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.

Chinese Billionaire Paid $6.5 Million To Ensure Daughter's Acceptance To Stanford
The fallout from the college admissions scheme run by William Rick Singer and known in the press as Operation Varsity Blues, just keeps on coming. Tao Zhao, a Chinese billionaire, paid $6.5 million to get his daughter into Stanford.
Billionaire Cartier Owner Fears The Rise Of Poor People
Well, this is interesting. Johann Rupert, the billionaire owner of luxury jewelry company Cartier, has shared his biggest fear. He is terrified of robots replacing workers and the poor rising up to bring down the rich. I guess he'd better lock his...
How Much Money Have Jay-Z and Beyoncé Made During Their Careers To Date?
It goes without saying that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are one of the wealthiest couples in the world. They both have had epic careers and show no signs of slowing down. Jay and Bey earn a combined $100 million every single year from sales of records, tou...
NO. Lance Armstrong Is NOT A Billionaire From Uber
Recently, several outlets have been reporting that Lance Armstrong's early investment in Uber changed the fortunes of his family and made him a billionaire. Well, maybe someday that will happen, but it simply is not the case right now.
From IPO To Complete Liquidation In 268 Days. How Pets.com Became The Biggest Disaster Of The Dotcom Bubble
Pets.com might go down in history as the most disastrous public company of all time. The total time between IPO and liquidation was just 268 days. This is the shocking story of Pets.com...
George Lucas Plans On Donating His Entire $5 Billion Star Wars Fortune To Charity
By donating his billions from Star Wars to charity, George Lucas will become one of the biggest givers of all time.
Russian Brothers' Gaming Company Makes Them Billionaires
Dmitry and Igor Bukhman grew up in a remote Russian city sharing a bedroom and a Pentium 100 computer that they coded their first game on. Today, Wall Street has come calling for the business the 34- and 37-year-olds have built.
Why Are Tech Billionaires Basically Starving Themselves?
Billionaire Twitter founder Jack Dorsey isn't acting much like he has all the money he could ever need. He isn't drinking top shelf liquor or dining in the finest of restaurants. Rather, he's embraced an extreme form of self-denial that is puzzlin...
France's Wealthiest People And Companies Step Up To Donate $1 Billion To Notre Dame Rebuild
All together so far, the superrich of France have pledged 600 million euros – equivalent to $677 million USD to help rebuild Notre Dame.
Millionaire Couple's $100 Million New York Townhouse Construction Is Driving Neighbors Crazy
To hear the neighbors talk about it – you'd think they are basically living through the apocalypse, such is the noise from the drilling happening on a previously quiet New York City residential block. It isn't the apocalypse though, it is just a...

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