Billionaires Archive

Your Weekly Dose Of Luxpresso: Newbie Billionaires and Pet Millionaires
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Forbes brings out a list of billionaires every year and this year there are several new entrants on that list. Margarita Louis Dreyfus, widow of Robert Dreyfus is now worth $6 billion. She successfully

Australian Billionaire Announces Plans to Build a Replica of Titanic
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The interest in Titanic had reached a feverish pitch last year as it was exactly a hundred years ago that the giant steamship ‘Royal Mail Steamer’, RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on

Billionaire Christy Walton
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Christy Walton Biography Born in the year 1955, Christy Walton is currently known across the financial world as the richest woman in the world and is featured at rank 10th as the richest person in

Billionaire Li Ka-shing
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Li Ka-shing Biography Born in the year 1928, Li Ka-shing is the ninth richest person in the world according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $25.5 billion. Currently holding the title of

Billionaire Eike Batista
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Eike Batista Biography Born in the year 1956, Eike Batista was the seventh richest person in the world and is also widely known to be the richest man in Brazil, until the month of

Singapore Expected to Retain its Position as the Richest Country Even in 2050
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‘Wealth Report’ always makes interesting reading because its subject matter are the rich of the world. Knight Frank which is basically a property consultancy has joined hands with Citibank to come up with this

Billionaire Larry Ellison
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Larry Ellison Biography One of the leading names in the global IT vertical, Larry Ellison is the founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation and is also the world’s sixth richest person, while also claiming

Billionaire Amancio Ortega
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Amancio Ortega Biography One of the most inspiring success stories from Europe, Amancio Ortega is a highly accomplished entrepreneur who rose from the bowels of poverty climbed his way up to the prestigious list

Billionaire Bernard Arnault
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Bernard Arnault Biography Bernard Arnault, the man who brought fashion to nearly all ends of the globe is also we renowned as the fourth richest man in the world. As per the 2012 Forbes

Sara Blakely, the Youngest Female Self Made Billionaire
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From scratch to a billionaire is nothing short of a miracle but Sara Blakely a member of EO Atlanta has done it. Starting with $5,000 in savings she jumped into business with innovative ideas

Meet The ‘Rich Kids Of Instagram’: Go Green With Envy
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A new Tumblr blog called “Rich Kids of Instagram” is making headlines as the photo blog features photographs of wealthy kids – none of them beyond their early 20s – living it up like

15 High-Profile Billionaire Kids
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Some people are simply born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Billionaire kids live in a world different from everyone else. They live in the lap of luxury, roam around in chauffeur-driven cars,

The Women That Billionaires Love
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Being the girlfriend or wife of a billionaire is a dream come true. If you have always dreamed of being treated like a princess and living in the lap of luxury, being in a

Tamara Mellon Fuels Speculation About her New Lifestyle Venture
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Tamara Mellon with Jimmy Choo behind her is the subject of constant speculation. Since last November when she stepped down as the chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, she has generally been enjoying being

Billionaire Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett Biography Considered to be one of the most successful investors in the world, Warren Buffett is a billionaire business magnate and renowned philanthropist, who is as of year 2012 has been crowned

Billionaire Bill Gates
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Bill Gates Biography Bill Gates, the founder and chairman of Microsoft Corporation as well as being the second richest man in the world does not require a formal introduction. Mr. Gates is globally renowned

Billionaire Carlos Slim Biography
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Carlos Slim Biography Born in year 1940, Carlos Slim, with a net worth of $69 billion is the richest man in the world, who besides being a globally renowned businessman is also a revered

Luxury Lifestyle of India’s Super Rich
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The benchmark set for being considered super rich in India is an average net worth over past ten years of 250 million rupees which is equivalent to $5.6 million. The super rich club is

Billionaire John Paulson Buys Hala Ranch in Aspen for $49 Million
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Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a Saudi royal and former ambassador to the U.S., owned several ranches in Aspen, Colorado. The largest amongst them called Hala Ranch was listed by him way back in 2006

Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov Spends almost a Third of His Income from Facebook shares to Buy a Private Jet, the Biggest in Russia
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People have been climbing up the billionaire ladder, like U2 frontman Bono, thanks to Facebook going public. But Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov did not need any boost. He holds the 34th rank in the

Moscow Becomes the Billionaire’s Capital of the World with 79 Billionaires
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China has the fastest growing economy in the world for over a decade now which has created many millionaires and billionaires. But surprisingly it is neither Shanghai nor Beijing who can boast of the

Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg, the Billionaire Bride is Set to Start Working as a Pediatrician
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Facebook has been in the news leading to the $16 billion blockbuster IPO. However the bigger news the next day was the wedding of Zuckerberg and Chan. The perception created by the timing of

Morocco Enters the Forbes List of Arab Billionaires for the First Time
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The number of billionaires has gone up in the Arab world. Forbes Middle East has released the Arab billionaires ranking. The lifestyle of billionaires and millionaires doesn’t seem to be affected. The billionaire club

Profiling The Rich: Billionaires And Millionaires
by Nishu Kakkar | Billionaires | No Comments
A recent study revealed that America’s millionaire population grew by 200,000 in the year 2011. Incredible isn’t it? The tribe of billionaires and millionaires is increasing rapidly. This finding appears even as the country