Articles Written by Amy Lamare

Amy Lamare is a Los Angeles-based writer covering business, technology, entertainment, philanthropy, and pop culture. You can find her other work at Los Angeles Magazine, Your Tango, Thinknum Media, Nicki Swift, and Heavy among other publications. Follow her on Facebook. Amy's favorite self-made billionaire is Sara Blakely.

Phil Collins Sells Miami Beach Mansion Formerly Occupied By Armed Ex-Wife For $39 Million To Orlando Bravo
Phil Collins can breathe a sigh of relief. His ex-wife's armed occupation of his waterfront mansion in Miami is finally over. He's sold the house to private equity billionaire Orlando Bravo and his wife Katy for a bit more than $39 million.
Jeff Bezos Has Sold $10 Billion Of Amazon Stock So Far This Year
We are only a month into the new year and Jeff Bezos has already unloaded more than $10 billion of Amazon stock through a pre-arranged trading plan he filed with the SEC.
Los Angeles Is Home To The Largest (And Most Expensive) Residence In The World
The One is a recently completed residential estate in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. It spent nearly a decade in development and it is billed as the world's largest and most expensive home.
British Man Mistakenly Threw Away Hard Drive With Key To $280 Million Bitcoin
How far would you go to recover $280 million? That's the question facing 35-year-old James Howells, an IT engineer from Wales. Eight years ago, he accidentally threw out a hard drive with $280 million bitcoin on it.
Bitcoin Owner Has Just Two Guesses Left To Unlock $220 Million Or He Loses It Forever
Imagine having $220 million that you can only access with an encrypted password you created years ago. Now imagine you don't have any idea what that password is and you only have 10 tries to guess it before that $220 million is lost forever. This ...
Whitney Wolfe Herd Poised To Become Billionaire In Bumble IPO
Last week, Whitney Wolfe Herd's Bumble officially filed its S-1 with the Security and Exchange Commission to make its IPO. The app is seeking a valuation of $6 billion to $8 billion.
The 10 Biggest Real Estate Sales Of 2020
Of the top 10 real estate deals closed in 2020 in the U.S., two were for more than $100 million and both of those home sales were in Los Angeles. Overall, L.A. has five of the top 10 sales, two were in the Hamptons, one was in Manhattan, and one w...
Jack Ma Emerges In First Public Appearance In Three Months
For months, billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been missing. He hasn't been seen since late October…until Wednesday, that is, when he made his first public appearance in nearly three months.
Prosecutors Allege Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Was Motivated By Wealth And Fame
It wasn't all that long ago that we lauded Elizabeth Holmes, the now fallen founder of blood-testing company Theranos. She was a self-made billionaire with a $4.5 billion fortune. Then is was revealed it was all essentially a hoax. What was her mo...
RIP To The Billionaires Who Died In 2020
In 2020, 16 billionaires passed away and in what is surprising, given the current climate, it seems none of them did so as a result of contracting Covid-19.

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