billionaires
World’s Richest Who Lost Money Due to Brexit Still Billionaires
Hannah Gold · 06/25/16 12:20PMNow Betting on China's Collapse: George Soros
Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/16 10:21AMTheranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes' Net Worth Was Always a Load of Crap
Jordan Sargent · 06/01/16 04:50PMThis morning, Forbes made a big announcement. Tech darling Elizabeth Holmes—the founder of the disgraced blood-testing firm Theranos—is no longer a multi-billionaire. Instead, Forbes estimates, she’s now worth “nothing.” This is a delicious scoop of schadenfreude, but it’s one that nonetheless obscures that Holmes was always actually worth, to use Forbes’ term, nothing.
Reports: Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Secretly Bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s Lawsuit Against Gawker
J.K. Trotter · 05/25/16 08:50AMOn Monday, the New York Times reported that Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton had come to believe that a wealthy individual has been funding a steady stream of lawsuits, including three different ones filed by Hulk Hogan alone, against his company. Two journalists at Forbes magazine, Ryan Mac and Matt Drange, are lending credence to Denton’s theory. On Tuesday evening, the pair revealed that the powerful Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been secretly underwriting Hulk Hogan’s litigation against Gawker:
Rich People Will Not Stop Giving Huge, Unnecessary Donations to Rich Colleges
Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/16 11:00AMBillionaire and Real Son of Bitch Asks for $30 Million to Let the Public on a Beach
Hamilton Nolan · 02/23/16 03:45PMA Dirty Corner of Warren Buffett's Empire
Hamilton Nolan · 12/28/15 10:49AMBillionaires Horrible at Managing Money
Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/15 12:38PMGabrielle Bluestone · 09/22/15 10:07AM
Donald Trump's Grossly Exaggerated Net Worth: A Timeline
Jay Hathaway · 06/18/15 01:35PMAs cartoon plutocrat and sentient overripe pear Donald Trump officially entered the Republican presidential race Tuesday, he pointedly brandished a financial disclosure statement that asserts his net worth to be in the neighborhood of 9 billion dollars. How much is Trump really worth? If history is any guide, the safe answer is: much less than he says he does.