Billionaires
InvestingThe world’s richest added a record $2.2 trillion in wealth this year—but they’ve increasingly lost faith in the American Dream
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 31, 2025
SuccessMelinda French Gates got her start at Microsoft because an IBM hiring manager told her to turn down its job offer—’It dumbfounded me’
By Emma BurleighDecember 31, 2025
SuccessNew billionaire Beyoncé’s advice for success starts with saying ‘no’ more: ‘If I’m not going to sleep dreaming about it, it’s not for me’
By Ashley LutzDecember 30, 2025
EuropeGerman prosecutors will drop probe of Russian magnate Usmanov after he agrees to pay nearly $12M
By The Associated PressDecember 30, 2025
BankingFormer Russian banking billionaire says an Instagram post cost him $9 billion: His company was sold for 3% of its value in ‘hostage’ situation
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 29, 2025
C-SuiteEvery year, a billionaire CEO doles out $1,000 checks to local college grads—with a catch: They have to give half the money to charity
By Sydney LakeDecember 29, 2025
Startups & VentureCalifornia tech founders unload on a proposed state wealth tax that already has some billionaires preparing an escape. ‘I am screwed for life’
By Jason MaDecember 28, 2025
PoliticsPeter Thiel and Larry Page are preparing to flee California in case the state passes a billionaire wealth tax, report says
By Jason MaDecember 27, 2025
SuccessLarry Ellison’s $40 billion pledge to his son’s Paramount deal shows a shift in billionaire giving: Philanthropic capitalism is taking over
By Ashley LutzDecember 23, 2025
SuccessThere are more self-made billionaires under 30 than ever before—11 of them have made the ultra-wealthy club in the last 3 months thanks to AI
By Emma BurleighDecember 23, 2025
SuccessThe average worker would need to save for 52 years to claw their way out of the middle class and be classified as wealthy, new research reveals
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 23, 2025
CommentaryThe secrets of what Arnault knows: How Bernard Arnault built the impossible, and his timeless, transferable lessons of leadership
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianDecember 23, 2025
SuccessBillionaire philanthropy’s growing divide: Mark Zuckerberg stops funding immigration reform as MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI
By Ashley LutzDecember 22, 2025
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