Elon Musk’s SpaceX test launch of Starship ends in ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’
SpaceX successfully caught the Super Heavy Booster, but then lost communication with the ship.
Billionaires
Singaporean billionaire’s Ho Bee Land sparks bidding war for Australia’s AVJennings
Ho Bee Land—controlled by Singaporean billionaire Chua Thian Poh—has offered to buy AVJennings in a deal valuing the Australian home builder at A$391 million ($242 million), sparking a bidding war with American real estate giant Proprium Capital Partners.
Who is Frank McCourt, the billionaire trying to buy TikTok?
McCourt sold the Los Angeles Dodgers for a hefty sum in 2012. Here’s how he’s been building his business and media empire since, and setting up a consortium to purchase TikTok.
‘Brilliant but dangerous’: Andrew Forrest is supporting US-China think tank discussions on AI security
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has spent 5 years secretly working to bring together US and Chinese foreign policy experts to find common ground on national security and AI. Here’s what the Brookings Institute consortium has achieved.
Meet the little-known billionaire caught up in the Baldoni-Lively scandal
Steve Sarowitz bankrolled It Ends with Us. Now he’s embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving some of Hollywood’s most powerful players.
The Top 10 Richest People In The World (January 2025)
Here are the 10 richest people on Earth as of November 1, 2024 at 12 a.m. Eastern time, according to Forbes.
Why living like a billionaire is more expensive than ever
From Gucci loafers to opera tickets to sailing yachts, here’s how much more expensive it’s gotten to live like the ultrawealthy.
5 US stock buys and sells from top billionaire investors
Warren Buffett takes a slice of Domino’s. Ken Griffin, David Tepper and Steve Cohen are shedding Amazon shares. Here’s what SEC filings reveal about the recent moves of the world’s richest and most successful investors.
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.
‘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.