BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS Boris Johnson resigns as UK PM but will stay in power until a successor is chosen
Climate Meet the billionaire planning to bring down Australia's coal industry Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes wants to buy up the country's coal plants and make them renewable. Will he succeed? 08/03/2022
Biztech news Teen who tracked Elon Musk’s jet is now chasing Russian oligarchs The US student famous for tracking Elon Musk’s jet has turned his focus to Russian tycoons hit by sanctions over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. 01/03/2022
See Picasso, Rothko and Warhol for sale after billionaire couple's divorce Real estate mogul Harry Macklowe's divorce from wife Linda has resulted in a potentially record-breaking Sotheby's auction of world-class art. 18/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Meet the extrovert billionaire bidding to be Czech's next president “Janeček is the joker in the pack.” 15/02/2022
world news 'Billionaire bonanza': Wealth of 10 richest men 'doubled during COVID' The anti-poverty NGO called for governments to improve wealth distribution and to end the "shameful vaccine apartheid". 17/01/2022
Biztech news Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after 12 days on space station Maezawa, his assistant and a Russian cosmonaut spent 12 days on the orbiting laboratory where the Japanese tourists documented their daily life aboard the ISS for Maezawa's popular YouTube channel. 20/12/2021
Biztech news Yusaku Maezawa to become the latest billionaire tourist to go to space In a tough year for the travel industry thanks to COVID travel restrictions, space has never had so many billionaire tourists. 06/12/2021
Mobility Why Elon Musk could sell 10% of his Tesla stock The Tesla CEO said he would "abide" by the results of a Twitter poll telling him to sell. But a possible tax bill could be the real reason. 08/11/2021
Mobility Watch: Bezos blasts into space on Blue Origin's first manned flight Jeff Bezos and three crew left the Earth for a short flight? Find out more here and rewatch the launch. 20/07/2021
USA MacKenzie Scott, citing wealth gap, donates $2.7 billion MacKenzie Scott, citing wealth gap, has given $2.7 billion (€2.2 billion) to 286 organisations. 15/06/2021
Germany German billionaire declared dead three years after going missing Karl-Erivan Haub was one of the richest men in the world as head of retail group Tengelmann. 14/05/2021
world news These billionaires are Europe's richest people, according to Forbes Forbes released its annual list of the world's wealthiest people. We take a look at the top European billionaires. 07/04/2021
View How we can keep a billionaire from buying the presidency ǀ View The wealthiest people in our country should not be allowed to use their money to capture the most powerful job in the world. 20/02/2020
Greece Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme 10/12/2019
USA Billionaire philanthropist Chris Cline dies West Virginia officials said the Foresight Energy founder is dead. Reports that he died in a helicopter crash that killed seven people were unconfirmed. 05/07/2019
world news How Ikea brought Scandi style to the masses Swedish founder of furniture giant IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad has died aged 91, but leaves a company which changed the face of home furnishing forever 28/01/2018
world news Canadian billionaires were 'murdered' Police in Canada say billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were part of targeted killing. 27/01/2018
world news Oxfam: 42 super-rich hold same wealth as world's poorest 3.7 bln Charity gives Davos elite food for thought: 82 percent of the wealth created over the past year went to the richest 1 percent of the world's population. 22/01/2018
world news The world's billionaires get richer by $1 trillion in 2017 The Bloomberg billionaires index finds Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet, as the 500 wealthiest see their fortunes soar in line with global stock markets. 28/12/2017
Canada Canada: Death of a Billionaire The mysterious death of a pharmaceuticals billionaire and his wife in Toronto is now being investigated by homicide detectives. 18/12/2017
USA Forbes Rich List: Trump tumbles 92 places Donald Trump has tumbled 92 places in the Forbes rich list despite a bumper year for America’s wealthiest people. Bill Gates topped the 18/10/2017
Business Trump's net worth falls, Forbes claims in latest rich list Donald Trump's wealth pile is not as towering as it used to be according to the latest rich list calculated by business magazine Forbes. 21/03/2017
Business Snapchat shares soar despite disappearing message app's invisible profits Wall Street investors snap up shares of mobile phone messaging app Snapchat making it worth tens of billions even though it's never turned a profit. 02/03/2017
USA The broke billionaire: "Giving while living" Former frugal billionaire turned philanthropist signs over last of his fortune 03/01/2017
