Billionaires

The donation from Ruth Gottesman, the widow of billionaire David Gottesman, will provide free tuition for medical students in New York.

Musk’s casual Neuralink updates on social media and the company’s failure to publish data go against long standing scientific and ethical protocols and could ultimately stymie progress for all neurotechnology, experts told Forbes.

Former hedge fund star and unabashed digital asset evangelist, Mike Novogratz, believes traditional finance will drive bitcoin’s next evolution. He also rails against outdated regulations, Baby Boomers and America’s obesity problem.

Neuralink, Musk’s brain interface company that hopes to merge humans with computers, began the first human trial of its technology in January with a view to restoring lost functions like movement and communication to people with paralysis.

Seven Group Holdings—controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes—is offering to buy the rest of construction giant Boral for A$1.9 billion ($1.2 billion).

The billionaire also indicated he plans to move Tesla’s state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are among 14 companies bidding for NASA contracts as part of the agency’s plans to develop the emerging space economy and lower costs.

Billionaire X owner Elon Musk requested last month for the defamation case against him be dismissed, and is now seeking to bar his deposition.

Kristo Käärmann launched Wise (formerly TransferWise) back in 2011 with the aim of helping users move cash around the world – without the marked-up fees charged by banks. Since then, the company has gone on to process more than $48 billion in cross-border payments and save customers more than $2.9 billion

Parker Conrad is bringing Rippling, his US$11.25 billion work management platform to Australia, nearly a year after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse forced the business to liquidate $130 million to process its customers’ payrolls.