Axios’ report states that China now has a total of 1,133 billionaires, a figure which is growing approximately three times faster than the US’ billionaire population. Presently, the US had 716 billionaires. The three cities with the largest billionaire populations are now all in China, with Shenzhen recently bumping New York City from third place. […]
Mark Zuckerberg saw $29 billion fall from his overall net worth on Thursday as Meta’s stock experienced a record one-day plunge. Meanwhile, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pocked an additional $20 billion following the e-commerce giant’s blockbuster earnings. Meta’s stock plunged 26%, erasing over $200 billion in the largest-ever single-day market value wipeout for the US […]
Image by Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy - Mark Zuckerberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72121838 Frugality or thriftiness might not be words commonly associated with the ultra-wealthy, yet a small subset of the world’s richest people are well-known for their penny-pinching habits. Arguably, it is this characteristic that has enabled them such huge financial success in […]
Or perhaps the CEO of a huge internationally renowned company, a mega-successful investor or the heir of an ultra-wealthy family. In recent years, however, there have been more and more examples of celebrities reaching billionaire status through a business they started as a consequence of their career in entertainment. These are people who don’t wear […]
On 29 July, after a bumpy few months and a fair share of troubled headlines, Robinhood founders Vlad Tenev, 34 and Baiju Bhatt, 36 each sold around $50 million worth of stock. The mobile-friendly discount brokerage, which pioneered commission-free stock trades, generated a profit of just under $2 billion in its public market debut. Following […]
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