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A Tweet From Elon Musk Has The Power To Move Markets And Mint Billionaires, Just Ask Marcin Iwinski

A Tweet From Elon Musk Has The Power To Move Markets And Mint Billionaires, Just Ask Marcin Iwinski

Feb 10, 2021

If you're working to get your startup off the ground, a tweet from Elon Musk can mean big business. Just as Polish game developer Marcin Iwinski learned, one of the founders of game studio CD Projekt

Russian Oligarch Arkady Reportedly Claims He's The Owner Of Vladimir Putin's Luxurious Black Sea Mansion, Not Putin

Russian Oligarch Arkady Reportedly Claims He's The Owner Of Vladimir Putin's Luxurious Black Sea Mansion, Not Putin

Feb 6, 2021

Billionaire oligarch Arkady Rotenberg is either telling the truth when he allegedly said he's the owner of a luxurious mansion on Russia's Black Sea, not Vladimir Putin, or he has a death wish. People who defy or displease Putin often turn up missing or dead by mysterious circumstances.

Evan Spiegel And Miranda Kerr Drop $30 Million On Paris Pad

Evan Spiegel And Miranda Kerr Drop $30 Million On Paris Pad

Feb 6, 2021

Snap's Evan Spiegel and his wife Miranda Kerr have spent $30 million on a 10,000-square-foot mansion near the Seine river in Paris.

Phil Collins Sells Miami Beach Mansion Formerly Occupied By Armed Ex-Wife For $39 Million To Orlando Bravo

Phil Collins Sells Miami Beach Mansion Formerly Occupied By Armed Ex-Wife For $39 Million To Orlando Bravo

Feb 5, 2021

Phil Collins can breathe a sigh of relief. His ex-wife's armed occupation of his waterfront mansion in Miami is finally over. He's sold the house to private equity billionaire Orlando Bravo and his wife Katy for a bit more than $39 million.

Jeff Bezos Has Sold $10 Billion Of Amazon Stock So Far This Year

Jeff Bezos Has Sold $10 Billion Of Amazon Stock So Far This Year

Feb 5, 2021

We are only a month into the new year and Jeff Bezos has already unloaded more than $10 billion of Amazon stock through a pre-arranged trading plan he filed with the SEC.

Who Is Zhong Shanshan And How Did He Become The Sixth-Richest Person In The World… Practically Overnight?

Who Is Zhong Shanshan And How Did He Become The Sixth-Richest Person In The World… Practically Overnight?

Feb 5, 2021

Six months ago Zhong Shanshan wasn't even in the top 100 of the world's richest people. Today he's the sixth-richest person on the planet with a net worth that's within striking distance of topping Mark Zuckerberg.

Trump's Income From TV And Movies Took A Nosedive During His Last Year As President

Trump's Income From TV And Movies Took A Nosedive During His Last Year As President

Feb 1, 2021

It's already been reported that Trump's leisure and hospitality businesses suffered mightily over the course of 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the drops in his royalties from film and television can't be as easily explained the same way.

Jack Ma Emerges In First Public Appearance In Three Months

Jack Ma Emerges In First Public Appearance In Three Months

Jan 26, 2021

For months, billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been missing. He hasn't been seen since late October…until Wednesday, that is, when he made his first public appearance in nearly three months.

A Trump Organization Financial Disclosure Reveals Revenue Drops Of As Much As 63% Over 2020

A Trump Organization Financial Disclosure Reveals Revenue Drops Of As Much As 63% Over 2020

Jan 25, 2021

The report deals with Trump's businesses over the course of 2020 and the first part of 2021, covering the remainder of his time in office.

RIP To The Billionaires Who Died In 2020

RIP To The Billionaires Who Died In 2020

Jan 23, 2021

In 2020, 16 billionaires passed away and in what is surprising, given the current climate, it seems none of them did so as a result of contracting Covid-19.

Where In The World Is Billionaire Jack Ma?

Where In The World Is Billionaire Jack Ma?

Jan 15, 2021

Billionaire Jack Ma hasn't been seen in person or posted on his formerly very active social media accounts since late October. Where in the world is Jack Ma?

Another PayPal Founder Becomes A Multi-Billionaire In Epic IPO

Another PayPal Founder Becomes A Multi-Billionaire In Epic IPO

Jan 14, 2021

The founders of PayPal are often called the PayPal Mafia and for good reason. Several of them are multi-billionaires. Now another founder of PayPal, Max Levchin, is poised to join them in the multi-billionaires club.

Former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler's Husband Is Now A Billionaire

Former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler's Husband Is Now A Billionaire

Jan 13, 2021

Kelly Loeffler lost her senate re-election campaign but she has about a billion reasons to smile. Her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher is a brand new billionaire thanks to his company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange.

Billionaire Game Of Thrones Video Game Producer Lin Qi Dies After Allegedly Being Poisoned By Co-Worker

Billionaire Game Of Thrones Video Game Producer Lin Qi Dies After Allegedly Being Poisoned By Co-Worker

Jan 13, 2021

Lin Qi was a billionaire producer for Netflix and the mogul behind the Game of Thrones video game was poisoned on December 16 and died on Christmas Day. He was poisoned by a co-worker in an alleged murder plot.

Move Over Mukesh Ambani, There's A New Richest Person In Asia

Move Over Mukesh Ambani, There's A New Richest Person In Asia

Jan 12, 2021

Move over Mukesh Ambani, your two-year reign as the richest person in Asia is over. And no, Jack Ma, you have not claimed that title again. There's a brand new richest person in Asia for 2021 and it's China's bottled water billionaire, Zhong Shanshan.