New York: Financial journalist Anita Raghavan's book, The Billionaire's Apprentice, is a fascinating account of the takedown of Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam and the self-destruction of Rajat Gupta, who had reached the highest echelons of corporate …

June 3 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg's Peter Newcomb talks about the personal wealth of Bass Pro Shops founder John "Johnny" Morris. Morris has never appeared on an international wealth ranking, and has a net worth of at least $2.8 billion, according to the …

Millionaires are passé and we now have billionaires as our benchmark of success. A small percentage of the population reach these illustrious heights and even fewer reach the pinnacle. More rarely do the super rich achieve the guru like status of Bill …

Liberia: America's Billionaires Discuss Liberia's Future. 10 June 2013. Liberia and its President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, were centerpiece on Wednesday, June 5, at the 2nd Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit, a gathering of 150 of the world's richest men …

Many thanks to Peter Rudegeair for pulling this data from Factiva: it shows how often the word “billionaire” has appeared in headlines from 1984 to date. We're looking, here, only at three publications: the NYT, the WSJ, and Reuters News. (And we're …

Nathan has cited two recent cases where the founder of Icahn Capital Management has been thwarting the efforts of billionaire investor Bill Ackman and Michael Dell of Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL). William Ackman is the founder of Pershing Square Capital …

If you are billionaires Mindy and Jeff Hildebrand, you open your own shop in the 'hood, the 'hood being River Oaks. "I felt like I wanted to provide the neighborhood with donuts," Mindy explained on Thursday, the first day of business. "It's as simple …

Mr Lauder said to raise their profile, African billionaires could give in their own names, in the way Mr Elumelu was doing, partly so they could clearly state their values and agenda. "No other people can make Africans develop. It is just Africans who …

RIO DE JANEIRO — The son of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a cyclist, the Rio de Janeiro state judiciary said Thursday. Batista's 21-year-old son Thor hit the cyclist last year while …