According to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014, there are more billionaires in the world than ever. In 2013, there were 2,170 of them and this increased by seven percent in 2014 to 2,325. Collectively, these individuals (only 286 of them are …

CNBC reports this pushes the total billionaire population to 2,325, a record number and a seven percent increase, in comparison to last year. Among the largest contributors to the increase was the United States with 57 new entrants. In Africa, socio …

The number of billionaires grew by 7 percent over the past year, but the number of billionaires crossing the $10 billion threshold remains a rarified event. According to the 2014 Billionaire Census published by Wealth X and UBS, there are 2,325 …

The space race is shaping up as a matchup of billionaires, with Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, facing off against Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, over the future of human spaceflight, Jad Mouawad reports. Blue Origin, a private space …

Who are the top 20 female billionaires? Over the past decade, female entrepreneurs have shown time and time again that they are often time as worthy if not more worthy than their male counterparts. Long gone are the days when females were mere …

Great quotes help motivate me to keep learning on my journey of self-improvement. One of my favorite sources of quotes to turn to is from self-made billionaires, as they have spent their lives working through failure, and have come out on top. They …

Darrell M. West, vice president and director of Governance Studies and founding director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, is publishing a new book on the political power of billionaires called Billionaires: Reflections of the Upper …

When I saw a new report published this week showing that the percentage of billionaires in Latin America grew faster than in any other part of the world, I was skeptical: It's hard to believe that the number of mega-rich is soaring at a time when the …

The wealth of the world's billionaires now stands at $7.3 trillion, an increase of 12 percent from last year, according to a new report released yesterday by Wealth-X and UBS. There are a record 2,325 billionaires in the world, up from 2,170 in 2013 …