Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday it would be a “godsend” if New York City could lure every other billionaire around the globe, a clarion call for the rich just days after new U.S. Census figures showed an increase in the city's poverty …

(The Root) — There has been very little news worth celebrating during the current government shutdown, making it hard to decide which news is more depressing: that our leaders are collecting paychecks while hundreds of thousands of federal workers, …

Why some billionaires believe money should not be left to kids. Friday, 11 October 2013 10:04. E-mail · Print. There was such a wonderful response from many readers to last week's column and so much interest generated in passing on good values to the …

Africa, the world's fastest growing emerging market, is now home to 55 billionaires, with an average net worth of $2.6bn. The price of oil topped $100 a barrel this year, up from $20 a barrel in early 2000, creating a new crop of African billionaires …

A philanthropic billionaire couple was so passionate about making sure the Head Start initiative — which provides educational programs for low-income children ages 3-5 — could stay open during the US government shutdown, they donated a huge sum of …

LAGOS – A pan-African magazine says Africa has many more billionaires than previously reported, 55 of them worth more than $143 billion — including a Nigerian said to be the richest black woman in the world. “Move over, Oprah!” Ventures Africa said in …

Paul Desmarais Sr., the Canadian billionaire who built one of the country's biggest fortunes after inheriting a fleet of buses in a mining town, died Oct. 8 at his estate in Quebec's Charlevoix region. He was 86. The death was announced by Power Corp …

Thirty-eight-year-old Igho Sanomi, a Nigerian oil trader, was also featured on the list, just as Folorunsho Alakija, Nigerian fashion designer and oil tycoon worth about $7.3 billion; by rough estimates lead the women billionaires' list. Isabel Dos …

They are self-made billionaires who founded game-changing technology companies – Son with mobile-phone carrier SoftBank, Mikitani with e- commerce giant Rakuten. Each is his company's largest shareholder, fully fluent in English (a rarity in corporate …