Billionaires

In a two-hour interview with ex-Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin says Tesla founder Elon Musk can’t be stopped.

The vast majority of U.S. billionaires are founders who started companies or heirs who mostly lucked into their fortunes. A tiny subset got hired into jobs that made them super rich.

A decision by a Delaware judge late Tuesday afternoon has multibillion-dollar implications regarding Musk’s fortune.

Musk’s net worth rose by $5.5 billion on Monday, as Tesla’s share price rallied 4.2% after a major slump last week.

Lang Walker AO, a titan of the Australian property development industry and a noted philanthropist, has passed away at the age of 78.

French billionaire Bernard Arnault—owner of luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Sephora—is now the richest man in the world.

Billionaires around the world are now US$3.3 trillion (AU$5 trillion) richer than they were in 2020, with their wealth growing three times as fast as the rate of inflation, Oxfam’s Inequality Inc report has revealed.

As of January 1, the 10 richest people on the planet are worth nearly $1.47 trillion—$30 billion more than a month earlier. And Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s fifth richest person.

At age 21, Zhang Hongchao started peddling shaved ice treats. A quarter of a century later, he and his younger brother Hongfu have made a fortune selling soft-serve ice cream, coffee drinks and its super popular bubble tea and lemonade.

LVMH, the luxury fashion and alcohol giant owned by billionaire Bernard Arnault, named the owner’s 29-year-old son Frederic Arnault as head of the company’s watch division—joining his siblings in a senior leadership role at the family business.