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LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident

LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident

LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda died in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, the online loaning platform said Monday. He was 55. In a company announcement, LendingTree confirmed that Lebda died on Sunday and that the company was grieving his unexpected death. A spokesperson said the accident occurred at a family farm in North Carolina. “Doug was a …

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LendingTree founder and CEO Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident

LendingTree founder and CEO Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident

Doug Lebda, the founder and CEO of LendingTree, died Sunday in an ATV accident, the online loan marketplace company announced. He was 55. “The LendingTree family is absolutely heartbroken,” LendingTree said in a statement to CBS News. Lebda founded LendingTree in 1996 in a move to simplify the process of shopping and applying for loans. Part of his vision was …

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Doug Lebda, LendingTree Founder and C.E.O., Dies in A.T.V. Accident – The New York Times

Doug Lebda, LendingTree Founder and C.E.O., Dies in A.T.V. Accident  The New York Times LendingTree founder and CEO dies unexpectedly in weekend ATV accident at age 55  Fox Business LendingTree CEO Dies in ATV Accident on Family Farm  The Wall Street Journal CEO of major Charlotte-based financial company killed in ATV crash  WBTV LendingTree CEO dies in collision, company announced  WCNC Source link

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LENDINGTREE ANNOUNCES THE UNEXPECTED PASSING OF COMPANY FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO DOUG LEBDA

LENDINGTREE ANNOUNCES THE UNEXPECTED PASSING OF COMPANY FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO DOUG LEBDA

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ: TREE) announced that Doug Lebda, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, passed away unexpectedly yesterday in an all-terrain vehicle accident.  The Board of Directors and the entire LendingTree management team deeply mourns his passing and extends sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family. Scott Peyree, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer …

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Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio warns U.S. is headed for civil war

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio warns U.S. is headed for civil war

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio is always on the lookout for the next issue which could derail the economy. He, like many others, is extremely concerned about national debt. He’s also mindful of geopolitical conflict, restructuring of the monetary world order, and also the rising tensions within America itself. Should friction in the U.S. continue, the hedge fund founder warned …

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Jeff Bezos agrees with OpenAI’s Sam Altman: We’re in an AI bubble. But Amazon’s founder says the benefits will be ‘gigantic’

Jeff Bezos agrees with OpenAI’s Sam Altman: We’re in an AI bubble. But Amazon’s founder says the benefits will be ‘gigantic’

Jeff Bezos joined Sam Altman in admitting the existence of an AI bubble—but Amazon’s founder sees upside. Recently, many AI-related companies have seen voracious optimism and spikes in valuations. In August, the OpenAI CEO told reporters the AI market was in a bubble. When bubbles happen, “smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” Altman warned, drawing parallels with the …

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AI Is in an ‘Industrial Bubble,’ Says Amazon (AMZN) Founder Jeff Bezos

AI Is in an ‘Industrial Bubble,’ Says Amazon (AMZN) Founder Jeff Bezos

At Italian Tech Week in Turin, Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos said that artificial intelligence is currently in an “industrial bubble.” A “bubble” typically refers to a time when excitement drives up stock prices far beyond a company’s actual worth, something that famously happened during the dot-com crash of 2000. When Exor (EXXRF) CEO John Elkann asked if AI is …

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