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A Silicon Valley Billionaire Could Be Forced To Sell His Walkway To The Beach
As the new year begins, so does a new chapter in the battle over a stretch of California beach whose access point has been blocked by Vinod Khosla, venture capitalist and billionaire cofounder of Sun...
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This Trait Helped Carl Icahn Become A Billionaire
It takes a lot of tenacity to work your way into the world's most exclusive group: the billionaires' club. Carl Icahn, a 78-year-old investor who has an estimated net worth of $24 billion, exhibited...
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Mark Cuban Used To Stay Up All Night Reading About Stamps
The following is an excerpt from "The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value" by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen.Cuban's habit of getting as much information as he can...
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This Amazing Chart Shows How Fast China Is Adding Billionaires
As you've probably heard, China has gotten really rich, really fast.You can see it in the number of absurdly wealthy people the People's Republic now holds. According to GQ, which analyzed the Hurun...
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Oil Tycoon Harold Hamm's Wife Reportedly Cashed Her $975 Million Check
Sue Ann Arnall, the ex-wife of Oil tycoon and CEO of Continental Resources Harold Hamm, reportedly cashed a personal check for $974.8 million, according to CNBC, citing "a source close to the...
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This Is The Hardest Part Of Getting Rich, According To A Billionaire
The hardest part of becoming a billionaire isn't keeping tabs on your accounts, finding friends and employees you can trust, or juggling the demands on your deep pockets.It's getting started.At least,...
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This Basic Trait Sets Billionaires Apart From The Rest Of Us
The following is an excerpt from "The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value" by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen.Understanding the relationship between time and...
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Michael Bloomberg Didn't Achieve Massive Success Until He Was Let Go From A...
The following is an excerpt from "The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value" by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen.Michael Bloomberg is most famous today as the post 9/11...
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Billionaires Are Hiring Former Navy SEALs As Expensive Bodyguards
The unofficial motto of the United States Navy is non sibi sed patriae, which means, “Not for self, but for country.” For a slew of former Navy SEALs, the motivating factor of country has been replaced...
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The Fabulous Life Of Notch, The Hard-Partying Founder Of Minecraft
When Markus Persson, or "Notch," as he's known in the gaming community, created Minecraft in 2009, he had no idea how drastically it would change his life. The game, which allows players to build and...
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Here's Exactly How Much Wealth The World's Richest Billionaires Have
The collective wealth of the world's 80 richest people matches the wealth of the poorest 50% of the population.That's according to new data from Oxfam, which says the super-rich are getting much...
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Here's What Everyone Gets Wrong About Soaring Income Inequality
For all that is being written about hedge fund managers and their poorer cousins, the banking elite, about the expanding income gap, and about the new frugality and the changing American dream, the...
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Here's How Much You Need To Earn To Be In The Top 1% In Your State
On Monday, we released new estimates of top incomes by state for 2012, based on the work done by Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez. Coincidentally, Saez just released a preliminary update to 2013 of the...
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Billionaire Says Bloomberg Fabricated His Quote About Americans Needing To...
Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Florida billionaire Jeff Greene created a stir when he reportedly suggested that Americans need to downsize their lifestyle. "America's...
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The manager who oversees billionaire Vinod Khosla's estate says he has...
On December 1, San Mateo County Court Judge Barbara Mallach issued a final order requiring Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla to immediately restore public access to Martin's Beach.Khosla...
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The incredible toys of Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft billionaire Paul...
With an estimated net worth of $17 billion, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen can afford to buy himself some fancy toys. But with interests that range from electric guitars to World War II aircraft, Allen...
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The fabulous life of Stanley Ho, the man who built the world's biggest...
He's technically no longer in the business, but casino tycoon Stanley Ho's influence on world wide gambling is impossible to ignore.The 92-year-old billionaire is single-handedly responsible for...
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Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is recruiting at colleges
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Steven A. Cohen, who oversees only his personal fortune after decades of running one of the world's biggest hedge funds, wants to recruit newly minted college graduates...
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The fabulous life of billionaire Netscape founder Jim Clark
Silicon Valley legend Jim Clark made it big when Netscape, the web browser company he founded with Marc Andreessen, went public in 1995.Twenty years later, Clark is worth an estimated $1.5 billion,...
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Investors are suing billionaire Ira Rennert for looting his own company to...
Ira Rennert, the hermetic billionaire who made his fortune raiding companies through junk bonds, is now being sued for funneling money from a mining business to build his 110,000-square-foot Hamptons...
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