Faruk Mustafa Rasool first saw a mobile phone in 1998 while he was lying in a London hospital bed recovering from quadruple heart bypass surgery. Ignoring his doctors' advice to rest, he started figuring out how to bring the device to his native Iraq.

A multinational bank joining forces with a charity dedicated to eradicating poverty and disease in the developing world might seem like an unlikely partnership. But Monday's announcement that JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …

Meet Silicon Valley's billionaires under 45: Forbes 400 wealthiest unveiled. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., ranked No. Enlarge. Noah Berger. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., …

September 17, 2013; 4-Traders · The Forbes 400 summit on philanthropy took place at the UN headquarters in June of this year. It spurred a Forbes-Credit Suisse Global Survey of 317 high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), which has just been released. One …

When most people think of tax evasion, famous figures like Chicago gangster Al Capone come to mind. Willie Nelson's tax-evasion rap even inspired an album from the country legend, as he released The IRS Tapes after getting hit with a $16 million tax bill.

The 4,300 Class A Berkshire shares Horejsi says he acquired over the years are now worth $745m; combined with other holdings, that gives him a net worth of at least $1.1bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In addition to Buffett, the …

Nine men and one woman from Washington state made this year's list of American billionaires, recently updated by Forbes magazine. The group of 10 had an oversized influence on Washington state politics in 2012. But so far this year, the billionaires …

In unusual timing, we've recently heard from three investing billionaires (Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, and Stanley Druckenmiller) suggesting that the stock market is getting rich and fully valued. From O'Rourke: [Buffett] noted that the equity market …

Amancio Ortega, the world's third-richest man, widened his lead over billionaire fast-fashion rivals Stefan Persson and Tadashi Yanai last week, as strong performance from his Inditex SA gave further rise to a fortune that has risen more than 57 …