Topic: Billionaires
1 billion people are currently experiencing mental ill-health. Yet funding remains very low
Philanthropists’ ability to take risks, and to act quickly and flexibly, makes them ideally placed to drive change in mental health care.
Which Chinese billionaire is in? Who’s out? Watch Communist Party’s birthday bash to know
An invitation to Beijing’s big parties is a tremendous privilege and a sign of official favour. It could spark market pyrotechnics.
This week, Gautam Adani has lost more money than anyone else in the world
Adani's personal fortune tumbled by around Rs 66,779 cr to Rs 5.01 lakh cr, after ET report on offshore investors. Just days ago, he was closing the gap with Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest.
Moderna, CanSino — Covid created 9 new vaccine billionaires. But most poor don’t have a shot
The net wealth of the new vaccine billionaires is enough to buy enough vaccines to fully inoculate everyone in sub-Saharan Africa.
How Bumble, dating app Priyanka Chopra invested in, made its CEO a self-made woman billionaire
Bumble debuted its IPO Thursday at $43. It soared over 70% on trading in New York, valuing CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd’s stake at over $1.5 billion.
Zhong Shanshan, the lone wolf Chinese tycoon who beat Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest
Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Chinese bottled-water company Nongfu Spring, beat Warren Buffett, Larry Page and Steve Ballmer to become the sixth wealthiest person on earth.
Warren Buffett loses spot on world’s rich list to China’s bottled water king Zhong Shanshan
It’s only the second time a Chinese national has broken into the world’s Top 10, and no one from the mainland has ever ranked this high on Bloomberg’s wealth index.
Russian billionaire’s son says he didn’t hide $50mn from mother but lost it in trading
In one of Britain's biggest ever divorce battles, ex-wife of Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov had accused their son of helping his father to hide assets.
Creo Syndicate – the secret club for billionaires who care about climate change
Creo is non-profit and doesn’t have any money of its own but it connects investors with possible partners, and conducts research on technologies.
Don’t look at Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires for closure. Love-hate relationship will go on
Indians' worshipped their bad boy billionaires Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy, until their ultra-rich idols ran into legal hurdles.
Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif have pulled off the greatest Bollywood ‘heist’
How to be private people in a 24x7 online world? Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif just pulled off an impossible feat.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.