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This Billionaire Once Used A Grocery Bag For A Suitcase While Working On A...
Renowned dealmaker Richard Rainwater, who is known for helping turn around Disney in the 1980s, has been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)-- a fatal, fast-moving, degenerative brain...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: What Happened To Everyone Featured In This Iconic 2006...
In the summer of 2006 Kevin Rose was plastered on the cover of Businessweek with the headline: "How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months." The subtitle read, "Digg.com's Kevin Rose leads a new brat...
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The Most Annoying Part About Being A Billionaire
Dealbook's Kevin Roose got the Times to pay for him to live like a billionaire for a day. He has lots of fun traveling by Rolls Royce and private jet to chi-chi locations from Manhattan to Sea Island,...
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94-Year Old Austrian Billionaire To Marry For Fifth Time
It's never too late in life to fall in love. At least, that's 94-year-old Austrian billionaire Karl Wlaschek's view on life. Wlaschek plans to marry for the fifth time this week, according to The...
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5 Billionaire Hoteliers Who Are Making Bank
This post originally appeared on Oyster.com. Fantasizing about luxurious hotels and faraway resorts is one thing, but fantasizing about owning them is an entirely different concept altogether. Real...
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Inside Facebook Billionaire Dustin Moskovitz's Plan To Replace Email
The first thing you notice when you talk to billionaire Dustin Moskovitz and his business partner Justin Rosenstein is how different they are. Rosenstein is chatty and articulate. Moskovitz is more...
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THE TISCH DYNASTY: How Two Boys From Brooklyn Became The Biggest Name In New...
Tisch School of the Arts, Tisch Hospital... in New York City, the Tisch name is everywhere. The family owns holding company Lowes corporation, and recent estimates put their wealth at $21 billion....
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The Moment When Warren Buffett Realized Getting Rich Would Be Easy
A few weeks ago Warren Buffett shared some advice with MBA students at the Richard Ivey School of Business. We looked over a copy of the meeting notes from Market Folly. Here's the moment when Buffett...
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Warren Buffett On Why He Would Never Live In New York City
The third richest man in the world thinks New York City is too expensive. Here are the notes on comments he made to MBA students a few weeks ago via Market Folly: I decided to live in Omaha because I...
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This Uber-Wealthy Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't...
As the war over income inequality wages on, super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people...
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Meet The 10 Billionaires Of The Facebook IPO
Facebook made a lot of people millionaires but it made 10 people billionaires. The stock opened today at $38 per share. Using that price, Bloomberg calculated the net worth of Facebook's richest...
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How To Stop Investing Like A Muppet And Start Investing Like A Billionaire
Excerpt with permission from The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom. There are millions of articles on the Webencouraging investors to buy the same stocks as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, or Carlos Slim,...
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Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Has Some Really Awesome Toys
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is worth $12.1 billion. That makes him the 68th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. He made his fortune as the main owner of private investment company...
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The Chess Concepts Peter Thiel Used To Become A Billionaire
Through notes from Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup class at Stanford University, we have a unique window into the mind of the venture capitalist and hedge fund manager. He's fascinated with human nature,...
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Introducing The World's Hottest Billionaire Offspring
These dashing youths are not only attractive, but as the children of the world's wealthiest people, they are also devastatingly rich. Having billionaire parents has its perks, from $60 million...
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THE BOLLYGARCHS: Meet The 15 Richest People In India
In the past few years a new word has appeared in India to describe the new mega-rich — "Bollygarchs". These Indian business-owners have become a new, distinct class of the international elite. But can...
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Six Billionaires Reveal Their Favorite Investment Ideas
Bloomberg Markets magazine asked six billionaires to give their input on what stocks/sectors might outperform in the next 12 months. Some of the billionaires think the average investor should avoid...
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The Best Out-Of-Touch Quotes From Romney's Swanky Hamptons Donors
New York’s rich and super-rich convened in the Hamptons on Sunday for a trio of fundraisers for Mitt Romney, expected to bring in as much as $4 million. And the well-heeled donors did little to avoid...
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The Billionaire Who Sold His Hawaiian Island To Larry Ellison Is A Health Nut...
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made waves last month when he purchased Lanai, a 141-square-mile Hawaiian island once known for its pineapple plantations. But Ellison's $600 million (or so) purchase, which...
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The Heir To One Of Europe's Biggest Fortunes Is Being Questioned By Police...
As British officers climbed the stairs of billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing's five story townhouse in Chelsea, London, they may have expected to discover some illegal drugs. After all, Rausing and his...
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