The entrepreneurial experience necessary to build a ten-figure fortune make billionaires a fount of business knowledge. Some of the richest people in the world have taken to Twitter to share advice, reading material and inspire others with their …

"Kamrad set up Ikea in this odd, foundation-like structure, where he basically said he gave it away to charity," Matt Miller, managing editor of Bloomberg Billionaires tells us in the accompanying video. "But in Europe, you typically set up foundations …

The lives of billionaires are often measured publicly in IPOs or eight-digit missteps, but each of the sixteen billionaires who passed away this year created something during their life that remains significant beyond their death. Mera left school when …

Forbes' annual list of billionaires includes a record 172 women this year, up 25% from last year's 138 female billionaires. Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg made the list for the first time, and of the 268 newcomers to the list, 42 are …

Ten Filipinos, headed by mall tycoon Henry Sy Sr., landed in Forbes Magazine's 2014 global billionaires' list, down from last year's 11, the magazine reported on Tuesday. With an estimated net worth of $11.4 billion, Forbes Magazine placed Sy and …

China registered a record 152 billionaires in the 2014 list, up near 25 percent from 122 last year, while Hong Kong clocked up 45, said Forbes. "That's probably the biggest trend coming out of here… we had a little over 30 newcomers just from …

Forbes released the 2014 list of the World's Billionaires with a record number of women making this year's ranks. Women made up slightly more than 10% of this year's 1,645 listees and while their representation in the highest echelons of wealth and …

Four Long Islanders are among the world's 1,645 billionaires, according to a list released Monday by Forbes magazine. Bill Gates, co-founder of the computer software giant Microsoft Corp. and a prominent philanthropist, regained the top spot, with a …

8 billionaires call Colorado home. Forbes' annual ranking of the world's billionaires included a Coloradan not on last year's list. Loading… Post to Facebook. 8 billionaires call Colorado home on 9news.com: …