Taiwan's high court today threw out a lower court agreement that allowed a real estate billionaire to be released on NT$5 million ($166,000) bail amid a corruption probe, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported. A new bail hearing was ordered.

This year, in addition to many top positions being filled for the first time by a woman, such as Janet Yellen's appointment to Federal Reserve chair, more than 10 percent of the 1,645 on Forbes' World Billionaires list are women. Among them: Walmart …

One of Nigeria's finest comedians, Bovi is soon going to be joining the billionaires league which is what happens when you have an obvious humble beginning. Apparently, his great sense of humour has brought him closer to Nigerian Billionaires, Aliko …

The Sunday Times Rich List published this week reaffirms the remarkable rise in the fortunes of several Indian and Indian-origin entrepreneurs in the UK whose names are barely known in India. There are, of course, the Hindujas who headed the list and …

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS-POLITICS-VOTE-POROSHENKO Presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko gives a press conference in Kiev after exit polls were announced on May 25, 2014. Sergei Supinsky—AFP/Getty Images …

“The US media has used billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg as examples illustrating why completing college is not necessary for success, when in fact they are the exception to the rule,” study author Jonathan Wai writes. With this study in mind …

Since his oil and natural gas company Parsley Energy Inc. (PE:US) sold shares in an initial public offering on May 22, the company has soared more than 29 percent, making the 36-year-old one of the youngest billionaires in the U.S., according to the …

Since his oil and natural gas company Parsley Energy Inc. sold shares in an initial public offering on May 22, the company has soared more than 29 percent, making the 36-year-old one of the youngest billionaires in the U.S., according to the Bloomberg …

There are 13 billionaires, valued at $81 billion, and nine heads of states from around the world within the ranks. RECOMMENDED: Meet the nine richest self-made women. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is No. 1 again this year. She has held the title for …