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 …

There are 13 billionaires, valued at $81 billion, and nine heads of states from around the world within the ranks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is No. 1 again this year. She has held the title for nine of the past 10 years. Federal Reserve chair …

“The U.S. 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. The study shows “the …

“It's nice, but I'm no happier being a billionaire,” Chris Dawson told the Mail last week. In The Times the man who's made his £1.28 billion through The Range, his chain of home and garden discount stores, told Damian Whitworth that it's “not really …

Republicans are almost certain to spend more — but Democratic-leaning billionaire Tom Steyer's Next Gen Climate fund, designed to make climate change/ global warming the key issue this year, plans on spending $50 million on four U.S. Senate races, …

They are property giant Far East Consortium/Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, one of the world's richest businessmen, and Chinese state-owned real estate developer Greenland Group. These Chinese firms are …

Female billionaires are nothing new, but they are often overshadowed by their male equivalents. To highlight the careers of these women, Forbes has put together a Power Women list. In the latest list, 13 of the women boast fortunes that meet or exceed …

Gabi Holzwarth, a onetime street-busker violinist who is now a regular performer at Silicon Valley tech parties, played her interpretation of Travie McCoy's hit “Billionaire” for the crowd at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., today …

Five months ago, an Excel spreadsheet began to quietly circulate throughout the global offices of J.P. Morgan in cities as far-flung as Hong Kong, Singapore, London, New York and Dubai. What was on this furtive spreadsheet, you ask? Exhaustive detail …