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latest fiscal year (ending
on January 31, 2020), a BUY, HOLD, SELL
roughly 86% gain from
a year earlier. Shares are
about flat since its June
IPO, but they’re still Stephen Fishler COMICS: HOLLYWOOD-RELATED MARVEL AND DC
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enough for Kurtz’s 10% CEO,
stake to be worth nearly Metropolis Collectibles
$1.1 billion. F
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his own software security Minor Marvel Joker X-Men
startup, Foundstone, Characters Batman’s oldest foe With Dark Phoenix
in 1999. He sold that As the Marvel Universe got a shot in the arm having hit a wall last
expands, dust off rarities from the 2019 movie year, it seems interest
company to McAfee and like Marvel Mystery and Joker. A high-grade in X-Men has pla-
Sub-Mariner ($2,000 per cover ($3,000 to teaued. Classic titles
later became the bigger issue) from the wartime $7,000) will net nicely in great condition
firm’s chief technol- Golden Age. when a sequel rolls in. can fetch $2,000.
ogy officer. The idea for
CrowdStrike’s simpler, Victoria James WINE: WOMEN VINTNERS
faster, cloud-based soft-
ware came from watch- Partner and beverage
director at
ing a guy seated next to Cote restaurant,
him on a flight in 2011 sommelier, author
spend a good 15 minutes
scanning his laptop with
McAfee. “I’m just sitting
there going, ‘Oh, my
God, this is terrible.’ ”
He quit McAfee
that same year to start 2015 Spe’y, Kitá Wines Barolo Marassio, 2018 SP68,
CrowdStrike. Five years Made by Native American Giulia Negri Occhipinti
winemaker Tara Gomez on Negri’s Italian red Cult classics among
later, it had roughly tribal land in California’s is a breath of fresh sommeliers, Arianna
$50 million in revenue, Santa Ynez Valley. Five air for Piedmont’s Occhipinti’s other bio-
years in the bottle will have venerable vintners. dynamic wines offer
a figure that more than this Rhône blend ($30) sing- At $125, expect it to more gravitas than this
doubled the following ing—and doubling in value. triple in a decade. cheerful $35 Sicilian.
year. Now CrowdStrike is
focused on current global Ken Gross AUTOS: JAPANESE SPORTS CARS
boiling points such as Author, former
Iran; it’s likely increas- director of the Petersen
Automotive Museum
ing its reach in Europe,
where potential users
will face many of the
same threats as Crowd-
Strike’s stable of Ameri- Lexus SC 400 Datsun 240Z Mazda MX-5 Miata
ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS LYONS theory, meanwhile, isn’t went virtually unchanged handedly put British sports huge numbers, they’re un-
can customers. Trump’s
Ukraine conspiracy
(1991–2000)
(1970–1973)
(1989–)
Crisply styled, fun to
A rev-happy engine and
The svelte design of this
excellent handling made
drive and maintenance-
Grand Touring coupe
hurting business. In fact,
the lovable little Miata
friendly, the 240Z single-
Kurtz says, it has raised
for nine years. Forget its
America’s most popular
cars out of business.
squishy 2001 second-gen
club racing car. Built in
“our visibility as a world
replacement and buy it
Aim for $50,000—there’s
leader in cybersecurity.”
F O R B E S . C O M
M A R C H 2 0 2 0 for less than $15,000. room to climb. likely to go past $15,000.
