Mark Zuckerberg ice dousing? The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that has gone viral and helped to raise millions of dollars for ALS research. Now it has expanded to tech billionaires who are dousing themselves with icy water.
It was a gut-punch moment for the local lawman: Already sweating a tough reelection race, he'd just received word that one of the country's most powerful billionaires was trying to oust him from the Milwaukee County sheriff's seat. David Clarke's …
According to the Forbes Billionaires list in 2014, 31 of the 1,645 members are under the age of 40. That elite group no longer includes Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page as both of whom have crossed into their 40's. This year, there's a newcomer to …
Billionaire investment managers bought and sold a lot of stock last quarter, but investors looking to copycat some daring and unexpected moves … well, they'll be disappointed. Warren Buffett1 What Are Warren Buffett and Other Billionaires' Buying and …
Dalian Wanda Group, which controls the second-largest U.S. cinema chain, won the bid for a piece of land in Los Angeles as the Chinese company sets its sights on Hollywood. Wanda, the Chinese developer controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, plans to …
Rackspace Hosting's stock jumped Thursday, Aug. 14, on news that hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb had purchased a multi-million dollar stake in the cloud-computing company. Loeb's Third Point LLC had purchased shares valued at $244 million by the …
In the UK, On Stride produced some pretty interesting research based on the nation's Elite set using data from the UK's Land Registry and House Price Index, plus some stats on the local billionaires' net worth. On Stride calculated just how much of …
According to the Forbes Billionaires list in 2014, 31 of the 1,645 members are under the age of 40. That elite group no longer includes Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page as both of whom have crossed into their 40's. This year, there's a newcomer to …
Two decades, a name change and a whole lot of caffeine later, the partners have emerged as billionaires as their company, Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST:US), agreed to sell a 17 percent stake to Coca-Cola Co. (KO:US) today for $2.15 billion, sending its …