A day earlier, a provincial court in central China sentenced a billionaire mining tycoon to death. Liu Han, who owns a mining conglomerate with stakes in U.S. and Australian mines, appeared to have been no ordinary entrepreneur: Prosecutors said he led …

Jersey City officials are starting an institute in the fall to train principals for the district's public schools, with a $3 million gift from two hedge-fund managers who have been active in pushing their vision for educational change. Billionaire …

Harry Reid Denounces Billionaires Not Giving Him $$$, Praises Billionaire Giving Him $5 Mil. May 21, 2014 by Daniel Greenfield 4 Comments · Print This Post · 560-harry-reid-steyer-bros-610 · Harry Reid wants to get money out of politics, other people's …

Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi and Mohit Burman from India are both attempting to take control of the club, ending the on-going takeover saga. Reading FC chairman Sir John Madejski and majority shareholder Anton Zingarevich are looking to hand over the …

Today's listing of money-losing Chinese e-commerce site JD.com has lifted the company's chairman higher into the ranks of the world's billionaires. Shares held by Richard Liu, who also goes by the name Liu Qiangdong, were worth about $5.7 billion at 1 …

Salim, who is also chairman of Salim Group which holds a 45 percent stake in First Pacific, has a net worth of $5.5 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The positions in sugar companies are in addition to holdings across other industries …

Affluent Indians on average invest about 44 percent of their wealth on properties, much higher than global average of 24 percent, according to research by Knight Frank. “Many wealthy Indians hold a large proportion of their wealth in real estate as …

Each issue, Forbes tracks the billionaires who made and lost the most money since we last published. Here are the standouts from April 8 to April 30. WINNERS. Sheldon Adelson +$1 BILLION NET WORTH: $38.5 BILLION He's made $35 billion in five years …

Richard Liu, chief executive officer of JD.com Inc., China's second-largest e-commerce site, ended the day of the company's debut with a net worth of $6.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. JD.com's initial public offering was the …