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Few of the original Russian oligarchs maintain their fortunes and influence in the Putin era. Mikhail Fridman is one exception.

The Egyptian billionaire who announced his desire to buy a private island for refugees is starting to get serious about his intentions…

See what type of gifts billionaires exchange with each other. It is mind blowing!

Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen is opening his doors to Syrian refugees in a big way. He has offered 5,000 free nights of rooms in his hotel rooms to refugees of the civil war in Syria.

Cyrus Poonawalla bought the building that up to 4 years ago served as the US consulate, marking the most ever paid for a residence in India.

We've uncovered four billionaires who have done an amazing job of hiding in plain sight…

Fred Deluca, who started a sandwich shop in 1965 with a $1,000 loan and grew that into Subway, the world's largest chain of fast food franchises, died Monday night, September 14th, at the age of 67.

The 10 most generous American donors of the year donated a combined $6.2 billion to charities and non-profits last year. Let's take a look at the people who can afford to donate many hundreds of millions (and even billions) to charity in one year…

In 1973, then 25-year-old Andrew and 23-year-old Peggy Cherng opened their first Panda Inn in Pasadena. Today, Panda Restaurant Group is the country's largest Asian fast-casual food chain, with $2 billion in annual revenue, and 1,746 P restaurants in 42 states, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Here's how they did it…

Spotlight on Vladimir Olegovich Potanin, the richest Russian oligarch of them all.

Hugo Chávez 's daughter, María Gabriela, must have a slightly different attitude towards the accumulation of personal wealth than her father does.

An Egyptian billionaire has outlined plans for a private island purchase that's meant to give back to the world community in a major way…

Some people claim that the Rothschild family is the head of a "New World Order" that controls the world's central banking system, was behind the 9/11 attacks, financed the communist revolution and owns 99% of the world's news and media companies. Following are five fascinating and lesser-known facts about the Rothschild family.

Markus Persson bared his soul on Twitter over the weekend, and it might make you hope you never have to deal with becoming a billionaire.

Fewer than .5% of the of the world's billionaires identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. The 10 CEOs and entrepreneurs on this list have been fairly open in their public and private lives about their sexuality…