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Zimbabwe Has Minted Its Very First Billionaire
The African nation of Zimbabwe has its very first billionaire. His name is Strive Masiyia and he made his $1.7 billion fortune from a mobile phone company.
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Billionaire IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad – Who Drove A Modest Volvo And Wore Second-Hand Clothes – Dies At The Age Of 91
Ingvar Kamprad, one of the wealthiest and most fascinating businessmen on the planet, has died at the age of 91. Here's his incredible life story.
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Childhood Hobbies May Have Helped Warren Buffett Become A Billionaire
Self-made billionaire Warren Buffett was always well ahead of the pack. He started his first "business" when he was only five years old, and
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The Winklevoss Twins Are No Longer Billionaires…For Now
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been in a free fall recently, and the Winklevoss twins' fortunes have plummeted as a result.
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China's Richest Woman Growing Fortune At Rate Only Beat By Jeff Bezos
China's richest woman is 36-year-old real estate mogu,l Yang Huiyan. She is having one heck of a year so far. She added $6.1 billion to her net worth over just seven days of stock market activity.
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Chinese Billionaires Have A Problem – And It's Not What You're Thinking.
Chinese billionaires find themselves in a bit of a conundrum. Chinese billionaires are facing a cash shortage and that is causing a fair number of billionaires to lose their 10 figure fortunes.
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Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Has Officially Gone From Paper Billionaire To Actual Billionaire
After a massive investment from Japanese investment company Softbank, Uber's former CEO has gone from paper billionaire to ACTUAL billionaire.
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In 1980 John Paul DeJoria Was Homeless. Today He Sold Patrón Tequila To Bacardi For $5.1 Billion IN CASH
If this story doesn't motivate you. Nothing will.
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The Co-Founder Of Ripple Lost $44 Billion In The Last Two Days
The Winklevoss brothers may have raised eyebrows by losing $700 million in the last 48 hours, but the co-founder of Ripple just blew them (and everyone else in the cryptocurrency world) out of the water.
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Is Selling 29% Of His Stake In The Company…How Much Is That Worth?
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick claims he's never sold any of his shares in the company…until now.
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From Ex-Con To Billionaire Used Car Baron: The Ernest Garcia II Story
Surely you've seen ads for or driven past a location of DriveTime. It is the fourth largest used car dealer in the United States. DriveTime is the brainchild of 60-year-old convicted felon Ernest Garcia II.
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Pipeline Tycoon Kelcy Warren Hasn't Faced Much Competition…Until Now
For years, pipeline baron Kelcy Warren and his company have run unchecked – with no major competitors, the company has snapped up project after project and added to Kelcy's impressive $6.4 billion fortune. And then Kevin Kaiser came along.
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Billionaires Jack and Laura Dangermond Make $165M Donation To Preserve A Piece Of California Coastline
The land being preserved thanks to Jack and Laura Dangermond is the Cojo/Jalama Ranch at Point Conception, which can actually be seen from outer space as an inward bend of the California coast.
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Jeff Bezos' Net Worth Just Topped $105 Billion And That Makes Him The Richest Person Of All Time (Sort Of)
Amazon's stock continues its march upward. Today Jeff Bezos' net worth topped $105 billion. In a way, that makes him the richest person in history. Here's the full story…
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The Key To Winklevoss Twins' $1.6 Billion Bitcoin Fortune Is Spread Across Multiple Bank Vaults
The twins printed off their shared Bitcoin key, cut it into multiple segments, and stored each segment in different safe deposit boxes in banks across the United States.