Billionaires

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are among 14 companies bidding for NASA contracts as part of the agency’s plans to develop the emerging space economy and lower costs.

Billionaire X owner Elon Musk requested last month for the defamation case against him be dismissed, and is now seeking to bar his deposition.

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.