MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker is headed to Texas for a fundraiser at the Dallas home of conservative billionaire Harlan Crow. Walker's campaign spokesman Jonathan Wetzel confirmed the trip on Monday. Crow is a real estate developer and a member …

“The problem is that the world and this country should not talk about envy of the one percent; it should talk about emulating the one percent,” Zell said. “The one percent work harder. The one percent are much bigger factors in all forms of our society …

Billionaire wealth: Forbes data (the only source!) for 1999 indicated that there were six dollar billionaires in India with $5.3 billion in assets; in 2013, that number had expanded to 55 billionaires and $183 bn in assets. This is an increase of over …

Facebook Inc.'s three billionaire co-founders added $4.5 billion to their collective net worth yesterday after the world's largest social-networking company closed at a record. Mark Zuckerberg, the company's 29-year-old chief executive officer, gained …

Further, what does inequality deepening in the US have to do with billionaire wealth and poverty reduction in India? The fact remains that per capita income in the poor developing countries has increased substantially faster than incomes in the West …

The International Monetary Fund feels that income inequality is increasing dangerously globally and Indian billionaires can easily remove poverty there. Citing countries like the US and India, the two largest democratic countries, IMF managing director …

Sheldon Adelson is no longer alone among big shot U.S. casino company CEOs in betting against online gambling. Steve Wynn has flip-flopped his position on Internet gambling—again—although he is not exactly joining Adelson in his war against online …

File/PTI. Income inequality is rising in India, where the net worth of its billionaires has jumped 12-fold in 15 years, enough to eliminate absolute poverty twice over in the country, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "We are all keenly aware …

6 (Bloomberg) — Two billionaire sisters surfaced today after details about the estate of their late father, Harold Simmons, emerged in regulatory filings and a redacted will obtained by Bloomberg News. Lisa K. Simmons, 58, and Serena Simmons Connelly …