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.

Billionaire Oxycontin Makers Reportedly Preparing Company For Bankruptcy
Purdue Pharma, the drug maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is preparing for a potential bankruptcy filing as a result of the hundreds of lawsuits over its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Planned IPO Of Levi Strauss & Co. Will Mint New Denim Billionaire
It is hard to believe, but Levi Strauss & Co, one of the most venerable brands in the United States, has been around since its founding in San Francisco in 1853.
Bill Gates Has Paid $10 Billion In Taxes And Thinks Other Rich People Should, Too
There's a debate about whether or not rich people pay their fair share in taxes. Billionaire Bill Gates said recently that even though he has paid $10 billion in taxes, he thinks his taxes could and should be higher – especially when it comes to...
The Long Fall Of Anil Ambani And The Looming Threat Of Jail Time
Indian billionaire Anil Ambani has spent the last few years scrambling to push off creditors and suing critics of his debt-ridden business empire. Now, his moment of reckoning may have arrived, with Ambani trying to pay debts or go to jail
How The Boehringer/Von Baumbach Family Became One Of The Wealthiest Families On The Planet With A Combined Net Worth of $42.2 Billion
We live in an era of truly incredible wealth and vast inequality between the richest billionaires and every day, middle-class people. The Boehringer/Von Baumbach Family is the 10th-wealthiest family in the world, with a combined $42.2 billion net ...
Kylie Jenner Absolutely Insists She Is "Self-Made" Because She Was "Cut Off" And Didn't "Inherit" Money
Kylie is on the cover of the latest issue of Paper Magazine, and in the accompanying article, she dished on how she is a self-made almost billionaire. Sigh. Here we go again...
"Russian Jack Ma" Becomes A Self-Made Female Billionaire On Strength Of E-Commerce Empire
Tatyana Bakalchuk has done something that is hard to do – she has become a self-made billionaire.
The 10 Richest Black People In The World Today
Of the 2,043 billionaires in the world, less than 1% are black. There are 10 black billionaires in the world today.
China's Newest Billionaire Made His Fortune Breeding Chickens
We love to learn about the ways billionaires make their billions. We love it even more when it is in some random way. That's the case with Cheng Lili, the newly-minted billionaire from China. Cheng made his fortune breeding chickens.
South Florida Optometrist Is Secret Billionaire Investor
In his trademark red fedora, Herb Wertheim looks like a typical senior citizen enjoying his golden years in South Florida. But this 79-year-old is worth a stunning $2.3 billion. How did he do it? The Warren Buffett way.

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