Pastor Emmanuel Momoh is a minister who also works as a diamond miner in Sierra Leone. Now, he's also the discoverer of what may be among the largest diamonds ever to be dug out of the earth.

John D. Rockefeller started from nothing and ended up with $350 billion. That's enough to make him the richest person in modern history. Here's how he did it...

There's an old saying: "more money than sense," and the four billionaires on this list prove that to be very true. They have chosen to spend their money in more unconventional ways...

A precipitous drop in the global commodities markets is quickly eating away at the fortune of Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest. How low will his net worth go??!!

Talk about a bad day at work! Australia's richest citizen Gina Rinehart just lost control over a $3 billion trust after a lengthy and bitter family war.

We often hear millionaires and billionaires being described as "eccentric." But here are 10 millionaires and billionaires who take eccentric to unimaginable levels...

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal walked out of a meeting with Bill Gates with a whole new outlook on the world of philanthropy. He also walked out a tiny bit less rich. Actually a whole lot less rich.

William A. Clark was a 19th century copper Baron who changed the face of America. Yet you've never heard of him. This is the reason why...

Australian entrepreneur Clive Palmer might be the most eccentric billionaire in the world. Within the next few years he hopes to resurrect both the Titanic and Jurassic Park.

Twenty years ago Gina Rinehart inherited a $125 million mining company called Hancock Prospecting. Today she is personally worth $19 billion and could some day be worth $100 billion.