A detained billionaire who made a fortune as a middleman in Russia's murky gas trade with Ukraine may hold the key for U.S. lawmakers seeking harsher sanctions against President Vladimir Putin's inner circle. Ukrainian Dmitry Firtash, arrested in …

Bernie Madoff recently had some choice words about the politicians he thinks are spreading "socialism" and "wealth distribution," while billionaires Tom Perkins and Ken Langone both likened critics of oligarchic wealth to Nazis. Perkins and Langone …

The latest U.S. sanctions against Russia have even hurt companies that Washington did not formally blacklist. Although the sanctions officially target only Bank Rossia, a number of other banks also saw disruptions to their services by international …

ccording to the rumours, I've died at least four times in the last year. First story: Moscow killers flew in and shot me to death. Second story: I visited Moscow and was shot to death by Russian mafia. Third story: I was shot in Ukraine. Last year I …

Of the world's 1,645 billionaires, the youngest isn't a straight white male, as it has been traditionally. Nor is it someone who works at Facebook or Google. The world's youngest billionaire is Perenna Kei, a Japanese woman who has a very large stake …

There are 114 billionaries in Latin America – and between them they are worth $440 billion, according to a new Forbes report released on Wednesday. Topping the Latin American billionaires list is Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim, who is …

Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling on his country's billionaires to pay taxes in Russia, amid threats of economic sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union. At a meeting Thursday with Russia's richest men in Moscow, Putin said Russian …

THE 300 wealthiest people on Earth added $25.6 billion to their collective net worth this week as the US government imposed economic sanctions on several Russian billionaires. Amancio Ortega was the week's biggest gainer, according to the Bloomberg …

The billionaire co-founder of Home Depot, and a major Republican donor, said he hopes the appeal of the populist movement to address the causes of income inequality is finally out of the people's system and they get back to worshipping the rich very soon.