The wealth of 160 out of the multi-billionaires came in the form of invisible assets, said the report. A total of 8,300 Chinese had wealth reaching one billion yuan (US$163.61 million), an increase of 200 individuals over the previous year. Those whose …

American Billionaires Vanish From Russian Fund's Website. Simon Clark 04 Sep 2014. Private equity tycoons remain on advisory board. The names of three billionaire U.S. private equity tycoons have disappeared from the website of a $10 billion Russian …

Nine days before the grand opening of the Spartak soccer stadium in northwest Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin led oil billionaires Leonid Fedun and Vagit Alekperov on an inspection of the athletic edifice. The 42,000-seat arena, which opened …

The Koch brothers are only the most conspicuous among a whole tribe of “self-made” billionaires who imagine themselves architects or master builders of a revamped, rehabilitated America. The resurgence of what might be called dynastic or family …

The personal fortunes of 300 Chinese topped 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) as of the end of 2013, according to an annual ranking of the wealthiest individuals in China released on Thursday by Hurun Report, a Shanghai-based magazine. In 2013, 20 more …

In 2013, 20 more Chinese had fortunes topping 10 billion yuan than in 2012. The wealth of 160 of the multi-billionaires is in the form of invisible assets, according to the report. It also counted 8,300 Chinese with wealth reaching 1 billion yuan (US …

Nine days before the grand opening of the Spartak soccer stadium in northwest Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin led oil billionaires Leonid Fedun and Vagit Alekperov on an inspection of the athletic edifice. The 42,000-seat arena, which opened …

Microsoft Corp.'s potential acquisition of Mojang AB, the Swedish developer behind the Minecraft online game, could make the game's 35-year-old creator Markus Persson a billionaire. Persson controls 71 percent of the business through holding company …

The number of billionaires in China has touched 300 by the end of 2013 mainly due to real estate boom, according to a new annual ranking of the wealthiest individuals in the communist nation, world's second largest economy. The personal fortunes of 300 …