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Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Was The Richest Person In World In The 1980s, Then His Empire Crumbled Away
In the late 1980s, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was sitting on top of the world. He was the richest person in the world with a net worth of $20 billion. And then it all came to a stunning end and Yoshiaki was sent to prison and his empire collapsed.
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Beyoncé Is A Billionaire! Beyoncé's Net Worth Ends The Year At $1 Billion Thanks To A Decade Of Total Creative And Financial Control
Beyoncé's billionaire status was not the result of a single liquidity event or consumer brand windfall. It was built over decades by owning her masters, financing her own tours, producing her own films, and insisting on control of the economics behind her work.
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Oh. My. God. Elon Musk's Net Worth Is Now $750 Billion Thanks To A Delaware Court Ruling
A Delaware judge just fully restored Elon Musk's 2018 pay package. So with a stroke of a pen, Elon's net worth just jumped to an unfathomable $750 billion.
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Soaring New SpaceX Valuation Rockets Elon Musk's Net Worth To $640 Billion
Thanks to a soaring SpaceX valuation, Elon Musk's net worth just rocketed to $640 billion.
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Elon Musk's Net Worth Just Topped $600 Billion. Now The Trillion-Dollar Question: What Would It Take For Elon Musk To Become A Trillionaire?
What would it take for Elon Musk to become the world's first trillionaire?
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Dude You're Getting $150 Billion! How Michael Dell Turned a $1,000 Dorm Room Startup Into The 11th Largest Fortune On Earth
From a $1,000 dorm room startup to the 11th largest fortune on Earth, Michael Dell built a $145 billion empire through bold bets, savvy deals, and a quiet determination that reshaped the tech industry.
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How A Door-To-Door Fax Machine Saleswoman Turned Pantyhose And Sweltering Florida Heat Into A Billion-Dollar Under Garment Empire
A pair of scissors, a clever idea, sweltering Florida weather, and $5,000 was all it took to transform Sara Blakely from a door-to-door salesperson into a billionaire.
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In 1925, The Second-Richest Person In The World Was A 12-Year-Old Girl
When Doris Duke was 12 years old, just one month shy of her 13th birthday, she inherited $100 million. It was 1925 and she instantly became the second richest person in the world.
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Kim Kardashian's Net Worth Busts At The Seams After Massive New Skims Valuation
You simply can not contain the explosive success of Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand, Skims. And with the company's latest valuation, Kim's net worth is busting at the seams.
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The Four Richest People In Denmark Built Their Combined Massive Fortune Brick By Brick… Thanks To A Toy Every Kid Loves
Despite being a tiny country, Denmark is home to world leaders in shipping, pharmaceuticals, design, renewable energy, and consumer goods. But the four richest Danes in the world owe their fortune to something far simpler… and fun.
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No, Michael Burry Didn't Just Place a $1 Billion Short Bet Against The AI Bubble
Did Michael Burry, the genius who famously made a fortune correctly predicting the 2008 real estate bubble just place a $1 BILLION net that we're in a massive AI bubble?
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NVIDIA's Long-Lost Co-Founder Could Have Been Worth $650 Billion Today, But He Donated All Of His Shares To Charity Back In 1999
NVIDIA's long-lost co-founder lives off the grid with a relatively small fortune. With the company's market cap topping $5 trillion, he could have been worth $650 billion.
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In 2007, Jensen Huang Donated $12.6 Million Worth Of NVIDIA Shares To His Foundation… Those Shares Have Increased In Value Just Slightly
In 2007, Jensen Huang donated $12.6 million worth of Nvidia stock to launch a small family foundation. At the time, NVIDIA's total market cap was $15 billion. Today, the foundation is almost as big as that market cap.
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NVIDIA Just Hit An All-Time High Market Cap Of $5 Trillion. So How Rich Is Co-Founder/CEO Jensen Huang?
NVIDIA's market cap just topped $5 trillion market cap level. And at that point, how rich is company co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang?
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They Co-Own A $60 Billion Hedge Fund. They're Both Worth $8 Billion. They Hate Each Other… And One Is Getting Divorced With No Prenup
They run one of the largest hedge funds in the world with $60 billion in assets. They've had all the success anyone could dream of. They're both worth $8 billion. And yet, they despise each other and can't make even simple business decisions anymore. And now one of them is going through a divorce with no prenup.
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When George Lucas Sold "Star Wars" To Disney For $4 Billion In 2012, He Was Paid Half Cash/Half Stock. He Should Have Done All Stock.
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Elon Musk Just Ended John D. Rockefeller's 80+ Year Reign As The Richest Person In History
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Is Vladimir Putin Secretly The Richest Person In The World?
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When The Titanic Sank, 20-Year-Old Vincent Astor Instantly Became One Of The Richest Men In The World
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Who Was The Richest Person In The World Every Year From The 1980s To The Present?
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From Steamboats & Fur Trading to Tesla & Amazon: Who Was The Richest Person In The World Every Decade From The 1800s To Today?
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If Sam Walton Were Alive Today, He'd Be the Richest Person in History—By a Mile
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All The People From The Last 200 Years Who Have Been The Richest Person In The World
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NVIDIA's Long-Lost Co-Founder Could Have Been Worth $650 Billion Today, But He Donated All Of His Shares To Charity Back In 1999
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