Browsing: Billionaire
MacKenzie Scott’s $7 billion year: Philanthropist reveals inspiration for monumental giving
It’s official—we finally have a total figure for MacKenzie Scott’s donations this year: an eye-popping $7.2 billion. That brings the…
Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short
In 2010, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and his then-wife Melinda French Gates, along with fellow billionaire and Berkshire Hathaway CEO…
Luana Lopes Lara: The 29-year-old ballerina is now the youngest female self-made billionaire
Following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift and Scale AI’s Lucy Guo, Luana Lopes Lara has just been crowned the…
Switzerland is still the No. 1 location for wealth after voters reject a tax on the ultrarich
Switzerland is doubling down on its status as a rich-friendly haven after rejecting a tax on the ultrawealthy. Despite competition…
The world’s youngest self-made billionaire hasn’t taken a day off in 3 years and can’t stop thinking about work—here’s how he keeps from burnout
Step aside, Mark Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley has a new muscle to flex in its rolodex of young founders. Billionaire Brendan…
Meet the world’s ‘super-billionaires’—they’re worth over $4 trillion, and two-thirds live in the U.S.
As the wealth gap continues to widen, more people are being propelled into the ultra-rich billionaire class—but there’s even another…
Atomic energy is back, thanks to the ravenous demands of AI, favoritism from Trump, and the zeal of young entrepreneurs…
MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million
MacKenzie Scott has been on a giving streak this fall, and two more historically Black colleges and universities announced in…
America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall
Now, a new report from Oxfam has revealed that the 10 richest U.S. billionaires added $698 billion to their net…
With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders have become the youngest self-made tech…












