A Korean tech billionaire who publicly admitted to loving a woman other than his wife and fathering a child with her could be ordered to stand trial. He paid his ex-wife nearly $1 billion As the “divorce of the century” in South Korea approaches the decisive ruling. Chi Tae-won, the 65-year-old chairman of South Korea’s … Read more
From Jeff Bezos to Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaires are reshaping America’s major media and the future of a free press. Getty Images/The Observer The relationship between extreme wealth and a free press has long shaped American power. In recent years, this influence has become more concentrated. A small group of tech founders, investors and industry … Read more
This photo of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos was taken at the 2024 Met Gala. Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for the Met Official co-chairs of Monday’s Met Gala include Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and of course, Anna Wintour. However, the star-studded lineup was overshadowed by the event’s “honorary … Read more
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during a briefing on the Artemis II crewed lunar mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 7, 2026. Ronaldo Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images As the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission return to Earth today (April 10), the flight refocuses attention on human space travel, just … Read more
Chris Rokos is channeling his hedge fund fortune into UK education. © Nick Saville/University of Cambridge/PA Wire Chris Rokos is one of the UK’s most successful hedge fund managers – an achievement the billionaire attributes to the educational opportunities he has received over the years, including a scholarship to Eton and an Oxford degree. Now, … Read more
Adcock’s new lab Hark aims to transform multimodal AI as well as custom hardware into “personal AI” that understands users and anticipates their needs. Diane Rose Brett Adcock has built and sold companies in robotics, security, and air taxis, and now he wants to reinvent how people use artificial intelligence. His latest project, Hark, is … Read more
Luana Lopez Lara and her co-founder, CEO of Calci Tariq Mansour. everything Luana Lopez Lara, Kalshi’s co-founder and chief operating officer, recently became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at the age of 29, with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion. Its fortune swelled after Calci doubled its value to $11 billion in just two … Read more
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The G.O.A.T. debate just got a whole lot richer. Cristiano Ronaldo has officially become the first soccer player to join the exclusive billionaire club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At 40 years old, the Portuguese superstar’s net worth has hit a staggering $1.4 billion, putting him in some seriously elite company. So what pushed … Read more
Buffalo Bills heiress and tennis star Jessica Pegula couldn’t resist joining in on the fun after her team’s social media department released an offbeat video that had little to do with football. The clip featured quarterback Josh Allen and tight end Jackson Hawes delivering gardening tips in a humorous Instagram reel, with teammates smashing vegetables … Read more