Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake is an associate editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits news for the publication's global news desk. At Fortune, she previously wrote about real estate, housing, and higher education. Before joining Fortune, Sydney served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned on the production desk at CQ Roll Call. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and leadership studies from the University of Richmond and her master's degree in digital media management from the University of Southern California.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 26: Bad Bunny attends Columbia Pictures’ “Caught Stealing” premiere at Regal Union Square on August 26, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

Meet Bad Bunny, Super Bowl headliner: The son of a truck driver and English teacher used to work at a grocery store before becoming a SoundCloud superstar

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 20: Evy Poumpouras attends the Build Series to discuss “Spy Games” at Build Studio on January 20, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/Getty Images)

Former U.S. Secret Service agent says bringing your authentic self to work stifles teamwork: ‘You don’t get high performers, you get sloppiness’

Young woman taking a selfie with coworkers at office

Suzy Welch uncovered the reason Gen Z seems unhireable: Their workplace values don’t match their Gen X and millennial bosses

Worried young woman checking her finances while sitting on the floor at home, with her cute shar-pei dog.

Housing costs are so high some Americans are delaying milestones like getting married, having kids and even adopting a pet

young woman making a purchase on her phone

Half of wealthy Gen Zers and millennials admit to ‘digital shoplifting,’ rationalizing it with inflation and influencer hacks

Bark Air recently introduced its Companion Concierge service.

Travel & Leisure

Pet parents are spending thousands to plan their dog’s perfect vacation through Bark Air’s new luxury concierge service

Abigail Disney

Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – March 27, 2025: “Shark Tank” star and entrepreneur Lori Greiner appears with Jennifer Hudson on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” airing May 8, 2025 in Burbank, California. Check your local listings for times. (Photo by Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty Images)

‘Shark Tank’ star Lori Greiner doesn’t believe in a 5 a.m. wake-up call: ‘Waking up early doesn’t give you more time. It simply shifts your schedule’

The housing market is stuck in an unending circle of gridlock.

Home sales are headed for their worst year since 1995 as ‘economic jitters’ spread from buyers to sellers, Redfin says

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 16: Founder of Spanx Sara Blakely speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE)

Spanx founder Sara Blakely’s $1 billion idea started with just $5,000 in savings and wanting to solve her own problem

Real estate agent showing a house for sale to a young Latin American couple – home ownership concepts

The ‘best time’ to buy a home is right around the corner. Here’s what you need to know

Smiling female employee explaining strategies to manager through computer. Businesswomen are working together in office. They are examining data.

Gen Z college grads are flocking to Texas and Florida where companies have ‘overwhelmingly’ relocated their headquarters

For Sale Real Estate Sign in Front of Beautiful House.

The average American homeowner lost $9,200 in home equity during the last year. It’s not a collapse but a ‘long-term market correction’

Kevin Plank, founder, president and chief executive officer of Under Armour Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg Power Players New York event in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Bloomberg Power Players brings together industry leaders at the intersection of sports, business and technology. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Under Armour’s CEO says micromanagement is ‘totally underestimated’ in business: ‘There’s too much lost on pretense’

man with Canadian flag on the background of the sea and mountains

Canadians don’t want to live in America and it shows: The number of Canadians searching for U.S. homes is down 20% year over year

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