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Many of the world's billionaires share a zodiac sign, study finds

Take a look at the most common zodiac signs among billionaires

Many of the world's billionaires share a zodiac sign, study finds
Updated On : 20 Feb 2023 | 11:44 PM IST

The $14 billion feud that splintered the billionaire Hinduja family

The family has now called a temporary truce, but the long-running and rancorous dispute has put at stake the future governance of the Anglo-Indian empire

The $14 billion feud that splintered the billionaire Hinduja family
Updated On : 12 Nov 2022 | 2:53 PM IST

China's property crash sends billionaire founders heading to exits

Longfor Group Holdings Ltd.'s Wu Yajun resigned on Friday as executive director and chair, shortly after Soho China Ltd.'s Pan Shiyi quit in September

China's property crash sends billionaire founders heading to exits
Updated On : 01 Nov 2022 | 9:28 AM IST

Zoom to Moderna: The extraordinary rise and fall of Covid billionaires

Their rise and subsequent slump were sharper than the other 131 members of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index whose net worth more than doubled, but wasn't as reliant on how Covid altered lives

Zoom to Moderna: The extraordinary rise and fall of Covid billionaires
Updated On : 18 Oct 2022 | 10:27 PM IST

Gautam Adani's rise to world's second-richest boosts equities' clout

Eight firms controlled by Adani's ports-to-power conglomerate, including recent cement acquisitions, have contributed more than a fifth of the 109-member MSCI India Index's surge since end-June

Gautam Adani's rise to world's second-richest boosts equities' clout
Updated On : 19 Sep 2022 | 2:10 PM IST

How Patagonia and Yvon Chouinard plan to save the earth?

Last week, something unusual happened in the US. A billionaire announced to donate his company which he had founded 50 years ago. The reason: He wants to fight climate change. Find out why he did it

How Patagonia and Yvon Chouinard plan to save the earth?
Updated On : 19 Sep 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Billionaire Julian Robertson, hedge-fund guru to 'Tiger Cubs,' dies at 90

The North Carolina-born investor started New York-based Tiger Management in 1980 with $8.8 million. He was 48 at the time, relatively old to be launching his own firm

Billionaire Julian Robertson, hedge-fund guru to 'Tiger Cubs,' dies at 90
Updated On : 23 Aug 2022 | 11:27 PM IST

Richest billionaires lose $1.4 trillion in worst half-year ever: Report

All told, the world's 500 richest people lost $1.4 trillion in the first half of 2022

Richest billionaires lose $1.4 trillion in worst half-year ever: Report
Updated On : 02 Jul 2022 | 2:20 AM IST

Musk, Bezos lose $60 bn of their wealth in first six months of 2022

Despite losing $61.8 billion, Elon Musk has the biggest fortune with $208.5 billion

Musk, Bezos lose $60 bn of their wealth in first six months of 2022
Updated On : 01 Jul 2022 | 11:50 PM IST

Alwaleed bin Talal: The Saudi investment king who no longer rules alone

For years, Saudi Arabia's self-styled Warren Buffett, has made hundreds of millions of dollars by investing in companies from Citigroup to Uber to Twitter with almost complete autonomy

Alwaleed bin Talal: The Saudi investment king who no longer rules alone
Updated On : 15 Jun 2022 | 10:18 PM IST

India to be fastest-growing wealth market over next decade: Henley study

Dollar millionaires and billionaires will grow by 80% over the decade in India

India to be fastest-growing wealth market over next decade: Henley study
Updated On : 14 Jun 2022 | 2:47 AM IST

Drone start-ups: Adani to Ambani, billionaire Indians race for supremacy

Adani, Ambani, Shriram have acquired small drone start-ups to find a foothold in the sector

Drone start-ups: Adani to Ambani, billionaire Indians race for supremacy
Updated On : 06 Jun 2022 | 6:10 AM IST

Ukraine war may be beginning of third world war: Billionaire investor Soros

China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are tied together in an alliance that has no limits: George Soros

Ukraine war may be beginning of third world war: Billionaire investor Soros
Updated On : 26 May 2022 | 2:49 AM IST

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam at WEF summit

Covid-19 pandemic has seen one new billionaire emerging every 30 hours, while nearly one million people could be pushed into extreme poverty every 33 hours this year: Oxfam

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam at WEF summit
Updated On : 24 May 2022 | 2:21 AM IST

Musk recklessly tweeted that got funding for taking Tesla private: US judge

Pre-trial decision represented a major victory for investors in a lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of inflating stock prices.

Musk recklessly tweeted that got funding for taking Tesla private: US judge
Updated On : 11 May 2022 | 10:25 PM IST

Doerr donates $1.1 bn to set up Stanford climate school; an IITian to lead

Leading it will be Mayo and IIT Mumbai alum, Arun (Arunava) Majumdar, professor of mechanical engineering and former co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford.

Doerr donates $1.1 bn to set up Stanford climate school; an IITian to lead
Updated On : 08 May 2022 | 8:06 AM IST

Brash and fast: How unwelcome suitor Elon Musk took over Twitter

The transaction came together at breakneck speed because Elon Musk waived the chance to look at Twitter's finances beyond what was publicly available, and also because that's how the billionaire works

Brash and fast: How unwelcome suitor Elon Musk took over Twitter
Updated On : 26 Apr 2022 | 4:27 PM IST

20% tax on billionaires and unrealised gains in Biden's budget proposal

The plan - called the "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" by the White House - represents the most aggressive proposal by the administration yet in efforts to tax the wealthy.

20% tax on billionaires and unrealised gains in Biden's budget proposal
Updated On : 28 Mar 2022 | 12:33 AM IST

Elon Musk projected to become world's first trillionaire in 2024: Report

Other billionaires are also expected to hit the trillion-dollar range, but not before Musk, the report said

Elon Musk projected to become world's first trillionaire in 2024: Report
Updated On : 25 Mar 2022 | 7:48 PM IST

As sanctions rise, Russian billionaires reshape fortunes while they can

But the truth is murkier - revealed in arcane corporate filings that can take days before becoming public

As sanctions rise, Russian billionaires reshape fortunes while they can
Updated On : 14 Mar 2022 | 1:10 AM IST