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The $1 billion pledge is to Pivotal Ventures, French Gates's own investment firm founded in 2015. The stated goal for the firm is to support women and families through a multitude of investments.

The settlement does not involve admitting any wrongdoing, but she is agreeing to pay $260,000 in disgorgement and another $1 million fine to settle the matter between herself and the SEC. She has also agreed not to promote any cryptocurrencies for at least three years.

The Axioma is the work of famed superyacht designer Alberto Pinto, and it was built in Turkey in 2013. It had previously been made available for charter by those who could afford the price of $558,500 per week.

At the beginning of the year, Adani's net worth was $75 billion, which was enough to make him the 13th richest person in the world. But since then, his wealth has almost doubled to the figure of almost $147 billion.

"Kim Kardashian, Superstar" had made close to $1.5 million in the first six weeks of its release, with the bulk of the money – $1,255,578.50, coming from sales of the tape on DVD.

First Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of college. Now he's dropping out of the upper echelons of the world's wealthiest rankings.

In what can only be described as an absolutely STUNNING move, Yvon Chouinard just donated Patagonia to charity. Not part of it. Not a billion dollars. The entire company. From now on, all Patagonia profits will go towards fighting climate change.

According to sources close to the proposal, Fridman made it in the hopes that he could get the sanctions against him lifted, while he denies making it in the first place.

A decade ago, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos bought their first of what became a two-home Beverly Hills compound. MacKenzie just donated the $55 million property to charity.

Between January 1, 2022 and today, Gautam Adani's net worth has increased more than any other billionaire in the world. His current $140 billion fortune puts Gautam within striking distance of displacing Jeff Bezos as the world's second richest person.

If the pieces end up being as valuable as pre-sale estimates indicate, the sale has the potential to be the biggest one-time public art auction in modern history.

If Warren Buffett wasn't so darned philanthropic, today he would be the richest person in the world.

This was the first time any of the superyachts seized by authorities in response to the invasion of Ukraine have been put up for public auction, following a court order in JP Morgan's favor last month.

Adani has been in the Billionaire's Club since 2008, but aggressive expansion in the fields of energy, media, and transport in the last couple years has seen his fortune grow substantially, to a current net worth of $108 billion.

In what may be a case of incredibly bad timing, Bloomberg is reporting that Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invested approximately $500 million in various Russian energy companies right around the start of the Ukraine invasion in February.