01/04/2015
Pierre Bergé longtime partner of Yves Saint Laurent, media magnate and president of AIDS charity Sidaction was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest civilian decoration, on New Year’s Day.
01/04/2015
Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has lashed out at the Saudi fiscal policy, after it projected the largest ever budget deficit for 2015 following the slump in oil prices.
01/02/2015
Globe’s richest 400 made another US$92 billion in 2014
12/31/2014
The richest people on Earth got richer in 2014
12/31/2014
There have been rumors circling the internet that China will impose a long-proposed inheritance tax in 2016
12/30/2014
Tepper's fund, like others, has had a tough year in 2014.
12/30/2014
The biggest gainer was Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
12/28/2014
The amount reflects a 500-fold growth from the 95 million yuan (US$15.3 million) that Wang invested in the company in 2009, according to the report.
12/28/2014
The collapse in global iron-ore prices isn’t chasing Gina Rinehart away from the red soil of Western Australia that made her a billionaire.
12/27/2014
The year 2014 has perhaps seen the highest number of people joining the "Billionaire's Club".
12/25/2014
He called Musk’s aspiration to send humans to Mars “to back up humanity” a worthy goal. “That’s a company, and that’s philanthropical”
12/24/2014
Mr Rokos, 44, paid £5.175 million for one flat in the town house in 2008 and £2.475 million for another in the same year.
12/23/2014
According to reports, this is the house where he first started his family
12/23/2014
Three-time Asian Tour order of merit winner Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand will spearhead the 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open cast from Feb 5 to 8, scheduled at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, here.
12/23/2014
Mother knows best when it comes to running the world’s second-largest real estate company
12/23/2014
Many employees got rich when Alibaba raised $25 billion in an IPO in September, and some are now going into business on their own
12/21/2014
Thomas Kwok, the billionaire co-chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (16), was convicted of conspiring with Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official to commit misconduct in public office. His younger brother, Raymond Kwok, was cleared of all charges.
12/21/2014
Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s USM Holdings Ltd. said it handed controlling stakes in its Russian companies to local units as President Vladimir Putin urges the so-called de-offshorization of the economy.
12/21/2014
Billionaire Steve Cohen was born in Great Neck, New York before attending Wharton, working on Wall Street and then founding SAC Capital Advisors in Connecticut
12/18/2014
He is the richest man in Sweden (by a long way!) and was once among the top 10 wealthiest people on the planet.