Browsing: Billionaires
Apple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth $400 billion
In some history books, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are known as the two college dropouts-turned-geniuses who founded the Apple…
Apple’s Steve Jobs told students to never ‘settle’ in their careers: ‘If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking’
Forty-five years after Apple’s IPO, the company is now worth $4.1 trillion—but its rise was anything but smooth. Steve Jobs…
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…
The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer is intensifying as inheritance jumps to a new record
Nearly $300 billion was inherited this year as the Great Wealth Transfer picks up speed, showering family members with immense…
Netflix cofounder started his career selling vacuums door-to-door before college—now, his $440 billion streaming giant is buying Warner Bros. and HBO
Reed Hastings may soon pull off one of the biggest deals in entertainment history. On Thursday, Netflix announced plans to…
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…
While Billie Eilish slams non-philanthropic billionaires, this CEO says telling people what to do with their cash is ‘invasive’ and to ‘butt out’
Billionaires are increasingly being judged not just by what they earn, but by what they give. Take the feud between…
Scott Bessent on well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous’ Giving Pledge: Billionaire class in panic
At the DealBook Summit hosted by the New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Giving…
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…












