Managers of Wealth

Top 10 Richest Women in the World

Regardless of whether their wealth is inherited or self-made, these women are fervent in creating a better world for the communities and causes they represent.

Revealed: Sanjeev Gupta’s £4bn debt black hole leaves Greensill reeling

Greensill, founded by Australian banker Lex Greensill and advised by ex-prime minister David Cameron, was last week thrown into turmoil when Credit Suisse suspended its $10 billion (£7.2 billion) supply chain fund.

Ranks of super-rich set to grow in Philippines

The number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) in the Philippines, or those with more than $30 million (around P1.5 billion), will likely increase by 35% in the five years to 2025.

Payout marks one of the biggest ever in the UK after his firm’s profits surge

During 2019 it made $8.4bn worth of profits for investors, according to LCH Investments, profiting from gains in stocks including Alphabet, Charter Communications and Canadian Pacific Railway.

Billionaire hedge fund boss pays himself UK record of £343m

Sir Chris Hohn’s Children’s Investment fund reports 66% jump in profits

How the rich and the famous work out

You can use them to inspire your own workout routine.

Number of ultra-wealthy individuals jumps in China

The number of UHNWI [ultra high net worth individuals] in China has grown by 137 per cent in the past five years and is expected to grow by 46 per cent in the next five years.

Art prices drop as rich favour wine

The art market did not fare quite so well, dropping 11 percent in 2020.

Hong Kong’s Richest Joins Blank-Cheque Boo

Although Asia has been a limited contributor thus far, Goldman Sachs estimates that it and other non-U.S. markets are set to raise $300 billion of M&A capital from such vehicles in the coming two years.

Here’s How Much Wealth You Need to Join the Richest 1% Globally

It takes $8 million in Monaco, but about half that amount in the U.S. and Switzerland. Singapore too has a high threshold, a new report shows.

Billionaire Naguib Sawiris Joins Egypt’s Gold Rush

The deals, which will see AKH Gold invest about $4.1 million to search for gold in nine sectors in the Eastern Desert.

Russian Billionaire Vladimir Potanin Breaks Wealth Record

More than 20,000 tonnes of diesel leaked into lakes and rivers in the Russian Arctic after a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant owned by the company.

Why is billionaire Bernard Arnault about to get richer?

Tikehau Capital and Arnault’s Financière Agache holding company will be strategic and financial sponsors.

Bumble Co-Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd Becomes World’s Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire

Following the much-touted IPO of dating app Bumble, its CEO and co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd ended the day as a billionaire with a net worth of $1.5 billion.

Pinterest CEO’s Wealth Tops $5 Billion on Microsoft News Report

With a market cap of $53.7 billion, Pinterest would be Microsoft’s largest acquisition ever -- more than double the $26.2 billion it paid in 2016 for LinkedIn Corp.

America’s billionaire philanthropists gave away more during the pandemic. But there’s a catch.

We need more transparency in the world of charity.

US billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier

Bezos will be dedicating more time to a space race between entrepreneur rivals that hopes to push the frontiers of society – and commerce – beyond planet Earth.

British billionaires: Who is the richest people in the United Kingdom?

Michael Platt is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with $8 billion.

Just how long will Elon Musk’s Twitter hiatus actually last?

In recent weeks, Musk has changed his profile to simply “#bitcoin” and commented on the rally in GameStop, jokingly calling it “GameStonk.”

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, the latest tycoon to pursue his 'passion'

In stepping away from the executive suite, Mr Bezos is following in the footsteps of other tycoons who temporarily - and in some cases permanently - walked away from running the businesses that made them rich.

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