Browsing: Billionaires
Steve Jobs didn’t actually become a billionaire thanks to leading Apple—but rather from his work with a film company he bought off George Lucas
“To infinity and beyond!” wasn’t just the catchphrase of Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear—it was the turning point that turned Steve…
Bill Gates gave so much money away that $51 billion just got swiped from his net worth—now his former No. 2 and Microsoft successor Steve Ballmer is wealthier than he is
Bill Gates was once the richest man in the world for 18 years, and currently boasts a jealousy-inducing net worth…
Duolingo CEO admits his controversial AI memo ‘did not give enough context’ and insists the company never laid off full-time employees
After Duolingo received backlash for its “AI-first” staff memo posted on LinkedIn this April—conjuring worries of mass layoffs—the company’s CEO,…
Kumail Nanjiani says Elon Musk did not like HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’: ‘He was like, all the parties I go to are much cooler than these parties’
Kumail Nanjiani, the 47-year-old star of HBO’s acclaimed comedy Silicon Valley, which ran from 2014 to 2019, recently revealed he has…
These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will give you $200,000. He only asks that you have a great idea and fully commit…
Steve Jobs’ first Silicon Valley boss turned down an offer to buy a third of Apple for $50,000—today, his share would be worth nearly $1 trillion
Many people may be kicking themselves for not buying Bitcoin or investing in Nvidia stock sooner—but few will have missed…
Ray Dalio was so broke early in his career he had to borrow $4,000 from his dad—and learned 2 key lessons that set him on the road to billionaire status
Before becoming the founder Bridgewater Associates, not to mention a celebrated author, Ray Dalio faced a moment of financial distress…
Self-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake up call
The British-born entrepreneur, Emma Grede, best known as the founding partner of Kim Kardashian’s $4 billion shapewear empire Skims and…
Figma’s CEO sent cold emails and bought coffee to convince former LinkedIn and Flipboard coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success
The 33-year-old CEO was just 19 when he founded the online design tool in 2012, and the aspiring tech entrepreneur…
142,000 millionaires are uprooting in 2025—forget Switzerland, they’re flocking to this eastern European nation
A historic shift is underway among the world’s wealthiest. This year, some 142,000 millionaires are planning to relocate—leaving behind familiar…












