The 30 Richest Investors In The World
Forbes' annual "World's Billionaires List" is out for 2014 — and we've rounded up the richest in the financial and investments industries.Some of these people will be familiar to you (i.e. Warren...
View ArticleMeet The Richest Person In 34 Major Countries
The U.S. and China are now home to a similar number of billionaires, according to Forbes' latest billionaires list. Russia is also a strong presence in a list that encompasses $6.4 trillion in global...
View ArticleBill Gates Is $9 Billion Richer Than He Was A Year Ago, But Most Of His...
Bill Gates has been the richest man in the world for 15 out of the last 20 years. Even though he's given an astounding $38 billion to his charitable foundation, he keeps getting richer every year.As of...
View ArticleMeet The Secretive 24-Year-Old Woman From Hong Kong Who Is The World's New...
A secretive 24-year old woman from Hong Kong recently took the title of world's youngest billionaire, according to Forbes' latest data, displacing 29-year old Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.She's...
View ArticlePaul Allen Is Taking His 'Tatoosh' Yacht Off The Market After Failing To Sell...
"Tatoosh," a 303-foot yacht belonging to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is no longer for sale after it failed to find a buyer in almost four years on the market, the Daily Mail reports (via...
View ArticleLate Seagram Heir Edgar Bronfman's Fifth Avenue Penthouse Is On Sale For $65...
After Seagram billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. passed away, the family listed his penthouse at 960 Fifth Avenue for $65 million in February, The Wall Street Journal reported. But it wasn't until recently...
View ArticleAn Anonymous Billionaire Purchased A Record-Breaking $201 Million Life...
A "well-known" U.S. billionaire has purchased the most expensive single-life-insurance policy in the world, according to Guinness World Records. The life insurance policy the billionaire purchased is...
View ArticleThe Incredible Real Estate Portfolio Of Oracle Billionaire Larry Ellison
Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison is no stranger to the real estate market — he's been called"the nation's most avid trophy-home buyer" and has all but taken over entire neighborhoods in Malibu and the...
View ArticleA Look Inside The Koch Brothers' Massive Political Network
Libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch were among the first to grasp the political potential of social welfare groups and trade associations — nonprofits that can spend money to...
View ArticleRussian Oil And Gas Billionaire Dumps All His Shares In Company He Co-Founded...
Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko sold his stake in Gunvor a day before being named in sanctions announced by the United States over the Ukraine crisis, the Swiss-based commodity trading company...
View ArticleThree Young Men Are About To Become Billionaires
Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia are all in their early 30s. And each of them will soon be worth more than $1 billion, Forbes reports.The trio cofounded Airbnb, a short-term,...
View ArticleHow Pitbull Plans To Become A Billion-Dollar Empire By Appealing To The...
Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, 33, has just two years to make his dream of becoming a billion-dollar brand by age 35 into a reality."Do I think it's realistic to be a billion-dollar company by [age]...
View ArticleDan Loeb Got In A Fight With The Moms In His Building Over The Swimming Pool...
Activist investor Daniel Loeb, who runs Third Point LLC, once got in a dispute with the moms in 15 Central Park West over the temperature of the swimming pool, author Michael Gross writes in his new...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Old Money And Tech Money Go Head-To-Head On San Francisco's...
When the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire wiped the city's slate clean, the wealthy stood around the burned rubble of their Nob Hill homes and took a cool, hard look at San Francisco Bay.The best...
View ArticleSeagram Heir's Manhattan Penthouse In Contract For A Record $70 Million
The Fifth Avenue penthouse of late Seagram billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. was on the market for 27 days before a mystery buyer swooped with a $70 million bid this week, according to the New York...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Live On London's Most Expensive Street
It is unexpectedly complicated to write about Britain's most expensive street since its inhabitants, members of a super-rich elite, are not generally willing to give interviews to the Guardian.More...
View ArticleMeet The 35-Year-Old Financier Who Holds The Guinness World Record For...
At just 35, financier Dovi Frances holds the Guinness World Record for selling the most expensive single life insurance policy in history.Frances, who runs SG, LLC, in Santa Barbara, Calif., helped put...
View ArticleThis 12-Year-Old Runaway Is Probably Going To Be A Billionaire One Day
It's not often that a story about a boy going missing after running away from home ends up being inspiring, but the story of Kiran from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is an exception.The Hindu...
View ArticleThis Guy Landed A Job Interview With A Tech Billionaire Because He Was Good...
Thomas Page had no experience in the tech industry or in venture capitalism when he sat down for his first job interview, a meeting with Sequoia Capital's billionaire venture capitalist Michael...
View Article11 Outrageous Things Billionaire Larry Ellison Has Taught The World (ORCL)
Larry Ellison is without a doubt one of the people who has influenced the tech industry the most. In fact, CNBC just named him No. 10 in its new list of the 25 business people who had the most profound...
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