Forget the fancy Ferraris and precious Picassos. Instead, new Forbes 400 member David D. Halbert chose the ultimate flex: convincing Tom Fazio to build him a “no-budget” 18-hole golf course in Texas.
What began as a $1.1 billion acquisition by Hyundai of Boston Dynamics has grown into a national robotics ambition. In 2021 Hyundai Motor Company paid $1.1 billion to acquire 80% of robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics, famous for videos of its dog-shaped bot named Spot and its running and jumping humanoid Atlas. The deal initially seemed […]
Outside of China, the most influential investor in the world of rare earth elements has to be billionaire Gina Rinehart.
Pender, 71, and Sabel, 57, still own 84% of the company, and all of its supervoting shares.
But an endangered wildflower could stand in the way. It’s a green vs. green dilemma and there might be a solution. This story featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. “Rhyolite Ridge is an amazing deposit. There’s not another one like it in the world,” marvels Bernard Rowe, an exploration geologist […]
Former LNG exec Meg Gentle says it’s serious, and some smart money, including from Porsche and Baker Hughes, agrees with her. Near the southernmost tip of Chilean Patagonia, on the wind-buffeted Straits of Magellan, the Haru Oni eFuels Pilot Plant sits at the foot of a wind turbine. The plant produces greener gasoline. It starts by taking wind […]