10/06/2013
Egg-Sized Diamond Sells for Record-Setting $30 Million
Diamond Prices Keep Breaking Records.
Extremely Wealthy
10/02/2013
Billionaire adopts girlfriend to safeguard wealth in wrongful-death lawsuit
The lawyer said that the adoption was done for estate-planning purposes and to ensure protection of both his and her minor children and the stability of all the family investments.
10/01/2013
Billionaire’s son leaves $7M debt after fleeing
Daddy’s little rich kid apparently never learned to pay his bills.
09/30/2013
Gina Rinehart Wants to Give up Trustee Role
Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart wants to relinquish control of a lucrative family trust in a stunning and unexpected capitulation.
09/28/2013
Heiress sues banking baron and Harvard professor
Corinna von Schonau-Riedweg says she is ‘stunned’ that her private banker, Baron Wilfrid von Plotho, gave her bad investment advice while she was still grieving over the death of her mother.
09/28/2013
Billionaire Yachts Passe as Monaco Peddles Luxury Submarines
Graham Hawkes, inventor of the “underwater plane”, made his debut at the Monaco Yacht Show this week in a bid to entice billionaire boat owners to take the plunge.
09/26/2013
MillionaireMatch Men Prefer to Date Non-Millionaires, While Millionaire Women Prefer Rich Guys
What drives millionaires to date non-millionaires?
09/26/2013
The Problem with Rich People and Ethics
The main problem with rich people and ethics, has nothing to do with them per se
09/23/2013
BlackBerry Receives £3bn Bid From Canadian Tycoon
A Canadian investor called Prem Watsa, who heads up Fairfax Financial, has made a £3bn bid to buy the troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry.
09/22/2013
JP Morgan teams up with Bill Gates for killer disease fund
JP Morgan Chase & Co has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a fund investing in firms which create technologies to fight killer diseases.
09/21/2013
Millionaire clan chief's prostitute daughter demands £50k to drop her claim to the family estate
She says she will give up her claim if he agrees to pay her off
09/20/2013
Super wealthy struggling to find suitable mansions due to soaring demand for London's £50m-£200m properties
Millionaires are often used to getting what they want.
09/19/2013
George Soros to marry 42-year-old education consultant Tamiko Bolton this weekend
Three days of festivities will begin on Friday with a dinner followed by a reception at the Museum of Modern Art
09/19/2013
Brazilian millionaire to bury his Bentley for a lavish afterlife
A a Brazilian businessmen has decided to bury his £310,000 Bentley with a dream to use it in the afterlife.
09/17/2013
Beanie Babies Creator Ty Warner to Admit Tax Evasion
H. Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies plush toys, was charged with tax evasion for failing to report $3.2 million in income on a secret Swiss bank account that held as much as $93.6 million in assets.
09/14/2013
Aussie businesswomen lead richest stakes
The results point to Australian women being more entrepreneurial than those in many other countries.
09/14/2013
Ritz Carlton launches Chinese website and presence on Weibo.
Following a year of comprehensive research to deepen the understanding of Chinese consumers.
09/12/2013
Christie's first auction in Chinese mainland to be held in Shanghai
The world's leading art dealer Christie's is expected to held its first auction in China's mainland on Sept. 26 to put 42 art works under the hammer.
09/10/2013
$8.3m Luxury London Apartment Repossessed
An apartment in one of the world's most prestigious buildings is on sale for £5.25 million ($8.3 million) after being repossessed.
09/09/2013
She Gave Away $3 Billion Of Other People's Money
As President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Melissa Berman has helped other people give away over $3 billion.