Don Samuels seemed as surprised as anyone to see his name in the Washington Post. In the article, a local writer and blogger lays out the trend political science professor David Schultz is noticing more of. “At the national level, we know nothing is …

By the time Schlumberger married in 1961, the oil billionaire had already amassed important works by modern masters including Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard. His wife expanded the collection to include such contemporary artists as Rothko, Warhol, …

Looking at the Ma success story is illuminating because China is becoming a land of billionaires. With 152 billionaires, China is minting ultra-wealthy individuals at a brisk pace. Currently, the country ranks second in the world in number of …

It turns out there are 155 more billionaires in the world. That's cause for celebration. Why? Because ever since I got my first paycheck from Iannucci & Son Mason Contractors, back when the minimum wage was $1.60, I've been told that a rising tide …

Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and three other billionaires are bankrolling a controversial gun-control initiative that will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot in Washington State. Even the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Steve Ballmer, has gotten into …

Poor Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg. They're worth billions of dollars, and that makes life hard. Actually, it kind of does, and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham explains why. Graham's startup accelerator program yielded a few billionaire founders …

India has the sixth-largest population of billionaires worldwide, but the number of ultra-wealthy individuals that fit into this bracket witnessed a dip in 2014. According to the new Billionaires Census 2014 by wealth research and advisory firm Wealth …

He's been compared to Thomas Edison, to Henry Ford, to Steve Jobs — even to Tony Stark, the high-flying industrialist in Marvel's "Iron Man" comic books and movies. But it's hard to imagine any of those characters saying with a straight face that they …

Greg Orman, the independent Senate candidate from Kansas, is getting financial help from some wild-card rich guys who intend to offset a surge in donations on behalf of Republican incumbent Pat Roberts. Politico reported on Saturday that investment …