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There's a new list of the richest Americans out and it's a doozy. For one thing, the poorest person on the list is worth $2.1 billion. Last year, the poorest was worth $100 million.

The lawsuit is the latest blow in a "long feud with a Swiss dealer" named Yves Bouvier, who Rybolovlev says swindled him by inflating the prices of several masterpieces while under his employ.

There is something appealing about these stories. Perhaps it is a case of being able to relate to these enormously wealthy people in some small way.

Warren Buffett's on pretty sure footing in his assessment of LeBron James' financial prowess, since James has earned an estimated $765 million since going pro back in 2003.

It happened at the very end of the first day's climb, fittingly enough at a notoriously unsafe 100-yard crossing, known as the "Gully of Death."

It takes serious balls to walk away from $850 million, but that's exactly what WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton did when he left Facebook. Ten months ago, Acton left Facebook to focus on a nonprofit. On his way out the door, he took a screenshot of the stock price…

Casino billionaire Lui Che Woo says that he never intended his award to replace the 123-year-old Nobel Prize, but instead act simply as an alternative to it.

The 25-richest families in the world have a combined net worth of $1.1 trillion. The Walton family is the wealthiest family in the world, with a combined $151.5 billion net worth.

No one, literally no one, has spent more on an internet transaction than Mark Cuban did back in 1999, according to the people at Guinness World Records.

Russian oligarch and billionaire Roman Abramovich is selling his beloved UK Premier league football club Chelsea and he is reportedly seeking $5.5 billion. Abramovich is restructuring his most valuable assets to shield them from potential sanctions from the United States.

Recently, Chinese billionaire Richard Liu was arrested in Minneapolis on allegations of rape. Now, details are emerging about what went down on August 31.

Serene isn't a bad place to spend the night: It includes not one, not two, but three swimming pools, as well as two helipads and an indoor rock climbing wall.

Sheryl Sandberg is reportedly planning to donate either the proceeds from a sale of SurveyMonkey stock, or the shares themselves, as part of her pledge.

Frank says he's recently been able to determine three basic traits that all the top entrepreneurs in the business world share, and they might not be traits you expect.

Did you know that 32% of today's billionaires did not graduate from college? Dropping out of school was not what made these men billionaires. A big idea, hard work, ambition, dedication, and passion is what made them billionaires.