Rob Walton just joined the $100 billion club for the first time
The eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton is the first member of America’s richest family to boast a 12-figure fortune.
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L’Oreal heiress Francoise Meyers becomes world’s richest woman
Walton overtook Meyers as the world’s richest woman early this month, the first time she secured the title since May 2022.
Fortescue to spend $2.8 billion to electrify mining fleet
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is stepping up efforts to decarbonize the world’s fourth-biggest iron ore miner by market cap with the purchase of $2.8 billion worth of electric-powered mining equipment.
This immigrant just became a biotech billionaire
Shares of Summit Therapeutics, whose cancer drug candidate turned heads after it outperformed a blockbuster drug from Merck, have been on fire. Now both of its co-CEOs are billionaires.
Cards Against Humanity just sued Elon Musk for $15 million—Here’s why
Cards Against Humanity has a long history of trolling Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Who is Daniel Lubetzky? Snack food billionaire will replace Mark Cuban on ‘Shark Tank’.
Lubetzky founded the Kind snack company and is now worth an estimated $2.3 billion.
Larry Ellison becomes world’s second-richest person – passing Jeff Bezos
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s billionaire chairman, surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the second-richest person in the world as Oracle’s shares surged again Monday key …
Oracle rally briefly propels Larry Ellison to world’s second-richest
Now occupying the top two of Forbes’ billionaires list are self-described “very close friends” Elon Musk and Larry Ellison.
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.
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.