04/14/2013
Margaux ’90 With Lafite Billed to Lead Christie’s Sale
A case of Chateau Cheval-Blanc 1982 is priced at as much as 7,500 euros.
Extremely Wealthy
04/14/2013
Forbes Middle East Announces the 'World's Richest Arabs' for 2013
The year's most awaited list of global billionaires has been published by Forbes Middle East, featuring some of the wealthiest Arabs on the planet.
04/08/2013
Christie’s Planning Major Auction With Leonardo DiCaprio
Early talks had the auction scheduled for May 8
03/31/2013
Russian, Indian Billionaires Join Top U.S. Museum Boards
“Our mission is to cover contemporary art from around the globe,” Lisa Phillips, the New Museum’s director
03/27/2013
Baron's life of luxury – the English gent who ran drug empire from here
The man who looked every inch the well-educated, well-heeled English gentleman turned out to be an international drugs trafficker.
03/27/2013
Missing Billionaire Casts Pall on China’s Private Business Push
This time, his own brother is the suspect
03/27/2013
Wine seller, billionaire spar in court over vintage fakes
The case is expected to shine a light on the astronomical prices paid by wealthy collectors at auction for wine.
03/27/2013
Hedge Fund Titan Buys Hamptons Property for $60 Million
He seems to be taking a similar approach to his real estate
03/26/2013
Hedge fund manager buys Wynn's Picasso for $155 million: report
Cohen and Wynn, who are both billionaires and well-known art collectors
03/25/2013
Billionaire Bankers Torch Bondholders With $19 Peru Loans
The bank is pursuing “business expansion on all fronts with the increase in costs this entails
03/20/2013
Credit Suisse announces Goodwood race circuit sponsorship
Credit Suisse says this is the latest in a series of high-profile sponsorships that serve to "underscore Credit Suisse’s almost decade-long commitment to historic motorsport".
03/19/2013
India's billionaire club slow to share riches
But analysts say the upturn in giving as more Indians get seriously rich is going at a snail's pace.
03/18/2013
Hedge Fund Pioneer Edgar De Picciotto Is A Billionaire
Forbes estimates his net worth at nearly $2 billion.
03/18/2013
One of the giants of the French legal system found dead near his private island in Brittany
Figure nicknamed the 'gangsters' lawyer', whose clients included Manuel Noriega, discovered near Brittany island of Boëdic
03/17/2013
Sotheby's, Christie's gear up for Asia week auction
The four days of auctions, estimated to take in anywhere from US$74 million to US$106 million
03/17/2013
Former Teva CEO to run Rothschild Caesarea Foundation
He will also serve as acting chairman of the foundation in the country
03/17/2013
Zac Goldsmith marries his Rothschild in thatched hut at a bird sanctuary
But when Zac Goldsmith and Alice Rothschild tied the knot yesterday, they kept things remarkably low-key
03/14/2013
Forbes Top 10 Billionaire Cities - Moscow Beats New York Again
Moscow has held onto its title as the billionaire capital of the world.
03/12/2013
Actor Stephen Baldwin will avoid jail time for tax evasion
Baldwin has been out and about and free without bail since his arrest in December.
03/12/2013
Drawings Week at Christie's: Old Master and Modern drawings sale announced
Christie’s Paris announced Drawings Week, for the first time presenting Old Master Drawings followed by Modern Works on Paper, on 10 and 11 April respectively.