Elon Musk is accused of rampantly spreading election misinformation, and it has been a thorn in the side of election officials working double time to try and mitigate the spew of unfounded claims about meddling and alleged voter fraud. Some officials have even gone to measures like dispatching personal notes to the CEO of Tesla…
Melinda’s moved on. Billionaire Melinda French Gates was spotted arriving in the Big Apple by helicopter with her new techie boyfriend roughly three years after an “unbelievably painful” divorce to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The 60-year-old philanthropist was seen holding hands with Seattle-based entrepreneur Philip Vaughn — who formerly worked as a computer programmer at…
Elon Musk, already the richest man in the world, saw his wealth grow by an astonishing $34 billion in a single day on Thursday, cementing his lead atop the ultra-rich rankings. The surge in his net worth followed a blockbuster earnings report from Tesla that sent the company’s stock soaring by 22%, marking its best…
SF Holding Co., China’s biggest express delivery company, is targeting a second listing in Hong Kong at the end of next month that could raise about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The Shenzhen-based company could list in the city on Nov. 27, the people said, asking not to be identified as…
Paul Tudor Jones, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos pictured on Oct. 19. Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com Billionaire Jeff Bezos is making progress on the decade-long climate pledge he first made in 2020. Alongside his fiancée Lauren Sánchez, the Amazon (AMZN) founder earlier this week unveiled a $60 million grant to help restore 1.6 million acres of land…
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are two of the richest business leaders in the world, with respective net worths of $202.5 billion and $261 billion. But that’s not the only thing they have in common. The 60-year-old Amazon founder and 53-year-old Tesla CEO happen to be the oldest children in their families. Related: How Being…
The blistering rally in Chinese equities has catapulted nine of the nation’s tycoons back into the ranks of the world’s wealthiest. There were 55 Chinese business people included in the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of the end of Tuesday. That compares with 46 on Sept. 23, just before the surge in China-linked stocks was…
Topline Meta co-founder Mark Zuckerberg became the third richest person in the world Friday, taking the title from Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos after a strong week of trading for Meta shares, which are up more than 5% this week. Zuckerberg’s net worth reached the $200 billion mark Thursday. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty ……
Mark Zuckerberg just secured his place as the world’s second-richest person for the first time ever—and he could be on his way to the top. The Meta CEO leapfrogged Amazon founder Jeff Bezos by $1 billion to take the number two spot on Thursday with a net worth of $206 billion, according to the Bloomberg…
Elon Musk leads the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with at least $50 billion more than those behind him. That means that, for now, the title of world’s richest person is out of grasp for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Second place, however, is all his. For the first time, the Facebook founder rose to second on…