Billionaires

From a 19-year-old college student to Asia’s richest person, it pays wells to be born rich.

The world’s wealthiest technology moguls have ridden the AI-fueled frenzy to never-before-seen heights.

The world’s billionaires are riding high, with Forbes finding a record 2,781 of them around the globe this year, worth a record $14.2 trillion altogether. With many markets up, the surge in wealth has made 265 people billionaires over the past year, up from 150 newcomers in 2023.

Bankruptcy, scandal and stock crashes helped knock Bolt’s Ryan Breslow, Evergrande’s Hui Ka Yan and scores of others out of the three-comma club over the past year.

Here are the wealthiest people on Forbes’ annual rich list.

For the first time in 15 years, there are no self-made billionaires under the age of 30.

A contract between SpaceX and the U.S. is worth $1.8 billion, Reuters reported.

Construction on the Titanic II is expected to start in 2025 and the ship could launch as soon as June 2027 if all goes according to plan.

Channel 5 will release a documentary in March called “The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute.”

The donation from Ruth Gottesman, the widow of billionaire David Gottesman, will provide free tuition for medical students in New York.