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Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Topic: Billionaires

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.

Bill Gates to Azim Premji: How billionaires explain their donations

We analysed the letters of the signatories of the Giving Pledge to understand what drives the philanthropy of billionaires.

India doesn’t want taali-thali charity from billionaires, it wants Socialist state to act

Everyone becomes a Socialist in a pandemic. It’s time India realises billionaires aren’t the cure for coronavirus — the State is. 

On Camera

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.