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Imagine Not Knowing Your Husband Controlled $4 Billion Worth Of Berkshire Hathaway Stock Until After He Died
Dr. Ruth Gottesman knew she and her husband were wealthy. But until his death in late 2022, she had no idea just how wealthy they were… All thanks to a decades-long friendship her late husband had with a guy named Warren Buffett.
In The 1990s, The Third-Richest Person On The Planet Was… A Swiss Orchestra Conductor???
For much of the 1990s, the third-richest person in the world – behind only Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – was a random Swiss orchestra conductor named Paul Sacher.
The US Government Is Spending Almost $1 Million Per Month To Maintain Mega-Yacht Seized From Russian Oligarch Suleiman Kerimov
The more expensive a yacht is, the more it costs to keep it in your possession, and Kerimov's craft, known as the Amadea, is one of the most expensive in the world, having cost around $300 million.
Who Was The Richest Person In The World Every Year From The 1980s To The Present?
In the last 40-ish years, just EIGHT men have held the title of world's richest person. You know some of the six names… Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk… But who are the other tycoons of wealth who wore the crown, even briefly?
Personal Pilot To Billionaire Joe Lewis Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
In a somewhat humorous touch, the release discloses that the pilot messaged his friend the following: "All conversations on app is encrypted so all good. No one can ever see.'"
Vince McMahon Just Sold More Than $400 Million Worth Of TKO Stock As Sex Scandal Continues
McMahon sold 5,350,000 shares in TKO, which amounted to about a quarter of his overall holdings in the company. Their combined value at the time of the filing came to almost $412 million.
Jeff Bezos Just Ended Elon Musk's Three-Year Reign As The World's Richest Person… And Another Painful Wrinkle Is On The Horizon
After an uninterrupted three-year reign as the richest person on the planet, Elon Musk just dropped to #3 behind Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault. And more pain could be on the way.
In 1995, Jeff Bezos' Parents Invested $245,573 Into His Fledgling Company "Amazon." Today They Are Almost Certainly Secret Billionaires
"I want you to know how risky this is. Because I want to come home for Thanksgiving and I don't want you to be mad at me." – Jeff Bezos to his parents in 1995. Two years before Amazon's IPO.
As NVIDIA Reaches $2 Trillion Market Cap, How Rich Is The Company's Longstanding Founder/CEO Jensen Huang?
NVIDIA is about to become the third company in history to break the $2 trillion market cap level. Since its inception, the company has had one CEO. Founder Jensen Huang. How rich is Jensen Huang and could he become the world's richest person??
Please Don't Tell Jeff Bezos What He'd Be Worth Today Had He Never Never Gotten Divorced…
Jeff Bezos' net worth is sitting near an all-time high… but it's not nearly as high as it could have been with a slightly different roll of the marital dice.
Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Donates $1.1 Billion To Silicon Valley Charitable Foundation
The donation syncs up with a similar one made by Mark Zuckerberg in 2014, when he donated over $1 billion worth of stock in his own company to the same foundation.
Mark Zuckerberg Has Never Been Richer Than He Is Right This Moment. And That's Not His Only Good News
Mark Zuckerberg has been one of the richest people in the world for the last decade. But he has never been as rich as he is right this moment.
Jeff Bezos And Other Billionaires Have Lost Fortunes In Their News Industry Endeavors
Bezos purchased The Washington Post in 2013 for roughly $250 million, and in last year alone the legendary paper reported losses of $100 million, going on to make drastic cuts to staff in a wave of buyouts.
A Delaware Judge Just Voided $55 Billion From Elon Musk's Net Worth
"Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware… " Elon tweeted after a judge's ruling essentially sliced $55 billion away from his net worth.
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Accuses Sotheby's Of Cheating Him Of Tens Of Millions In Court Testimony
Yves Bouvier is an infamous art world figure who's been accused of various acts of fraud and other schemes, and in December of last year he settled a long legal battle with Rybolovlev on undisclosed terms.