Using the annual billionaires list as a benchmark, we looked at which tycoons' fortunes have dropped the most over an eight-month period from Feb. 14 through Oct. 15. The biggest billionaire losers (by percentage of net worth) weren't victims of a …

I'm a staff writer at Forbes covering real estate: from ultra-luxury homes to foreclosures to the people making the deals happen. Until recently, I was a member of our Forbes wealth team, crunching numbers for our Forbes 400 and World's Billionaires lists.

Steyer and his communications team had invited me into their inner sanctum partly to make a point, namely that Steyer was more transparent than his rival powers, the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. Baldick saw it as a needless risk. In his …

Pryor's desperation was manifested most starkly by his repeated assertion that Tom is the instrument of the “billionaires” who are backing his campaign. Over and over, Pryor attributed Tom's votes to the alleged dictates of these billionaires. Each …

Elizabeth Holmes left Stanford University at 19 with a plan to start her own company. For money, she cashed out the funds her parents had saved for tuition. Now, she counts billionaire Larry Ellison as an investor and has former secretaries of state on …

One could argue that, especially for billionaires, many of these people got a leg up in college admissions due to their parent's wealth and influence. However, even among self-made billionaires, the percentage attending elite schools was not much …

The latest Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 reveals some interesting facts and statistics about billionaires and their wealth. An important part in understanding billionaires and the billionaire mindset is understanding how exactly it is that …

Who are the top billionaires? When we take a look at the richest people in the world: top class entrepreneurs, titans in their industry of choice, or people who've simple inherited their fortunes. Except Warren Buffett, none of these people are hedge …

"The one thing that connects all these young billionaires is that they came up with bold and innovative solutions", said Justin Cobb. "By becoming an entrepreneur you may not make it to being a billionaire, but you'll certainly enjoy the rewards that …