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.

Travis Kalanick Sells $547 Million Of Uber Stock To Fund His Next Venture
Well, that didn't take long. It's been just about two years since Travis Kalanick was forced out of the company he helped co-found: Uber. Now, he's sold an enormous chunk of Uber stock just as the ride-sharing company's post-IPO lockup period has ...
90-Year-Old Author Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' Sells Company To Penguin Random House
Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of beloved children's books 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Very Busy Spider' has sold his company to Penguin Random House, the world's largest book publisher.
White Claw Craze Makes Founder A Multi-Billionaire
If you think White Claw came out of nowhere to suddenly be everywhere, well, you're not wrong and it has made it's founder Anthony von Mandl a multi-billionaire.
You're Not Imagining It: The Rich ARE Getting Richer
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are all part of a very very exclusive club – all three of them are worth more than $100 billion. All are committed to philanthropy, but they can't give away enough money fast enough to keep their net wo...
The 15 Richest Billionaire NBA Team Owners
Out of the 30 teams in the National Basketball Association today, 15 are owned by billionaires. The rest of the owners may not be billionaires, but they are, without a doubt, extremely rich.
These Seven Billionaires Dropped Out Of High School
Look, we never advocate for dropping out of school – especially as early as high school. That said, for the seven people on this list, dropping out of high school worked out well for them.
Haslam Family Owes Their $6 Billion Fortune To Sale Of Truck Stops To Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway
Truck stops are big business. Just look at Tom and Judy Love and their multi-billion fortune. The Haslam family of Tennessee are also billionaires, thanks to their chain of truck stops, Pilot Flying J, which they sold to Warren Buffet's Berkshire ...
JP Morgan Spent $1.5 Billion On Art During His Life – And It Now Sits In This Library
Today, JP Morgan is a brand and a venerable financial institution that is the largest bank in the U.S. However, there was a man that started it all. He was also an avid art collector who spent $1.5 billion on his collection in the last two decades...
Reclusive Billionaire Van Der Vorm Family Gets $4 Billion Windfall From Sale Of Eyewear Maker
The Van der Vorm family is one of the richest and most discreet families – they make the Mars family look like amateurs – in their native Netherlands and in the world. Now, they are poised to make up to $4 billion this year from the sale of th...
Indian Pharma Brothers Blow Through Billions, Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
Shivinder and Malvinder Singh were once two of the richest businessmen in India. Now, they've been arrested and accused of embezzling billions from the companies they formerly controlled.

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