03/12/2018
19 billionaires who grew up poor
Billionaires don't always come from moneyed backgrounds.
Extremely Wealthy
03/09/2018
10 join Super Rich club with Sh50 billion each
“We expect the number of high net worth individuals will grow 60 per cent over the next five years.” The report shows wealth in the country was unevenly distributed in 2017 with about 85 per cent of the ultra-rich in Nairobi.
03/08/2018
There are now more female billionaires than ever before
Forbes latest ranking of the world’s richest people has a record 256 women on it; many female billionaires inherited wealth
03/08/2018
American Philanthropist to launch $20mn anti-tobacco watchdog
The monitor, to be called Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), will seek to counter the industry's influence by publishing reports detailing pro-smoking activities and tactics.
03/08/2018
Late tycoon Yu Pang-lin’s entire HK$10 billion estate can go to charity, High Court rules
Yu, who owned kung fu legend Bruce Lee’s former mansion, died three years ago and had earlier said he would donate his earthly possessions to help those in need
03/07/2018
17 Illinois Billionaires Make Forbes' 2018 List
The billionaires who made the 2018 list have a combined fortune of $9.1 trillion. See which Illinois billionaires are in the elite club.
03/07/2018
Australia's ultra-wealthy to grow 37pc on property, migration: Knight Frank
The buoyant conditions accelerating the growth in numbers of ultra wealthy globally will in this country lift the number of people with net assets of $US50 million ($64.5 million) to 1,720 by 2022 from 1260 last year
03/07/2018
Meet the Youngest Billionaires in the World, Two Sisters Who Spend Their Fortune on Horses and High Fashion
While the Andresen sisters own a significant portion of Ferd, they also have their own ventures.
03/06/2018
Africa's Richest Man Builds $3.5 Million Business School In Nigeria
The Dangote Business School has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and will be first business school in Nigeria to offer the Doctor of Business Administration (PhD) programme in the country.
03/05/2018
Wealthy turn to Isas over pensions for retirement
Limits to pensions tax relief make the enlarged £20,000 Isa allowance more valuable
02/28/2018
Tech Mogul Gets $12 Billion Richer Just by Leaving New York for China
Online security firm Qihoo 360 was delisted from NYSE in 2016
02/26/2018
What is James Constantinou from Posh Pawn’s net worth and how did he make his fortune?
James, 50, was born in April 1967 and grew up on a Bethnal Green council estate, before being expelled from school aged 15.
02/26/2018
Lisa Marie Presley sues business manager after her $100m Elvis inheritance reduced to $14,000
She accused him, in a law suit filed in Los Angeles this week, of dissipating her wealth “through his reckless and negligent mismanagement and self serving-ambition.
02/26/2018
How to market to the ultra rich
While a drive around some of South Africa’s leafiest suburbs might have most of us thinking that the country is awash in HNWIs, it’s interesting to note that the actual number of US Dollar millionaires situated within the 1.2 million square ki
02/26/2018
Floyd Mayweather shows off £320,000 2018 Rolls Royce Phantom to go alongside new private jet as boxer turns 41
While the former five-weight champ hosted a '50 Shades of Grey' themed party with host of celebrities in attendance such as Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx and Wiz Khalifa
02/23/2018
Bill Gates has paid over $10 billion in taxes but says he should pay more
It was not a progressive tax bill, it was a regressive tax bill
02/21/2018
Classic cars and fine wine have been generating nice returns for the ultra rich
Billionaire bond investor Bill Gross, the co-founder of Pimco who now runs the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond fund, recently put his famed stamp collection worth north of $9 million on the auction block.
02/19/2018
Nirav Modi fraud investigation makes first arrests
Nirav Modi is one of India's richest people, with a personal wealth of $1.75bn, according to Forbes.
02/19/2018
Bill Gates Reveals His 2 Biggest Reasons For Giving Away His Fortune
Even before we got married, we talked about how we would eventually spend a lot of time on philanthropy.
02/19/2018
Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster In Space Might Be On A Collision Course With Earth
The luxury electric car once owned by Musk himself was launched into space, ‘piloted’ by a mannequin dressed in a space suit named Starman.