In this July 2, 2010 file photo released by The Greenbrier Resort, The Greenbrier Resort owner and chairman Jim Justice attends the gala opening of The Greenbrier Casino Club, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Worth an estimated $1.7 billion, Justice is …

“Billionaires and Politicians” is a drawing series I began in 2011 to take a closer look at U.S. politicians and their relationships with the billionaires who fund their campaigns. The drawings are pencil portraits of individuals, which include brief …

$31 million — or .5% of their net worth — in art, according to Wealth-X, a wealth intelligence firm. But the world's top billionaire art collectors take their hobby to the next level. Wealth-X identified the top 10 billionaire art collectors, who …

Africa may have as many as 200 “hidden” billionaires operating in the unofficial economy who will seek to legitimize their wealth in the future, investor Mark Mobius said in September. Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, is benefiting from the …

Any U.S. oil and gas wildcatter looking for a way to get on the Forbes annual Billionaires list might take a hint from some of the interests among those who made this year's list, published Monday. They like oil and they like natural gas, and many of …

SoftBank will increase its offer to buy Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel in hopes of warding off a competing bid from Dish Network. SoftBank agreed to boost the bid by 7.5% to $21.6 billion–the latest turn in the struggle for Sprint by two billionaire …

For more than two years, there's been speculation about who is lining up for the Gulfstream G650, the new private jet that has quickly become one of the most impressive aircraft in the skies today. In 2011, the New York Post reported Oprah Winfrey …

HANGZHOU CITY — For all of us still not yet in the annual Bloomberg News or Forbes magazine list of dollar billionaires, there is inspiring news. In the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the wealthiest people on earth, it says: “It helps to …

This week Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law a landmark telecommunications bill designed to boost competition in Mexico's phone and television industry. This has led to the generalized perception that the new law — which allows …