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What's the price of walking away from your principles? For WhatsApp's founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum, it wasn't cheap…

There are plenty of examples of young people developing a huge net worth but there are also those who did not strike it rich until later in life.

From $750 and a suitcase to a billion-dollar doll empire — how Isaac Larian battled Mattel, beat the odds, and built MGA into the biggest private toy company in America.

Seven years after Paul Allen's death, his estate is finally beginning to unwind the empire he left behind. The Portland Trail Blazers are officially for sale—and the proceeds could help fund one of the largest charitable legacies in modern history.

They saw treasure where others saw trash. From garbage trucks and scrap yards to billion-dollar recycling empires, these entrepreneurs built their fortunes by turning waste into wealth. Here's how they did it.

Jeff Bezos once lost $185 million on a failed acquisition. But that "failure" introduced him to two Stanford students building a strange little search engine called Google. The into might be the smartest investment he ever made.

What do wigs, roller skates, and "E.T." shoelaces have to do with a $9.4 billion sneaker empire? Meet the Greenbergs — a former hairdresser and his kids — who just sold Skechers for $9.4 billion and are walking away with $1.1 billion.

Imagine how rich you'd be if you gave the founders of Google a check for $250,000 back in 1998. Ram Shriram doesn't have to imagine.

Warren Buffett has only been the richest person in the world ONCE, back in 2008. And his time up top was brief. But that's not the whole story…

According to Warren Buffett's youngest child Peter, his father has imparted a more lasting legacy on him than the money from his multi-billion fortune ever could.

With just a slightly different roll of the dice, there's a very real scenario where Anna Nicole Smith could have owned around 8% of Koch Industries. That would have made her a multi-billionaire today.

How did an '80s actress with a modest Hollywood career end up as the world's richest celebrity? She's $3 billion richer than Steven Spielberg. She's $8 billion richer than Oprah…

He didn't build a computer. He didn't manage a hedge fund. He sold snacks—and somehow ended up the richest person in America. The surprising story of John Kluge.

Abandoned on a street corner in Seoul at age five, Kim Pegula would go on to become one of the most powerful women in professional sports. This is the extraordinary, emotional journey of how she helped save an NFL franchise—and the legacy she leaves as her family carries on in her name.

Who's the richest family on Earth? From candy bar billionaires to trillion-dollar oil dynasties, this global ranking reveals the most powerful family fortunes in the world.