The billionaires benefiting from farm subsidies include high-profile names like Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (worth $15.8 billion), Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy (worth $6 billion), Charles Schwab, founder of the eponymous brokerage (worth $5 …

Right now the index is tracking investments by billionaires Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, David Tepper, Leon Cooperman, Daniel Loeb, John Paulson, Jorge Lemann, Chase Coleman, David Einhorn and Steve Mandel for the quarter. The next quarter switch is …

As part of its recent Billionaire Census, Wealth-X, an international wealth management firm, put together a "Billionaire Social Calendar" that lists the most important parties, sporting events, and conferences for the global elite. From star-studded …

It sounds like the latest get-rich-quick scheme. Invest in the same stocks as top billionaire investors, and you too can become wealthy. On Wednesday, the New York Stock Exchange and iBillionaire launched the iBillionaire Index, which tracks the blue …

It has been a good year for giving, with Australia's wealthiest individuals loosening their purse strings to fund higher education, medical research and the arts. Four of the largest known donations have been made in 2013, according to Philanthropy …

Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world's largest manager of alternative assets, as well as billionaires Wilbur Ross and John Fredriksen are amassing tanker fleets to tap America's surging fuel exports. Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Fund invested …

Billionaire brothers Shashikant and Ravikant Ruia, who run India's second-biggest oil refinery, will increase fuel sales at home as capacity additions in China and the Middle East shrink export margins. Essar Oil Ltd. (ESOIL) will reduce overseas sales …

Martha Stewart, Bernie Madoff, Jack Abramoff… what do all these names have in common? They're disgraced billionaires, of course. They've all dabbled in some sort of criminal activity, whether they partook in insider trading or operated an elaborate …

The main reasons: Rising stock prices, new business deals, and new moguls and assets discovered as a result of FORBES reporters' research. What a difference a decade makes. In 2003, FORBES counted only two billionaires in Africa – Nicky Oppenheimer …