Two New York billionaires have each sent a $250,000 contribution to a Mississippi super PAC supporting Sen. Thad Cochran. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire owner of Bloomberg LP, and Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, …

So is MJ the first billionaire athlete? Sort of. In September 2009, Forbes bestowed that title upon Tiger Woods. Two months later, Tiger crashed his Escalade and began his fall from grace. He's not currently listed on Forbes' comprehensive list of the …

Fred Vincent, a staff researcher from the University of California, Davis, left, joined more than a dozen other students, staff and supporters in a march that disrupted the UC Board of Regents meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

Prime Minister John Key last year met a Thai billionaire whose conglomerate is at the centre of fishing-industry slavery allegations, and encouraged him to invest in New Zealand. Britain's Guardian this week published results of a six-month …

Since his oil and natural-gas company Parsley Energy Inc. sold shares in an initial public offering on May 22, the company has soared more than 29 percent, making the 36-year-old one of the youngest billionaires in the U.S., according to the Bloomberg …

The crude number of billionaires may not be that high, but the report forecasts growth among those with $30m (£18m) or more, also known as "Ultra High Net Worth Individuals", to reach 215,000 by 2023, a rise of 28%. While the numbers of the super-rich …

Our roundup of the week's best city stories ponders: could billionaires start buying cities? Was New York in the 1970s as good as everyone says? Are cars, like cigarettes, going out of fashion? We'd love to hear your responses to these stories and any …

SEOUL, South Korea — Thousands of South Korean police officers stormed a sprawling church compound Wednesday in their hunt for a fugitive billionaire businessman over April's ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing, officials said.

Owning a big apartment in New York City is great, but having a mansion in the Hamptons is a privilege only the 1 percent of the 1 percent can enjoy. Last year, then-Forbes reporter Morgan Brennan broke down the who's who of one of the most exclusive …