Chu Jinfu, a director of Shenzhen-listed power products maker Henan Senyuan Electric, has joined the ranks of a lofty financial club this month: the world's billionaires. Senyuan's shares have gained almost a fifth so far in August amid increasing …

Silicon Valley billionaires could vacation anywhere in the world. Yet they volunteer to to be part of crazy social experiment with thousands of strangers in the blistering desert. When I asked Burning Man founder Larry Harvey why the tech elite would …

A study has found that more billionaires have been born in New York than in any other city in the world. According to a study done by luxury magazine Spear's and wealth management consultancy WealthInsight, more than three in 100 billionaires were born …

Bay Area billionaire Tom Steyer's blitz against candidates who are soft on climate change is underway in seven states, but some prominent fact-checking groups say he's emitting enough hot air to melt a few glaciers. Negative reviews from watchdogs like …

Hedge fund billionaire Louis M Bacon has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian clothing magnate Peter Nygard, claiming a long history of character assassination and numerous environmental misdeeds related to Nygard's large property in the Bahamas.

Some of the biggest names in the tech industry are found on Bloomberg's list of wealthiest tech billionaires. Some continue to make headlines in the news today, while others have less notoriety. Within the last few months, a few tech tycoons have …

Some of the biggest names in the tech industry are found on Bloomberg's list of wealthiest tech billionaires. Some continue to make headlines in the news today, while others have less notoriety. Within the past few months, a few tech tycoons have …

Terrible political attack ads used to be so simple. Time was you could forget to press forward on your TiVo and accidentally catch some dire-sounding voice-over narrator telling you that "Candidate X says he's for improving education for everyone in …

New York Times columnist Nick Bilton previews Burning Man, formerly a festival for sun-scorched, drum-beating hippies, and finds gentrifiers equipped with Sherpas, private compounds and models flown in from New York. (Editor's note: Look for upcoming …