Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — Brookings Institution Governance Studies Director Darrell West discusses the top most politically influential billionaires on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg). Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

There are examples proving that billionaires are winning politicians all over the U.S. — specifically the Koch Brothers. In Wisconsin, the Kochs had their well-trained servant Gov. Scott Walker obliterate labor unions, work to restrict voting to the …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Decades ago, deep in the Amazon rainforest, a fire was lit. In the predawn gloom a young girl prepared a banana salad for her family's breakfast. Then, along with her father, brother and six sisters, she followed miles of trails …

Asked why she thought she had been approached, she quipped: “I have this effect on billionaires; I don't know how or why. “But seriously, Twiggy said he was getting good feedback from people on the ground, he did his homework and realised that my …

Lin Jianhua, a former worker at a Chinese state-owned fertilizer factory, has joined the ranks of China's billionaires. Lin, 52, chairs Hangzhou First PV Material, a supplier of film and backsheet material for solar modules. The company's shares soared …

Reuters picMACAU, Sept 2 — Cloee Chao remembers when she first decided to challenge the billionaires of the world's largest gambling hub. The 34-year-old single mother of two was working in a Macau casino in 2012 and the second-hand smoke was so …

Two billionaires are credited with hiring legions of lawmakers and lobbyists who are keeping sagging K Street coffers filled, an analysis by Politico has found. The political spending rescue has come from Sheldon Adelson, whose fortune is in casinos …

CEO Evan Spiegel and CTO Bobby Murphy had just joined Forbes' billionaires ranks last month when the Venice, Calif. company, whose popular app enables users to send photos and short videos that vanish from devices and servers after a short amount of …

Pic: ReutersMACAU: Cloee Chao remembers when she first decided to challenge the billionaires of the world's largest gambling hub. The 34-year-old single mother of two was working in a Macau casino in 2012 and the second-hand smoke was so thick she …