West Virginia billionaire Jim Justice made his fortune in coal and agriculture, and he is revered in his home state as the man who rescued the historic Greenbrier resort from bankruptcy. Worth an estimated $1.7 billion, Justice is a prominent member of …

In 1942, writer Jerry Siegel (the co-creator of "Superman") and artist Leo Nowak introduced a comic-book character named Robotman, a scientist whose human brain had been transplanted into an immortal robot body. Now, a Russian multimillionaire has …

Citi Private Bank oversees $270 billion for ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices around the world. Yakob Peterseil talks to John Entenberg and Kristen Bitterly about the bank's unique set-up and the role structured products play. If you're …

The former owners of TNK-BP and the Alfa Group let it be known in March that they were shopping around with their eyes on the oil industry in a big way; this week, the Alfa Group announced it would invest $10-$20 billion or more in global oil and gas …

Move over Nathan Tinkler. Australia has a new breed of billionaires. Enterprising geeks have quietly taken over the top spot of Australia's richest in Business Review Weekly Young Rich List . Coal magnate Nathan Tinkler is overshadowed by software …

Billionaires have mastered this rule passed down from the great Chinese Buddhist masters: To be truly happy, they focus on money, block everything outside that Eternal Now, at least till you become a billionaire and can sign the “Giving Pledge” along …

NEW YORK – A federal appeals court in New York City is upholding the conviction of a onetime billionaire on insider trading charges. Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam (RAHJ rah-juh-RUHT'-nuhm) had argued on appeal that the government improperly persuaded …

The article "The Richest Fictional Characters and their Real-Life Versions" published recently by FinancesOnline.com profiles five of the most talked-about fictional billionaires – a powerful dragon, a ruthless lord of a realm, a futurist man-superhero …

Rajaratnam founded the Galleon Group hedge fund and became a billionaire, and was considered the richest Sri Lankan-born person in the world. Gupta rose within McKinsey & Company to become the elite consulting firm's three-term leader and the first …