Managers of Wealth

Forget the billionaire boys club.....

Like most lists of wealthy Americans, members of the Walmart family are on top, with Alice and Christy Walton both worth more than $30 million

Wealthy Qatari investor lines up €27m approach for luxury hotel and golf resort

A wealthy Qatari investor is lining up a bid for the luxury Adare Manor hotel and golf resort, through an Irish investment advisory firm.

Billionaire to Reward Ethical Behavior

Starting next year, some of the managers and analysts at Stamford, Connecticut-based Point72 Asset Management LP can earn an extra bonus of as much as 4 percent of compensation if they demonstrate adherence to the firm’s compliance policy and ethica

Billionaires Invest Differently

What are the world’s billionaires investing in these days? UBS and Campden Wealth recently conducted a survey analyzing the portfolios of more than 100 billionaire family offices spread across Europe, Asia and the U.S.

George Clooney snaps up £10 million manor house in Sonning, Berkshire

George Clooney and his new wife, the London-based human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, appear to have settled for their marital home on the River Thames in Berkshire

Family behind BMW tops Germany's rich list

The Quandts have therefore displaced the owners and founders of the discount supermarket empire, Aldi, the magazine said on Tuesday.

An Unconventional Billionaire Is Revolutionizing Philanthropy By Closing His Foundation

Should charity go on forever? For Chuck Feeney, the answer is an emphatic no--and fellow billionaires, from newly minted Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, are learning from his example.

Billionaire Shoe Retailer Heinz-Horst Deichmann Dies, Aged 88

Deichmann was born in Essen in 1926 and regularly helped out in the family business

Africa’s richest woman to expand banking empire to Namibia

Isabel dos Santos, is reported by Forbes to be worth $3 billion

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson Practices for Space Trip

The flights would provide a "taste of high-G, and then a taste of zero gravity

How liquidity pools can ease super-rich family affairs

But the Myers remain an exception to the norm, according to one of the world’s leading advisers to super-rich families across the globe.

Billionaire embarks on anti-aging crusade

Remains busy running the Founders Fund, Clarium Capital, Mithril Capital Management and Valar Ventures, is better known for his investments in Facebook, Airbnb and Palntir, for example, than anti-aging firms.

Founder Of Taiwanese Financial Service Conglomerate has died

Tsai Wan-tsai, the Taiwanese billionaire that founded family-controlled financial services conglomerate Fubon Group, has died at the age of 86.

Deichmann Emerges as Billionaire Leading Family Business

Ulrich Effing, a spokesman for the company, confirmed that the younger Deichmann controls the company.

The rise (and likely fall) of the talent economy

A century ago, natural resources were the most valuable assets.

Chinese bond issuers target wealthy Singaporeans

Chinese companies increasingly target the city state's surging millionaire base to raise funds amid record high borrowing costs in home market

Berkshire Hathaway Buys Into a Family Business

Berkshire Hathaway Inc purchase of a mega-car dealer group has billionaire Warren Buffett buying into a family business in more ways than one.

The rich get richer: 400 wealthiest Americans now worth $2.3TRILLION as $34billion Mark Zuckerberg cracks Forbes top 10 for the first time

New heights for wealthiest 400 Americans, with rankings starting at $1.4bn

Game on! How the rich play sports

The beauty of sports is that anyone can play, rich or poor.

Poker-Playing Hedge Fund Manager Sued Over Premature Bet

If a U.S. regulator has its way, Daniel Shak will soon have more time to focus on gambling at poker tables and none at all to spend betting on derivatives.

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