Vlad Tenev Could Be Worth $2.5 Billion After Robinhood IPO

July 20, 2021
Financial services company Robinhood is seeking a market value of up to $35 billion in its approaching initial public offering (IPO). The share price will sit between $38 to $42 per share, with the IPO marking the public coronation of the controversial financial services platform.  According to the SEC filing on Monday, Tenev and co-founder […]
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Bill Gates And George Soros To Join UK Covid Testing Buyout

July 19, 2021
Gates will join the Soros Economic Development Fund in a deal to buy Mologic, the UK-based lateral flow test developer which has created 10-minute Covid tests. It is hoped that the tests will cost as little as $1 to produce. The covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that lateral flow tests, previously most commonly used for pregnancy […]
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Nik Storonsky Set To Join Billionaire Club As Revolut Becomes The UK’s Most Valuable Fintech

July 16, 2021
Revolut is now the UK’s most valuable fintech firm ever, making co-founder Storonsky, who owns more than 20% of the company, a paper billionaire several times over. His net worth is estimated to sit around the $7 billion mark, up from $1.1 billion not long over a year ago in March 2020. Over the past […]
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Opel Names Renault Exec As Next CEO

July 15, 2021
Hochgeschurtz’s appointment comes at a time when Stellantis, of which Opel is a subsidiary, is entering into the electric vehicle’s market and expanding its commercial activities, including in China. Hochgeschurtz will succeed Michael Lohscheller, who has been at the helm of the Opel since 2017 but has now decided to take on a new challenge […]
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Jeep Reveals Its 2022 Compass SUV

July 14, 2021
Ahead of Jeep’s push into electric vehicles, the car giant is updating one of its smallest SUVs with a redesigned interior and new technologies. New features will include blind-spot monitoring and active emergency braking as standard safety technologies. Additionally, optional 10-inch interior screens will feature, as well as a driver-assist highway system. The new model […]
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Warren Buffett’s Company Abandons $1.3 Billion Pipeline Deal

July 13, 2021
Warren Buffett’s multi-billion dollar company will receive a $1.3 billion refund on the proposed purchase of Questar Pipelines. The deal would also have included a $430 million of Dominion Energy’s debt when the deal was announced last year. Dominion Energy has said it still plans to sell Questar Pipelines and will seek out another suitable buyer […]
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Sir Richard Branson Wins Billionaire Space Race

July 12, 2021
The billionaire Virgin Group founder flew high above New Mexico, US, in the rocket plane that Virgin Galactic has been developing for close to two decades. Richard Branson said the trip was an experience of a lifetime, safely returning to Earth following his flight to the edge of space, which lasted just over an hour. […]
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Becomes Ninth Member Of $100 Billion Club

July 9, 2021
Steve Ballmer is the ninth person to reach the $100 billion milestone, amongst the likes of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, French businessman Bernard Arnault, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Since the start of 2021, Ballmer has seen his worth increase by $20.1 billion. In 2014, the American businessman purchased the Los Angeles Clippers […]
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Gates Foundation Introduces Contingency Plan For Break-up

July 8, 2021
The agreement allows Bill and Melinda Gates a two-year trial, after which Melinda could step back from the organisation if the pair are unable to co-operate effectively. The agreement stated that Melinda would receive personal resources from her ex-husband to continue her own charity work.  The Gates Foundation is the largest private body of its […]
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Idaho Welcomes Tech Bosses For Sun Valley Conference

July 7, 2021
On Monday, private jets descended on Sun Valley in rural Idaho as the annual Sun Valley conference for tech and media leaders began. The gathering unites the tech, design, sports, and film industries each year, although last year’s event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, the five-day conference is being hosted at […]
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Tesla Model 3 Named Best Selling Car In June

July 6, 2021
On Monday, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) revealed that 5,468 of the Tesla Model 3 were sold in June, catapulting it to the top of Britain's best-selling list for June. Its closest rival was the Volkswagen Golf, which it outsold by over 800 vehicles.   Across Britain last month, 186,128 new cars were […]
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Jeff Bezos Steps Down As Amazon CEO

July 5, 2021
Jeff Bezos founded multinational tech giant Amazon in 1994, out of his garage in Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore, primarily competing with local book retailers and Barnes & Noble. However, Amazon soon began to expand its services, offering convenience services to its customers. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon’s revenues grew 38%, reaching […]
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