Tag: Billionaires
Kumail Nanjiani says Elon Musk did not like HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’: ‘He was like, all the parties I go to are much cooler than these parties’
Kumail Nanjiani, the 47-year-old star of HBO’s acclaimed comedy Silicon Valley, which ran from 2014 to 2019, recently revealed he has met many people from...
These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will give you $200,000. He only asks that you have a great idea and fully commit to it—and the $26...
Another NBA blockbuster as Portland Trail Blazers sell to group led by billionaire Tom Dundon for reported $4.25 billion
The Portland Trail Blazers have reached a landmark sale agreement with a group led by Tom Dundon, the billionaire owner of the NHL’s Carolina...
Ray Dalio was so broke early in his career he had to borrow $4,000 from his dad—and learned 2 key lessons that set him on the road to billionaire...
Before becoming the founder Bridgewater Associates, not to mention a celebrated author, Ray Dalio faced a moment of financial distress that reshaped his entire...
142,000 millionaires are uprooting in 2025—forget Switzerland, they’re flocking to this eastern European nation
A historic shift is underway among the world’s wealthiest. This year, some 142,000 millionaires are planning to relocate—leaving behind familiar luxuries like London penthouses...
Oakley’s billionaire founder is the latest victim of the sluggish luxury housing market—but the profit he could still make shows an underlying problem
Even the wealthiest Americans are contending with today’s housing market. Take James Jannard, the billionaire founder of luxury eyewear and apparel brand Oakley, as...
Palantir’s stock surge has made the firm’s 5th billionaire—its CTO just joined the ultra-wealthy club with over $1.3 billion net worth
Palantir’s stock has hit turbo mode. In the last month alone, shares surged by some 25%, helping the AI and analytics company reach a...
Figma’s CEO is now worth $5 billion after IPO—like Mark Zuckerberg, he dropped out of college to build a tech empire instead of sitting in class
Figma burst onto the public stock exchange last week, surging in share price by 333% and hitting a market cap of over $70 billion...
Just 1% of health R&D targets women. The Gates Foundation aims to change that with $2.5 billion push
Globally, women live an average of three-and-a-half years longer than men, for a variety of genetic, hormonal, and societal reasons. But women tend to...
Elon Musk retains title as the highest-paid CEO in history with $26 billion pay package—and the only thing he has to do is show up for two years
The Tesla board has reinstated CEO Elon Musk as the highest-paid in history with a staggering new $29 billion pay package. His new deal...