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Business
Energy tycoon Li Hejun, once China’s richest man, arrested
Chinese authorities have detained Li Hejun, the billionaire founder of thin-film solar panel firm Hanergy, local media reported on Wednesday...
Ryan General
China
Chinese billionaire arrested in London over SF bribery scandal posts $18.4 million bail
A Chinese billionaire allegedly connected to the San Francisco corruption scandal that has rocked the city since 2020 has been arrested in L...
Bryan Ke
Entertainment
Steve Aoki, BIGBANG’s T.O.P selected to join Japanese billionaire’s SpaceX trip to outer space
Before you read: BIGBANG’s T.O.P might travel to outer space with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa ...
Carl Samson
BIGBANG’s T.O.P might travel to outer space with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
BIGBANG’s T.O.P, 35, is reportedly traveling to outer space with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa in 2023. The K-pop star will be one o...
Isa Peralta
Asia’s richest man to develop India’s largest slum, the site of hit film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest person, has won the rights to redevelop Mumbai’s Dharavi neighborhood after a 50-billion rupee (approximately ...
Education
Renaming of University of Oxford college after Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ now ‘in doubt’
Last year, Linacre College announced that it would be changing its name to Thao College after Vietnam’s first and only woman billionaire af...
Michelle De Pacina
Asia’s richest man: China will be ‘increasingly isolated’ from world; India will be poverty-free by 2050
Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest person and the world’s second-richest billionaire, believes that China, which he said was the “foremost champi...
Asia is home to 6 of the top 20 cities with the most millionaires
In a recent report by Henley and Partners, a firm that tracks global wealth, Asian cities accounted for six of the top 20 cities in the wor...
Iris Jung
South Korean teen becomes world’s youngest billionaire
Kim Jung-youn, a South Korean heiress to the video game empire Nexon, has become the world’s youngest billionaire at 18 after her father’s ...
William Yuk
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani surpasses Jeff Bezos as world’s second-richest person
Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, 60, overtook Jeff Bezos to become the world’s second-richest person last week. The college dropout ha...
More immigrants than ever have become billionaires in the US
Forbes’ recently unveiled World’s Billionaire list for 2022 revealed that a record-number 92 American billionaires are immigrants. Topping...
Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man
Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, 60, is now the world’s third richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Adani, wh...
Oxford University defends $180MM donation from Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ amid investigation
Oxford University’s Linacre College is defending its acceptance of a $180 million donation from Vietnam’s first self-made woman billionaire...
Rebecca Moon
News
Tiger Woods officially joins the billionaire athletes club alongside Michael Jordan and LeBron James
Tiger Woods has joined an exclusive club after becoming one of just three athletes to have a net worth of over $1 billion. Forbes announce...
Jane Nam
25-year-old college dropout is now the world’s youngest self-made billionaire
Alexandr Wang, 25, co-founder of Scale, is now the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. Based in San Francisco, Scale aims to help comp...
Fashion
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa arrives at space station for $70 million, 12-day space vacation
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), where he will spend 12 days in orbit. Space touris...
Taiwan
Taiwanese billionaire says he opposes island’s independence after China fines his company $74 million
A Taiwanese business mogul has voiced opposition to Taiwan’s independence from China after Beijing fined his company as an alleged warning f...
Evergrande founder sparks backlash after asking employees to ‘work hard’ through ‘adversity’
China Evergrande Group’s former chairman Xu Jiayin has earned the ire of Chinese social media users after a letter he allegedly sent to empl...
Chinese billionaire lost $27 billion amid Beijing’s crackdown on tech giants
The Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown on private companies has reportedly resulted in a Chinese billionaire losing over $27 billion thi...
Asia
New richest man in Singapore is worth $20.3 billion
Forrest Li, the co-founder of Sea Limited, a tech conglomerate that oversees digital services and brands such as Shopee, Garena and SeaMoney...
KakaoTalk Founder Promises to Donate Over Half of His $9.4 Billion Fortune
Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of messaging app KakaoTalk, has promised to donate more than half of his wealth to help “solve so...
Ex-Google Engineer Becomes China’s Third-Wealthiest Billionaire
Colin (Zheng) Huang, surged into the spot of China’s second-wealthiest person on Sunday before settling for third-wealthiest on Tuesda...
Maina Chen
Japan’s Richest Man Says Racial Tensions Are ‘Breaking’ America
The world’s view on the United States is changing as it faces country-wide protests following the murder of George Floyd, according to 71-ye...
Over 20,000 Women Apply to be Japanese Billionaire’s Girlfriend and Go to the Moon
Thousands of women are now reportedly lining up to become the girlfriend of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. The 44-year-old fashion mog...
Feature
Lonely Japanese Billionaire is Seeking a Date He Can Take to the Moon
A Japanese fashion mogul is currently looking for a female “life partner” to accompany him on a flight to the moon. Yusaku Maez...
Chinese Parents Gift 24-Year-Old Son $3.8 Billion
A multi-billion-dollar gift from his parents turned 24-year-old Eric Tse into one of the richest people in the world. Tse became an instant...
Billionaire Uniqlo Founder Wants a Woman to Take His Job
Japanese fashion retail giant Uniqlo will likely have a female leader in the future, setting an example of a corporate shift from traditiona...
Hong Kong’s Richest Man Pays $120,000 for Students’ Trip to Japan After Meeting at the Airport
A dance group composed of 45 children from Shanghai received a generous treat from billionaire Li Ka-Shing after bumping into him at an airp...
K-Pop Idols Go Viral After Being Called ‘Korean Lesbian Billionaire’ Couple Worth $170 Billion
Many netizens fell hard for the now-viral tweet stating that a Korean lesbian billionaire couple Ha Soo Young and Kim Ji Woo had just tied t...
Technology
SpaceX is Sending a Japanese Billionaire Around the Moon to Be The First Space Tourist Ever
Elon Musk announced that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the very first space tourist to board his ambitious SpaceX moon slingsh...
Chinese Billionaire Arrested in Minneapolis Immediately Sent to China Over Alleged Sexual Misconduct
Chinese billionaire Liu Qiandong was arrested and placed in the custody of a police station in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday nigh...
Chinese Billionaire Visits His Rural Hometown By Landing a Helicopter on a House Roof
A Chinese billionaire was caught on video landing his helicopter on top of a private home during his visit to a mountain village in Cangxi C...
Why Jack Ma Doesn’t Hire The ‘Best’ Candidate For The Job
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma realized a policy of not hiring the best candidates for a job during Alibaba’s early years and it eventually pai...
Chinese Billionaire Falls to His Death Climbing a Wall for a Picture in France
Chinese billionaire Wang Jian fell to his death in France while taking photos of the scenery. Wang, the 57-year-old chairman and co-founder...
China Made 210 Billionaires in 2017 — The U.S. Only Made 19
Hurun Global Rich List 2018 recently published a report detailing that 210 billionaires emerged from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in t...
China’s Richest Woman Made $2.1 Billion in 4 Days
China’s billionaires have been making more money than the rest of the world, with one recently adding $2.1 billion to her pool of wealth in ...