Newt Gingrich says all the attention to be paid in Las Vegas by GOP officials and wannabe presidents this weekend to billionaire campaign donor Sheldon Adelson-a patron of Gingrich's 2012 White House bid-is something that won't go away until genuine …

Here are some baby-faced multi-millionaires — or billionaires in the case of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Who's a Luckey boy, then? Newly minted Palmer Luckey sold his startup Oculus VR to Facebook for $2 billion. FilmMagic) Source: Supplied.

Of course, socioeconomic advancement is difficult when only 20 states have laws against workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation — and only 16 provide protection on the basis of gender identity. It's hard to advance when you live in …

They had only two years of audited financial statements, though, and needed three before going public. The company just had to keep doing what they were doing for another year, and then they would be billionaires. Already, Absolute Poker was worth $100 …

If other billionaires follow the example set by Usmanov and Miller we may see a full-fledged exodus of Russian capital from the western stock markets into Chinese and Russian stocks. Such an exodus will surely change the global investment landscape.

Sudha Murthy: Infosys founder and tech billionaire NR Narayana Murthy's wife Sudha has done her masters in engineering from Indian Institute of Science. Born as Sudha Kulkarni, her father was a famous surgeon. A bright student that she was, Sudha was …

The fact that Facebook's chief operating officer is a woman is incidental, of course, but it's also noteworthy: Of the 268 newcomers to the 2014 Forbes Billionaires list, 42 are women—a single-year record and, more notably, the highest-ever percentage …

Binod Chaudhary: He started with his modest family textile business and reached the Forbes billionaires list as the first Nepali. His conglomerate, the Chaudhary Group, has 80 companies and diverse business interests. The group holds a majority stake …

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov plans to transfer the Brooklyn Nets to Russia, an apparent response to the increasing tension between the White House and the Kremlin. A Russian Billionaire Owns the New York Nets (And Guess Where He Plans to …