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Bill Gates has added an additional $16 billion to his net worth and donated $35 billion to charity through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation so far this year.

The son of an Ohio billionaire threatened to destroy his psychiatrist and his practice. The doctor describes his patient as a hooker-loving drug addict who gambled away millions of dollars in Las Vegas, ran up credit card bills, and borrowed money from mobsters.

The Mesa Vista Ranch, which sprawls across nearly 65,000 acres northeast of the city of Amarillo, is said to be home to the "world's best quail hunting."

Warren Buffett isn't the only person who has benefitted from the success of Berkshire Hathaway. At least seven other people and families have become members of the 10 figure club thanks to their stakes in Buffett's conglomerate. Buffett's right-hand-man, Charlie Munger, is one of them.

Warren Buffett isn't the only person who has benefitted from the success of Berkshire Hathaway. At least seven other people and families have become members of the 10-figure club thanks to their stakes in Buffett's conglomerate. Stewart Horejsi is one of those people.

Billionaire Carl Icahn is a born and bred New Yorker who has always run his business from Manhattan. But soon that will no longer be the case. Early next year, Icahn is picking up stakes and moving himself, his office, and more than half his staff to Florida.

Not only are there more than 2,000 lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis, but now, the New York attorney general's office has uncovered about $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family.

Novoship, a Russian shipping giant is suing a debt collector and his employer for allegedly trading confidential documents for a sex tape belonging to – or perhaps the right term is featuring the performance of – 61-year-old American oil billionaire Harry Sargeant III.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, finally succumbing to the weight of the thousands of lawsuits against the company from cities, counties, states, and individuals.

Remember Palmer Luckey? When Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in the spring of 2018, Ted Cruz took particular interest in why the Oculus founder had been fired from Facebook. Now, Luckey's latest startup has been valued at $1 billion.

The bulk of Hughes' gifts are reported to have come between 2010 and 2015, during which he gave a total of $360 million to the university.

SmileDirectClub, the online clear braces company, has filed paperwork to make its initial public offering. In doing so, it will make the company's two 30-year-old co-founders and the company's CEO the newest members of the billionaire's club.

The UK, like many other places, is in the middle of a "retail apocalypse," with traditional brick and mortar stores shuttering due to the onslaught of online shoppers – particularly millennials. TOPSHOP billionaire Philip Green. isn't immune to this wave of retail malaise.

Even the self-made billionaires of the world suffer from the universal feeling of regret, and these are a few of the most commonly reported ones.

We've covered the amazing rags to riches success story of Jin Sook and Do Won Change and Forever 21 rather extensively. Now, there are reports that the once thriving fast fashion retailer is preparing to declare bankruptcy.