L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers—world’s second-richest woman—retiring from company’s board
Bettencourt Meyers, whose grandfather founded L’Oréal, is stepping down from her vice chairmanship of the company’s board.
Billionaires
Elon Musk is the biggest loser from Trump’s tariffs so far
Musk, who last year said “things that inhibit freedom of exchange or distort the market are not good,” became $11 billion poorer Monday.
The top 10 richest people in the world (February 2025)
Here are the 10 richest people on Earth as of November 1, 2024 at 12 a.m. Eastern time, according to Forbes.
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.
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.
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.