12/01/2013
Billionaire Building Moving Pools on Superyachts
The 62-year-old billionaire has never appeared on an international wealth ranking
Extremely Wealthy
11/29/2013
Margaret Thatcher Estate Avoids Millions in Inheritance Tax
The children of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher will avoid paying millions in inheritance tax because their mother's house in Belgravia, London, is registered to an offshore trust.
11/29/2013
Billionaire blows a bundle on Bumi as he bows out with £90m loss
The transaction will trigger a special dividend worth £39m to Rothschild, but sources close to the scion of the banking dynasty believe he has lost £90m amid Bumi's woes.
11/23/2013
Buckingham Palace 'hired out' for bank dinner
JP Morgan, the US investment bank, is reported to have hired Buckingham Palace for a dinner, hosted by the Duke of York, and attended by the bank's clients and associates, along with Tony Blair and Kofi Annan
11/21/2013
The Giving Pledge: How to join the new billionaires' club
The Giving Pledge was set up in 2010 by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to commit to donating at least half their wealth.
11/21/2013
Beckhams donate luxury items to help Typhoon Haiyan victims
The couple gave 20 boxes full of clothes and shoes to the Red Cross shop in Chelsea, West London, to help those who were struck by the devastating cyclone, which killed more than 4,000 people in the Philippines earlier this month.
11/19/2013
Saudi billionaire: Twitter should make money
The shares jumped 73 percent in its trading debut on November 7, after the company sold about 70 million shares to investors in the IPO.
11/18/2013
“Rich” people watch “Modern Family.” Broke folks? “The Simpsons.” Where does your fav show rate?
Though the outcome of this analysis is not surprising, it certainly is interesting to figure out where your fav show rates.
11/18/2013
“Rich” people watch “Modern Family.” Broke folks? “The Simpsons.” Where does your fav show rate?
Turns out that “Bob’s Burgers” watchers earn considerably less than those who adore “Parks and Recreation.” And “60 Minutes” watchers earn more than Friday night “Dateline” aficionados.
11/18/2013
Chinese Billionaires Are World's Youngest, Middle Eastern Billionaires Are Biggest Spenders
Total billionaire wealth in Asia has increased by 13 percent, the fastest of any region since last year.
11/17/2013
Supercars, Speedboats, Lions and Cheetahs: The Most ridiculous Displays Of Wealth On Instagram
He and several other insanely wealthy Instagrammers of indeterminate origin have uploaded a host of new images over the last few months that prove there is such thing as being too rich.
11/13/2013
Prince spends birthday at luxury lakeside resort (with 400 police officers)
The resort is described on the hotel’s website a “luxury, unbridled and absolute”
11/09/2013
David Beckham to be given Knighthood
Becks already has an OBE
11/09/2013
Health of the Rich and Famous: Wealth Dependent Health?
Wealth dependent health of the rich and famous, is it different from the country’s health in general? This is a review, or consider it a little journey with some of the wealthiest business people and movie stars that are living today.
11/08/2013
BIllionaire Donates $2 Million To Alicia Keys Charity
Alicia Keys' Black Ball charity auction received a $2 million donation from pharmaceutical mogul Stewart Rahr.
11/05/2013
Dalian Wanda billionaire Wang buys Picasso portrait at NY auction for US$28m
Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group paid US$28 million Tuesday for a Picasso portrait of his children, titled “Claude and Paloma.’
11/04/2013
Pritzker Billionaire Brothers Turn From Family Feuding to Deals
A decade ago, the duo joined family members who allied against their sister, Penny, who’s U.S. President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary, and two cousins.
10/31/2013
Gary Player signs to become Berenberg bank's global ambassador
I'm delighted to serve as a global ambassador for such an esteemed company
10/30/2013
British billionaire hedge fund manager bought $43M Monet allegedly stolen from disgraced Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos
British billionaire financier Alan Howard paid $43million three years ago for a Monet masterpiece that New York prosecutors now allege was pilfered by a former aide to ousted Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos.
10/27/2013
Guggenheim UBS Map Global Art Initiative Inaugurates International Tour at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Asia Society Hong Kong Center presents No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, the first touring exhibition of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, from October 30, 2013, to February 16, 2014.