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The 11 Richest Millennial Billionaires On The Planet
There are a few thousand billionaires in the world. Roughly 100 are "millennials." These are the 11 richest.
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Former Billionaire/Current West Virginia Governor Jim Justice Is Personally On The Hook For $700 Million In Business Debt
Jim Justice, governor of West Virginia and coal tycoon, is personally on the hook for $700 million in debt related to a recently-collapsed financial firm,
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11 Years Ago Eike Batista Predicted He'd Be The Richest Person On The Planet By 2020. Instead He's Serving A 30 Year Prison Sentence…
In 2010, Eike Batista predicted that by 2020 he'd be the richest person in the world with a net worth of $100 billion. Instead, he's currently serving a 30-year prison sentence.
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What Drove One Of America's Richest Oil Executives To Commit Suicide By Driving Into A Concrete Bridge At 88MPH?
On March 2, 2016, one of America's richest and most important oil executives drove his SUV into a concrete bridge at 88mph. He was killed instantly. It was a tragic and shocking fall from grace.
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The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Sold ALL Of Its $1.4 Billion Stake In Apple, Twitter, & Amazon Before Announcing Divorce
The unwinding of one of the largest private fortunes in the world continues!
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Meet The Under-The-Radar San Francisco Family That Controls A $3 Billion Real Estate Empire
They may not have the same name recognition of their peers, but the Swig family controls an incredible commercial real estate portfolio.
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9 Billionaires Who Lost Their Fortunes
The following people seemingly had it all – money, lavish lifestyles, anything and everything that money could buy – and lost it all. Talk about a fall from grace! What has to happen in a person's life for them to lose so much money? Lucky for you, we have the answer to that!
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How Taking Magic Mushrooms Led To A Billion Dollar Fortune
There are countless ways to make a billion dollar fortune. Take Christian Angermayer. After a lifetime of abstinence, he became a billionaire after tripping on magic mushrooms…
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Steven Spielberg Lists His "Seven Seas" Superyacht For $160 Million
If you're in the market for a new yacht, AND you have $160 million… good news!
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TikTok CEO Zhang Yiming Resigns With A $44 Billion Fortune So He Can "Read More Books And Daydream"
What do you do after you make $44 billion? Retire to read books and daydream of course!
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Beijing Overtakes Manhattan To Become Home To The Most Billionaires
The world has a new billionaire capital, officially. For the first time, New York City is no longer home to the largest concentration of billionaires. Beijing is the new billionaire capital of the world with 100 billionaires to New York City's 99 billionaires.
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Squarespace Founder Anthony Casalena Is Officially A Billionaire After Wednesday's Rocky IPO
Welcome to the billionaires club Anthony Casalena!
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Bernard Arnault Just Became Second-Richest Person In The World And Is On Pace To Become #1
Move aside Elon Musk, there's a new second-richest person on the planet: Bernard Arnault.
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Jeff Bezos Is Reportedly Spending $500 MILLION On A Luxury Superyacht
Biden's superyacht vision was reportedly conceived back in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, but represents part of a boom for that industry over the last year, as more and more of the mega-wealthy invest in superyachts.
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Billionaire John Pritzker Announces $60 Million Donation To Establish New Psychiatry Building At U.C. San Francisco
The building, which will be located very close to the school's Mission Bay campus, will be known as the Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, named after John's sister Nancy.