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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) co-founder Jack Ma’s wealth eroded by nearly $3 billion as the Chinese conglomerate’s shares fell more than 8% in New York after its Ant Group’s dual listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong were suspended, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is now a billionaire — thanks to the near $2 trillion market cap Apple is enjoying, Bloomberg  reported Tuesday. What Happened Cook’s wealth has exceeded the $1 billion mark, according to the calculations done by...

The collective wealth of billionaires rose by $406 billion in March, despite the economic havoc wreaked upon the masses by the coronavirus pandemic. The Rich Keep Growing Richer The Insitute For Policy Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based progressive think tank, noted that 170 billionaires...

Among the list of billionaires who made the most money in 2018 are two names that are unfamiliar to many investors: Tim Sweeney and Lei Jun.  What Happened 2018 was a rough — comparatively — year for billionaires, as the 500 individuals who make up the Bloomberg Billionaires Index...

Many people would assume America is home to more billionaires than any other continent. But this isn't the case at all, according to Quartz. As of the end of 2016, the world is home to 1,542 billionaires who control $6 trillion worth of wealth. By region, 637 of these billionaires live in Asia...

The combined fortune of every billionaire in the planet is a mind-boggling $8 trillion, up 16 percent from a year ago. According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, there are 2,257 billionaires in the world — 69 more than there were a year ago and 804 more compared to five years ago. For the...

2016 was a good year for the world's richest, who collectively made $237 billion throughout the year. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the total net worth of the world's 200 richest rose 5.7 percent to $4.4 trillion through the end of trading on December 27. Leading the charge was...

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the UK's wealthiest native-born person, died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 64. He held the title 'Duke of Westminster' and his fortune totaled 13 billion pounds ($19 billion) in 2015. As a duke, (the highest ranking member of a county, not to be...

Mark Cuban best exemplifies the "American Dream" as he hustled his entire life to achieve greatness not only in personal wealth, but his impact on society. Cuban's ambitions  can be traced back to his roots as selling garbage bags door-to-door as a teen in Pittsburgh. Today,...

Real estate mogul Sam Zell has never been shy about expressing his opinions, and his tone on equities is sounding increasingly bearish. Sam Zell During a recent CNBC interview, Zell noted, “I don't remember any time in my career where there have been as many wildcards floating out...

The investment community has long been fascinated with the stock-picking prowess of billionaire investors such as Warren Buffett or Carl Icahn. Until recently, the easiest way to access the best ideas of these rock star investors was to purchase their holding companies, such as Buffett’s...

Like so many of the world's most well-known billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg has taken the first step in becoming a grand-scale philanthropist. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg has signed onto the Giving Pledge, which asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away the majority of...