Published on 14/11/2025 – 12:45 GMT+1 Two weeks after using her WSJ Innovator Awards speech to call out the ultra-wealthy, pop megastar Billie Eilish has now taken her message directly to Elon Musk. Posting a series of Instagram Stories on Thursday, the 23-year-old singer shared infographics from the campaign group My Voice, My Choice, outlining…
As the rich get richer and their net worth fluctuates every day, billionaires do not shy away from luxuries. While an EV giant sets out to become the world’s first trillionaire, the other conducts speedboat races, these billionaires have spent nine-figure amounts on leisure activities. These aquatic palaces aren’t just luxury rides, but a status…
Billionaires and tech CEOs have shared two distinct views on humanity’s future when it comes to AI: Some think it’ll wipe out all jobs and spell the end of civilization as we know it, while others hope it could lead to a utopian world—and Jeff Bezos is firmly in the latter category “I don’t see…
The greatest salesman in U.S. history delivers the keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville. Jon Cherry/Getty Images Looking at Donald Trump’s finances, it’s easy to miss one of his most important assets: bitcoin. The cryptocurrency appears nowhere on the financial disclosure the president files with the government. It is not listed among…
Some of Big Tech’s greatest success stories are from college dropouts. Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard University dorm room (and later dropped out). Bill Gates also left Harvard and cofounded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. But Jeff Bezos, founder of the world’s largest online retailer Amazon, said Zuckerberg and Gates…
In 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter, now known as X, stating it was to promote a “digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.” Upon his purchase, Musk loosened content moderation policies and reinstated many previously banned accounts, including that of President Donald Trump. In this excerpt…
On Sept. 29, 1916, it was front page news that a surge in Standard Oil’s stock price likely made oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller America’s first billionaire. More than a century later, the United States is home to hundreds of billionaires whose fortunes increasingly come from technology and financial markets. Together, they control a growing…
Since its initial synthesis by the German pharmaceutical company Merck in 1912, the drug 3,4-methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine (MDMA) — better known by the street terms “ecstasy” or “molly” — has lived many lives. From its brief time being tested as a top-secret truth serum in US Army trials to its dual uses as a therapeutic tool and party…
America’s billionaires are older than ever, with one in five already in their 80s or 90s. That doesn’t mean they are necessarily slowing down. Warren Buffett took a seat on stage at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting for the sixtieth – and likely final time in May. He wore a red tie that matched the two…
Even though he may seem like an easy-going, Coca-Cola-loving old man, he admits his leadership style can sometimes be “ruthless.” In fact, the billionaire sent a stark reminder to his manager every two years of his nonnegotiables, which include “to zealously guard Berkshire’s reputation,” something he believes is the foundation of the entire enterprise. “We…