CNBC: Oligarchs and billionaires hit by Ukraine sanctions. Print version. May 22, 2014, 9:47 a.m. | Ukraine abroad — by CNBC. One of the first individuals sanctioned by the U.S, Sergey Glazyev is a presidential adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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 …

There are currently three female billionaires in Africa including the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter (Isabel dos Santos) of Angola's president, and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer. Ventures reports Nigeria's richest resident, Aliko …

In 1888, a Dutch immigrant by the name of Hotze “Harry” Koch arrived in the United States and settled in Quanah, Texas, where he started the local Tribune-Chief newspaper. He was the father of Fred Koch (1900-1967) who became a chemical engineer and …

On May 14, Mark Zuckerberg turned 30. If you are not living in a cave you must have at least heard about him, even if you don't know him you will definitely know what he founded, Facebook. Yes, the social network that we all use everyday and almost all …

The daughters of billionaire Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, 83, are no strangers to spending. In 2010 Tamara, 29, hit the headlines when she paid £1million for a bath tub studded with rare Amazon crystals, saying: “I spend a lot of time in the bath.”.

This one is bound to get controversial: hedge fund billionaire Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer revealed this week that his "Super PAC", (PAC = political action committee) NextGen Climate, will spend $100M USD in federal election contributions in 2014 alone to …

Battle of the billionaires: Fisker's Lu takes on Tesla's Musk There's a saying in the automotive industry: a great product with great customer support can carry the day. That may well determine the outcome of a brewing donnybrook between Lu Guanqiu …

Every sequined place in the world has another side to it, but the glitter is often so blinding that we can't see it. Case in point: St. Barth. Models, moguls, celebrities, yachts, private jets, the Villa Rock Star at the Eden Rock – St Barth Hotel (23 …