shou Zi Chew (above)—has long faced a possible U.S. ba

Privacy pioneer In March, Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging app Signal, learned about the Trump Administration’s Signal-gate scandal from a group chat. Slack-jawed, she read the Atl

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

Trend-setting health tech In a stressful period in 2021, Tom Hale was having trouble sleeping. He bought an Oura Ring, the pioneering smart device that tracks stats about sleep and health, and made a

Digging around portfolios can reveal hidden gems among the global giants

For the first time, Fortune, in partnership with Statista, lists the continent’s top innovators. These companies have brought in just under $8 trillion in annual revenue.