The billionaire who has benefited most from the market rally following Trump’s election was one of Clinton’s most outspoken billionaire supporters.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s net worth has increased by $9.5 billion since Donald Trump was elected, the largest dollar increase of any billionaire during that time period. read »
In 2017, a total of 225 firms make it onto our 33rd annual ranking of America’s largest private companies. Taken as a group, these companies have combined revenues of $1.57 trillion, down 3% from last year, and employ 4.7 million people, up from 4.5 million in 2016.
The top of the 2017 is full of familiar faces. and have a lock on the read »
The following is a reprint of the article that was published in the November 1987 issue of Moneypaper which was delivered about a week after that tumultuous day. With today’s market at such lofty levels, some people are projecting a meltdown to rival the most severe in history. read »
Beneath Parsons’ outlandish veneer lies one of the most impressive—and generous—entrepreneurs of his age. read »
An interview with Russian bitcoin tycoon, Vladimir Smerkis of The Token Fund read »
Following a gargantuan $18 billion donation to his philanthropic Open Society Foundations, George Soros ranking dropped 39 spots on the Forbes list of richest Americans. read »
The date is set for opening the Four Seasons Hotel Megève in the French Alps. Expect a different experience. read »
Since 2011, the CFPB has helped return over $750 million to student loan borrowers. Here’s why. read »
These few high school grads and dropouts — from immigrants and farmers to heiresses and hustlers — managed to grow up and grow into $2 billion (at least) fortunes to become one of America’s richest. read »
Brightly colored vehicles tend to bring more money at trade-in time than dark shades and monochromatic tones, according to a study of used-car transactions. read »
30 billionaires on this year’s Forbes 400 list are confirmed fraternity members. See which frats boast billionaire alumni. read »
$1.7 billion just isn’t what it used to be. read »
A former hairdresser, Todd Christopher has snipped and cut his way into The Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans with a net worth of $2.1 billion. Not bad for a high school dropout, only one of two in the 400. read »
Richard and Robert Sands are two of 22 newcomers to The Forbes 400 in 2017; they joined the ranks with net worths of $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively. read »
New Forbes 400 member Chuck Bundrant left landlocked Tennessee in 1961 and found work fishing on the West Coast’s open waters. He later cofounded Trident Seafoods, now one of the country’s biggest fish suppliers, best known for popularizing pollock. read »
Harvard computer science professor Henry Lewis just happened to teach the university’s two most influential (and wealthiest) entrepreneur dropouts. Here’s what he saw in them as young students. read »
