The One We’ve Been Waiting For: Billionaire Turns 747 Into Flying Palace [Video]
What do you do when you have more money than you could ever spend? You turn your plane into the most luxurious form of air travel ever seen, of course.
This Billionaire Just Made Decision-Making Very Easy
Daily life is full of those tough calls, the ones we agonise over and then wonder if we made the right call. This business guru believes it doesn’t have to be that way.
SpaceX Almost Nails Ocean Platform Landing
It was a case of third time almost being the charm for Elon Musk and the SpaceX project. Yesterday’s attempt was the closest they have come to nailing the much sought-after platform landing.
Heir To Getty Fortune Dies Following Rectal Trauma
There has been another tragedy for the Getty family, this time with the death of one of the heirs to the massive family fortune.
Go, Elon! Musk Has Grand Plans For Global Internet Access
Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, is considering plans to launch a “constellation” of satellites that will deliver Internet access around the world.
The Most Expensive Divorce Settlement In History – R45 Billion – Has Just Happened
After six years the Rybolovlevs have decided one a very large and weirdly precise divorce settlement. Why has this taken so long?
These Were The Biggest Billionaire Scandals Of 2013 [GALLERY]
Puff Daddy once sung “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the more money we come across the more problems we see”, and in 2013 he couldn’t have been any more correct.
The Newcomers: Forbes Africa’s 50 Richest 2013
Curious about who’s coining it in Africa and why? Of course you are. Forbes just announced nine fresh faces that joined the esteemed list of Africa’s 50 Richest people.
Here Is Craft Beer’s First Billionaire
Craft beer has made it’s first billionaire, and it’s Samuel Adams founder, Jim Koch. With the sales of Boston Beer doubling in the past year, the company is now the second largest American brewery. What’s even more amazing, is that these record sales happened at a time when the total beer sales in America fell two per cent. Not bad.
This Is How Koos Bekker Became A Billionaire
Jacobus Petrus “Koos” Bekker, the man responsible for taking over De Nasionale Pers (the publishing company that brought us Die Burger, now known as Naspers Ltd.) in 1997 hit a landmark this year – he has become a billionaire. Kate Turner-Smith, BPI Africa Capital analyst said that when Bekker took control of the group he immediately began […]
Just When You Thought Warren Buffet Couldn’t Get Any Cooler, He Sends His First Tweet – And It’s Awesome
According to Forbes, Warren Buffet has a net worth of $53,5 billion (R478 billion). He is number 4 on the Forbes Billionaires list, second in the United States. He is the 15th most powerful person in the world, and is ranked number two on the Forbes 400 list. And now he has sent his first tweet.
It Turns Out Billionaires Are Just Smarter Than You
New studies show that the billionaires of this world didn’t get to where they are by luck, or even hard work, alone. It turns out that people who get really, really rich are basically just smarter than you.
Bad Luck Makes Burger Queen America’s Youngest Woman Billionaire
Thirty year old Lynsi Torres is thought to be America’s youngest woman billionaire since becoming president and owner of the popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out Burger. After her uncle died in a plane crash, her father died of a drug overdose and her mother’s death in 2006, Lynsi fell next in line to inherit […]
Is This Billionaire Actually Going To Try To Clone A Dinosaur?
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer may be on his way to ignoring the single most important movie lesson ever taught – don’t clone extinct animals. Sources close to the man have allegedly claimed that he is in deep talks with the people who cloned Dolly the sheep to bring a dinosaur back into existence.
Friday Morning Spice
Buyer of $120 million ‘The Scream’ revealed. Armstrong has a friend in congress. SA government PR disaster. Tom Cruise sues tabloid. Did London billionaire lie dead for a week?
