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Robinhood's Co-Founders Will Be Paper Multi-Billionaires After Upcoming IPO And Could Make Billions More From A Generous Incentive Plan
Robinhood co-founders Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt are set to make a massive fortune when their company goes public in the coming weeks.
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100 Years Ago This Lesser-Known Railroad Tycoon Was One Of The Richest People In The World
Arthur Curtiss James was a prolific railroad tycoon – he owned roughly 40,000 miles of railroad track – about one-seventh of the entire railroad network in the United States when he died in 1941. He was one of the richest Americans in the 1920s and 1930s with a net worth of $60 million, which is equivalent to nearly $1 billion today.
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Sorry Kanye! Robert F. Smith Is Back On Top As The Richest Black Person In America
Sorry Kanye! Your reign as the richest black person in America has come to an end… for now. Robert F. Smith has re-taken the crown!
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Chinese Government Orders Billionaire To Lie Low After He Published Controversial Poem
Things are weird over in China. One billionaire, Wang Xing has been warned by the government that he better lay low after he posted a poem that sent the stock market into a frenzy and sparked a social media firestorm.
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These Three Heiresses Inherited Billion-Dollar Fortunes When They Were Still Children
Some children of billionaires never inherit their family fortunes. These three heiresses inherited billions when they were still young children.
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For The First Time In History, There Are 10 People On The Planet With Net Worths Greater Than $100 Billion
There are 10 people walking the earth this weekend with net worths larger than $100 billion. This has never existed previously.
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Steve Ballmer Joins The $100 Billionaire Club The Same Day His Eye-Popping Sports Team Tax Loophole Is Exposed
It's been a good news/bad news day for Steve Ballmer. On the one hand he joined the $100 billionaire club. On the other hand…
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For The First Time In History A Self-Made Person Is The Richest In South Korea
For the first time ever the richest person in Korea is not from the Samsung or Hyundai chaebols, it's a self-made billionaire named Seo Jung-jin, the co-founder of pharmaceutical company Celltrion.
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Had Jeff Bezos Never Gotten Divorced, Today His Net Worth Would Have Topped $300 Billion For The First Time
Amazon just hit an all-time high. And as such, so did Jeff Bezos' net worth. But it could have been so so so much higher had he never gotten divorced….
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From Great Depression Rags To Multi-Billionaire Vegas Riches. The Incredible Life Story Of Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian'srise from Great Depression rags to multi-multi-billionaire is one of the most inspirational life stories ever…
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TikTok And Instagram Better Watch Their Backs – Su Hua Is One Of The Richest People In China Thanks To The Video Sharing App Kuaishou
TikTok better watch its back. There's another video-sharing app that's gaining in popularity. Kuaishou has 300 million daily active users. When it made its IPO, Kuaishou's CEO, Su Hua, became a multi-billionaire overnight.
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A Saudi Billionaire Is About To List His NYC Penthouse For… $170 Million!
Saudi billionaire businessman Fawaz Al Hokair is reportedly about to list his Penthouse apartment at 432 Park Avenue for… $170 million.
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India's Youngest Billionaire Nikhil Kamath May Have Cheated In A Charity Chess Tournament
Nikhil Kamath – the youngest billionaire in India – is currently embroiled in a controversy over allegedly cheating in a charity chess match.
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It's Dangerous To Be A Billionaire In China Right Now
It is a precarious time to be a Chinese millionaire or billionaire…
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How Anthony Hsieh Rose From Liquor Store Cashier To Mortgage Industry Billionaire
In 1979, 14-year-old Anthony Hsieh was working in his family's liquor store when a masked gunman walked into the store, pointed a gun at his head, and demanded he empty the cash register. This gave him the perspective he needed to found a scrappy, upstart mortgage company and turn it into the second-largest company of its type in the country.