Billionaires

As a stronger yen propels collective wealth by 14% to $228 billion, Tadashi Yanai’s fortune hits a record high.

Forbes counts fewer than 30 billionaires and centimillionaires in the U.S and Europe who have made a large chunk of their fortune in the super competitive world of beauty products.

The Harry Potter books transformed her from a single mother on welfare to an author with a ten-figure fortune—but her massive charity initiatives dropped her from the ranks of billionaires. Now, thanks to new Potterverse books, movies, a play, and several theme parks—and despite a divisive social-media presence—she is magically back in the three-comma club.

The world’s eighth-richest person and the biggest individual donor to research on Parkinson’s disease just gave a valuable sliver of his Alphabet shares to charitable entities that fund healthcare research and treatments.

Polytron, which has been selling electric motor bikes since 2022, hopes to hold its own against foreign car manufacturers. Its SUVs can travel across a distance of 402 kilometers on a fully-charged battery.

The mining magnate’s Trumpet of Patriots failed to win a single seat in the 2025 federal election, despite a record-breaking ad blitz and a maligned nationwide SMS campaign.

Outside of China, the most influential investor in the world of rare earth elements has to be billionaire Gina Rinehart.

Located within the Port of Abbot Point in Queensland’s east coast, Adani Ports’ latest acquisition is a deep-water coal terminal can handle up to 50 million tons per year.

Lucy Guo, the 30-year-old cofounder of Scale AI, has become the youngest self-made woman billionaire by holding onto her stake long after leaving the company.

Perry, King, and a crew of four other women completed the first all-female flight to space in decades as the latest celebrity passengers of Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle.