Billionaires with big ideas are privatizing American science. "American science, long a source of national power and pride, is increasingly becoming a private enterprise," reports William J. Broad at the New York Times. "This is philanthropy in the age …

His three sons, Peter, Jonas and Mathias, inherited their father's predilection for privacy — they've never given an interview to the media — and his stake in Ikano Group, a collection of financial, real estate and retail assets that has made them …

The handcuffing of Ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash in Vienna, first reported by the Austrian newspaper Kurier, may be a harbinger of what awaits bureaucrats and business people close to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian …

Going by the three billionaires who appeared in the film, it seems that a high tolerance of bullshit – not least your own – is one of the secrets of entrepreneurial success. Naveen Jain apparently has a $2.2bn fortune and the world's biggest private …

Alexander Lebedev is concerned. "Russian businessmen are very scared," the 54-year-old former billionaire, who served in the Soviet embassy in London during the Cold War and owns Russia's National Reserve Corp., said by phone. "There are risks to the …

The Central Texas region is not a prime destination for Texas billionaires — compared to the likes of Houston and Dallas — but Austin boasts three residents on the 2014 list. Of the three, one new addition joins two familiar faces. Austin's newest …

Comedian Greg Proops ripped into a recent Cadillac commercial for promoting “corporate c*ck-sucking” and called on Americans to sharpen their “metaphorical guillotines.” In the TV spot, “Poolside,” actor Neal McDonough walks past family members through …

Forbes says a record 1,645 billionaires made the list this year, with an average net worth of $4.7 billion. That's up from 1,426 billionaires last year with a net worth of $4.2 billion. Total net worth of this year's list was $6.4 trillion, up from $5 …

US-based magazine Forbes has published its annual list of billionaires and among them are Huang Bingwen and Vivek Chaand Sehgal, both of whom are Australian citizens, according to Forbes. Huang is reportedly worth US$1.7 billion ($1.9 billion), which …