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The lawsuit was filed back in June, and alleges that Tripp exported illegal data and made false statements to the press in his position as a Tesla process engineer.

Meng Wanzhou is the CFO of electronics firm Huawei. She was recently arrested in Canada. The event put the Chinese mobile and telecommunications giant into the spotlight of Westerners. Huawei is the second largest smartphone maker in the world.

In the mid-1990s, Ye Jianming had a job working in the forest. Twenty years later, he ran a $44 billion business empire. Today, he is reportedly under investigation by the Chinese government while his empire crumbles. Oh, and no one has seen him since March.

Nike, Walmart, In-N-Out, Dell, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger – these are just a few of the iconic American companies and brands that will be inherited by the next generation of moguls and tycoons.

Phil Ruffin, a long-time Las Vegas casino owner, is expanding to Miami. It was announced this week that he purchased Casino Miami, which is located on the northwest corner of Miami International Airport. He told the Miami Herald that he plans to bring Las Vegas to Florida.

Billionaire Richard Liu was arrested on the night of August 31stand held for about 17 hours before being released with no charges filed against him. He returned to China almost immediately. Now, the gory details of the alleged events of that night have surfaced.

The $10 million in extra Patagonia profits will go towards "groups defending our air, water and land," as well as support for the regenerative organic agriculture movement.

Some of the most famous billionaires today have made it a point to share what the most important books of their lives have been.

Georg Schaeffler and his mother, Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann, have been one of Germany's richest families for years. However, over the course of 2018, their net worth has declined by about $16 billion – which is more than half of their combined wealth.

Denise Coates is the founder and co-CEO of UK betting firm Bet365.com. She earned $279 million in 2017, making her the highest-paid executive in the UK and the highest-earning female CEO in the world.

Chang was still active in the shipping business until "only recently," finally slowing down as head of his Pacific International Lines after nearly 70 years in the shipping business.

Coates' pay for last year puts her at the top of UK executives in terms of compensation, and represents an increase of about ten percent, compared to what she made the year before.

In 1996, Autry Stephens struck out on his own to pursue riches in the oil industry via his Big Dog Drilling Co. He had just one rig. Now, 22 years later, he owns the largest closely-held oil producer by production volume in Texas, with a valuation of $15 billion.

The disappearance is only the latest chapter in Salvator Mundi's long, complicated history, that has seen it go from an overpainted, virtually worthless mess to a genuine, authenticated da Vinci.

Koo Kwang-mo took the helm of his family's business after his father died in May. Koo inherited his father's 8.8% stake in LG, giving him 15% of the company. His holding is valued at $1.55 billion. He lives in South Korea, and the inheritance or "death" tax is one of the highest in the world.