03/12/2014
Meet The Richest Billionaire In Every Country
In 1987, the first Forbes global wealth list found 140 billionaires from 24 countries.
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03/12/2014
Two Indians among America's most powerful CEOs under-40
The 20 CEOs on the list head publicly-traded companies with the highest market capitalisations.
03/12/2014
Switzerland's Jacobs family cuts Adecco holding
The Jacobs group said it is to sell a 16 percent stake in Adecco, the world's largest staffing agency, as members of the Jacobs family seek to diversify by cutting their holdings in the company they helped found.
03/11/2014
Maths teacher divorces UKs richest woman
A former maths teacher has split from his billionaire wife because he is sick of being wealthy.
03/11/2014
Celebrities in firing line as HMRC looks to recoup £1bn tax
Celebrities including David Beckham and Andrew Lloyd Webber could face a bill of £1bn after a film scheme they invested in is accused of tax avoidance.
03/10/2014
German boss of champion club Bayern Munich faces tax trial
He will face seven charges of evading 3.5 million euros in taxes
03/10/2014
India to have world's 4th highest number of billionaires by 2023
The number of ultra high net worth individuals in India is expected to double over next 10 yrs, an economist predicted today.
03/07/2014
70 ‘wealthy’ people investing in space travel
Knight Frank has identified more than 70 wealthy individuals, with combined a wealth of over $200 billion
03/07/2014
Billionaire Richard Branson has turned his private Caribbean island into a rare animal sanctuary
He hopes that some of the species can reproduce, increase their numbers, and be reintroduced to their native habitats.
03/07/2014
Azrieli philanthropy to give $100 million within 5 years
The Azrieli family will give $100 million in philanthropic and charitable funds over the next three to five years, matching the sum total of their giving in the past 23 years in a fraction the time.
03/06/2014
US freezes late Nigerian dictators offshore funds
Less than a week after President Goodluck Jonathan honoured the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, with an award for “his contributions to the nation."
03/06/2014
Philanthropy helps fund new British Museum wing, but UK wealthy still neglect the arts
A new wing at the British Museum, opening today, has been made possible by one of the largest private philanthropic donations to the arts in the UK in recent decades, but the country still lags behind the US when it comes to charitable donations to arts a
03/05/2014
New Hedge Fund Managers Join Forbes’ Billionaire List
The new Forbes billionaire list reports that there are now 46 hedge fund billionaires on the list, with 6 of them newcomers.
03/05/2014
If the very rich were like wine, 2013 was a vintage year
You guessed it: The rich are getting richer. And - shocker! - they are having a pretty good time spending their money.
03/04/2014
The 20 Richest People On The Planet
Forbes is out with its annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet, and there are some shakeups in the top 20.
03/04/2014
Top 10 richest real estate tycoons: Hurun
The newly released Hurun rich list tells that the real estate sector has been overtaken by the technology industry as the primary source of wealth
03/03/2014
Millionaire oil exploration entrepreneur is keen to strike it lucky in love
"I'm single and looking for the right woman if she's out there. Let's just say I'm interviewing," the handsome, 50-something tycoon told me last week in Dublin.
03/03/2014
Russian billionaire wins Hawaii property suit filed by estranged wife
Russian billionaire has won a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife Yelena Rybolovleva in connection with a Hawaiian property
03/03/2014
Waltons remain world’s wealthiest family
Bettencourt’s net worth is a reported $34.5 billion ranking her No. 11. Alice Walton at age 64 has a reported net worth of $34.3 billion, ranking No. 13 in the world.
02/28/2014
Spanish billionaire to list property holdings worth 5 bln euros
to group the assets in a vehicle known as a SOCIMI, a new instrument in Spain that offers tax perks.