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Today, Wu Yajun is one of the richest women in the world. She started out with a in a factory, making just $16 a month.

The jury is still out on whether the statue is an authentic piece of 18th or 19th century tribal art or good old-fashioned 20th century kitsch.

The Vladimir Putin Transparency Act, which is joined by a similar bill introduced in the Senate, seeks a detailed report from the US intelligence community on Putin's finances.

Brendan Kennedy is absolutely convinced that the end is near for the federal ban on cannabis is the United States. In fact, he predicts that the U.S. will legalize cannabis in 2021. He also expects more than 70 countries to have legalized medical marijuana by 2021.

Purdue Pharma, the drug maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is preparing for a potential bankruptcy filing as a result of the hundreds of lawsuits over its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States.

It is hard to believe, but Levi Strauss & Co, one of the most venerable brands in the United States, has been around since its founding in San Francisco in 1853.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos isn't known for being as robust in his philanthropic endeavors as some of his fellow billionaires, but in 2018 he gave away an impressive $2 billion.

There's a debate about whether or not rich people pay their fair share in taxes. Billionaire Bill Gates said recently that even though he has paid $10 billion in taxes, he thinks his taxes could and should be higher – especially when it comes to capital gains.

Indian billionaire Anil Ambani has spent the last few years scrambling to push off creditors and suing critics of his debt-ridden business empire. Now, his moment of reckoning may have arrived, with Ambani trying to pay debts or go to jail

We live in an era of truly incredible wealth and vast inequality between the richest billionaires and every day, middle-class people. The Boehringer/Von Baumbach Family is the 10th-wealthiest family in the world, with a combined $42.2 billion net worth.

Whoever they are, the owner of the winning ticket has another two months or so until the six-month deadline to redeem the ticket and win the prize lapses.

Tatyana Bakalchuk has done something that is hard to do – she has become a self-made billionaire.

Of the 2,043 billionaires in the world, less than 1% are black. There are 10 black billionaires in the world today.

We love to learn about the ways billionaires make their billions. We love it even more when it is in some random way. That's the case with Cheng Lili, the newly-minted billionaire from China. Cheng made his fortune breeding chickens.

In his trademark red fedora, Herb Wertheim looks like a typical senior citizen enjoying his golden years in South Florida. But this 79-year-old is worth a stunning $2.3 billion. How did he do it? The Warren Buffett way.