Private equity pioneer Thomas H. Lee died on Feb. 23. at the age of 78. The cause of death, according to the chief medical examiner was suicide by firearm. The New York City office of the chief medical examiner confirmed on Feb. 24, that Lee died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to […]
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is suing the IRS, saying it leaked his tax returns. The tax returns are for America’s 25 richest people. griffin is one of them. The others include the likes of Warren Buffett and Elon Musk.
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. To satisfy his father’s wish, an attractive and powerful billionaire travels alone, without money and without using his real name, to New York City. When the former playboy meets a perfect and down-to-earth real estate agent, the reason behind his […]
Twitter owner and Tesla boss Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world’s richest person on Wednesday, according to Forbes, following a steep drop in the value of his stake in the electric-car maker and a $44 billion bet on the social media firm. Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s […]
Kanye West has dropped off the Forbes list of billionaires after Adidas cut ties with the businessman rapper over comments he made on social media that have been called offensive and antisemitic. West, whose legal name is Ye, had an estimated net worth approaching $2 billion before Adidas announced in a press release it was […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with wealthy Chinese executives in 2018, attorneys for both sides announced late Saturday. A settlement amount was not disclosed. […]
One of the richest Taiwanese businessmen is offering over $30 million to develop the island’s civil defense programs. He also gave up his foreign citizenship and resumed his Taiwanese passport. He said a dislike of the Chinese Communist Party is driving him.
Tiger Woods has joined Michael Jordan and LeBron James in a select group of elite athletes with a net worth of at least $1 billion, business magazine Forbes reported. The 15-times major winner, who returned to competition at the Masters in April 14 months after nearly losing his right leg in a car crash, has […]
LeBron James has become a billionaire, marking the first time a player still active in the NBA has achieved such a status, according to a recently published list by Forbes. The 18-time NBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has an estimated fortune of $1.2 billion in pretax earnings, Forbes reports, making him the first active NBA player to make the […]
