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The 25 richest families in the world have a combined net worth of $1.1 trillion. The Hearst family is the 23rd wealthiest family in the world, with a combined $24.5 billion net worth.

One of the most fascinating things about billionaires is the myriad ways they attain their membership in the 10+ figure club. Take David C. Paul, for instance. He founded a company that has a robot that performs spine surgery.

The painting's sale for $90.3 million – in addition to representing a strong profit for Lewis – also makes Hockney "the most expensive living artist at auction."

In addition to flying cars and supersonic trains, Li has also invested in technology like low-orbit satellites and microchips in recent years.

Two men are transforming the fashion industry. Tommy Hilfiger, Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors, and Versace are all owned, or have been owned, in the past by Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll. Now, they have added Versace to their fashion portfolio.

Gilbert purchased Greektown back in 2013, as part of a wider effort to revitalize downtown Detroit, in which he owns several other businesses.

Would the NFL be in better shape today – better equipped to deal with the changing times – if all of their owners (or even most) had successful careers before buying their NFL franchise? Would the NFL be better if all the owners earned their teams instead of inheriting them?

Mark Zuckerberg saw his personal fortune drop to $55.3 billion, a loss of more than $31 billion since his own personal financial peak in July of this year.

Can you imagine having $8 billion in cash to buy a pre-IPO software company? That's what SAP just did when it acquired the survey software company Qualtrics just before its planned IPO. Qualtrics is a direct competitor of SurveyMonkey, which had its IPO in September.

No one likes paying income tax. As the old song goes, we work hard for our money. What's the worst tax bill you've ever gotten? Who paid the highest tax bill of all time?

Dmitry Rybolovlev is a Russian billionaire and the owner of Monaco's soccer club. He's been detained for questioning in Monaco in relation to a corruption case according to the Le Monde newspaper.

The business that reportedly serve as fronts for the Sinaloa Cartel include a water park, and even a daycare center allegedly managed by Mayo's daughter Maria Teresa.

Richard Rainwater was a billionaire and a legendary investor who had his hands in everything from entertainment to real estate to health care. In 2009, he was diagnosed with a rare brain disease, so he set out to fund the people who could find a cure.

Gates recently spoke at the "Reinvented Toilet Expo" to talk about innovations he's investing in that he thinks can save some $233 billion a year.

Over the past 18 months, a little-known billionaire from Hong Kong has spent more than $200 million on luxury real estate from Malibu to Manhattan.