Elon Musk as speaker of The House? GOP congress members float billionaire
The world’s richest man Musk already has a highly influential role in the incoming Trump administration.
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Elon Musk is now worth more than $400 billion, the first person to ever do it
A new $350 billion value for SpaceX helped to lift Musk’s net worth to a historic high—more than for any billionaire Forbes has ever tracked.
Sam Bankman-Fried is shopping his prison diary – Here’s a peek inside
Disgraced former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman Fried is serving a 25-year sentence in New York City’s Metropolitan Detention Center. He’s learning about such things as sports gambling and a drug called “deuce,” and he badly misses his teddy bear Manfred.
Australian fast-food billionaire Jack Cowin dishes up his strategy for success
Despite the recent upheaval with Covid, the fundamentals haven’t changed in the fast-food industry in the past 50 years, says Jack Cowin, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of Competitive Foods Australia, the privately held group behind some of the country’s biggest fast-food chains.
Elon Musk’s massive Tesla pay package struck down by judge—again
The judge said Monday Tesla’s request for the court to “flip its decision” after the shareholders voted in favor of the package went “against multiple strains of settled law.”
Musk escalates feud with Sam Altman over OpenAI: Here’s what to know
Musk alleges Altman’s OpenAI has strayed from its initial non-profit mission and has sought to cut off competition from other AI companies, like Musk’s xAI.
The top 10 richest people in the world (December 2024)
Here are the 10 richest people on Earth as of November 1, 2024 at 12 a.m. Eastern time, according to Forbes.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue orders $400 million electric mining fleet
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is deepening investments to decarbonise the iron ore giant’s mining fleet with the purchase of $400 million of emissions free heavy mining equipment from China’s XCMG.
‘Never wished to create a dynasty’: Warren Buffett donates $1.1 billion in Berkshire stock and updates will
“Tomorrow’s decisions are likely to be better made by three live and well-directed brains than by a dead hand,” wrote Buffett, whose lifetime giving of over $60 billion makes him likely the most prolific philanthropist ever.
Elon Musk’s net worth hits record high thanks to $70 billion post-election windfall
Since Trump’s election win, Tesla stock is up 40%, making Musk almost $100 billion richer than any other person.