Alice Walton just became the world’s wealthiest woman
The only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton overtook French heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers on Wednesday morning.
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Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani building $476 million powerline project
Adani Energy Solutions will invest $476 million to build a 298-kilometer transmission line in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The Top 10 Richest People in the World (September 2024)
Who is the richest man in the world? Who is the richest woman in the world? Forbes break down the top 10.
The one reason Warren Buffett isn’t the world’s richest person
Two decades ago, the Oracle of Omaha made one very costly decision.
Manslaughter probe launched after Bayesian yacht sinking kills British entrepreneur, Morgan Stanley chief
The sailing yacht will be pulled from the water off the coast of Sicily, where it sank last week and seven people died.
China’s once richest person loses $14 billion as Temu parent company falls almost 30%
The share price of PDD Holdings, Temu’s parent company, plummeted Monday morning.
JJ’s genes: Son of Lululemon founder ships first load of legal ecstasy to Australia
Suppliers of magic-mushroom-derived psilocybin and MDMA, aka ecstacy, are rushing to meet the market created by Australia having allowed their clinical use. Two founders speak to Forbes Australia.
Who is Mike Lynch? Tech entrepreneur and daughter Hannah Lynch missing after yacht sinks near Sicily
Lynch, a former Forbes billionaire, made his fortune as the CEO of Autonomy, a tech company acquired by HP in a sale that led to more than a decade of legal strife.
Meet the billionaire about to become the first private citizen to space-walk
Payment company Shift4’s founder and billionaire Jared Isaacman is headed off on the Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to take place from August 26. And, he’ll be one of the first private citizen’s to take a walk in outer space.
Forbes next billion-dollar startups list has accurately predicted 100+ unicorns in 10 years
Of the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list’s 225 alumni, 131, or 58%, became unicorns, including DoorDash, Figma, Anduril, Benchling and Rippling. This year, the list is dominated by artificial intelligence.