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 …

This story has been updated to reflect that Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't serve on the Coastal Commission. In addition, Sean Parker has responded to the criticism over this event, please see this post. Entitled Internet billionaire brat Sean Parker …

john-paulson After the massive crash that rocked global markets in 2008, as Congress, central bankers and major financial institutions met in secret to mitigate the crisis, billionaires like Warren Buffet were buying up shares of some of the hardest …