… Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, had set up a brain science institute in Seattle, to which he donated $500 million, and Fred Kavli, a technology and real estate billionaire, had then established brain institutes at Yale, Columbia and the …

3. Amancio Ortega 64B Spain 4. Warren Buffett 58.2B U.S. 5. Larry Ellison 48B U.S. 6. Charles Koch 40B U.S. 6. David Koch 40B U.S. 8. Sheldon Adelson $38B U.S. 9. Christy Walton 36.7B U.S. 10. Jim Walton 34.7B U.S.. Source: Forbes 2014 Billionaires List.

Jan Koum is a billionaire now that Facebook bought his service for US $19 billion in February. As a teenager in California he used to search for open connections to the internet that he could explore, Forbes reports. Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates …

This year Forbes welcomes a record 268 first-time faces to our annual listing of the World's Billionaires, including 42 women, the most ever. They minted their fortunes from social media in Silicon Valley, real estate in China, fashion in Nigeria and …

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 …

Most countries with access to legal abortion have spawned organisations who exist to pay for poor women to have abortions. These organisations, often described as 'Abortion Funds', like to portray themselves as grassroots groups; ordinary folk …

Follow us on Twitter at @WSJRisk. Bribery: Mike Lucas. A billionaire Hong Kong property developer and his business partner were found guilty by a Macau court on charges of bribery and money laundering linked to a land deal in the world's gambling capital.

It's tough to know how much of their fortunes the area's 16 billionaires give to charity, because much of the philanthropy is undisclosed. Jacqueline Badger Mars, co-owner of the Mars candy company, has an estimated net worth of $20 billion, as do her …

The only billionaire in Georgia, Ivanishvili is worth $5.2 billion, equivalent to 32% of his country's GDP. He has bankrolled universities, medical clinics, theaters, ski resorts, welfare programs, national parks, political parties and even police …