Three of the world’s wealthiest people are trying to top each other with the most ambitious private space expeditions.
There are four South Africans on the UK Sunday Times 2021 Rich List, with three claiming spots in the top 100.
Travelling alongside a crew of five, Branson went just a little over 80 kilometres above Earth, reached suborbital space for a few seconds, and bested his billionaire rivals.
The co-founders of Robinhood, an app for trading stocks without commission, are already billionaires, and are in line for another massive payday soon.
Those with money to splurge are buying gadgets designed to lift the rider out of the water, without much skill needed to pull it off.
What the richest of the rich have been spending their money on during the lockdown periods is pretty out there.
Forbes’ latest list calculates that the richest 50 clans are worth a collective $1,2 trillion, which is up about 30% from $916 billion in 2015. These are the top five.
Austin Russell is the world’s wealthiest and youngest self-made tech mogul, taking the world of self-driving cars by storm.
Over the past two decades, the list of the 10 richest people on the planet has undergone a serious shift. This video plots the rise and rise of some of today’s household names.
Forbes’ latest billionaire report lists 10 billionaires younger than 30, although only four are self-made.
At one stage, Forbes declared Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s longtime former president, the richest woman in Africa.
Superyachts typically fall into the realm of the billionaire, but all hope is not lost for the measly millionaire who wants a shiny new sea toy.
Four South African billionaires cracked a spot in the top 10 of Forbes’ ‘Africa’s Richest People’ list for 2021.
Tesla has been confronted with a few competitors, as more automakers make the switch to electric, but few are as formidable as the Fiskers.
Billionaires are often used to getting their way, and they’re also not afraid to flex their muscle through expensive court proceedings.
Earlier this week, news outlets across the world announced that Musk’s net worth had passed Bill Gates. Forbes wasn’t one of those – here’s why.
Chuck Feeney isn’t your average billionaire, and he hopes his story inspires some of the world’s richest people to try ‘Giving While Living’.
Forbes’ latest list reveals that America’s 400 richest people are worth a combined $3,2 trillion, up $240 billion from a year ago.
Despite the fact that COVID-19 is causing financial uncertainty around the world, you can always count on the rich getting richer.
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Hurun Research Institute has published its annual billionaire ranking for 2020, and it features six well-known South African billionaires.
Africa has 54 nations, but only eight countries have billionaires, with South Africa and Egypt leading the pack.
You may have gone from strength to strength over the past decade, but you probably didn’t make quite as much dosh as these billionaires.
South African multimillionaire Ashok Sewnarain opened the London vault to meet the rising demand from the world’s richest people for safety deposit boxes.
The Van der Vorms, one of the wealthiest and most discreet families in the world, sold Ray-Ban in July, and nobody knows quite what they plan on doing with the cash.
Ken Fisher clearly has trouble reading the room, which in this case was full of people who don’t take kindly to casual sexism.
Just when you think you’re starting to get your life together, along comes a list of billionaires under the age of 40.
Bill Gates has been surpassed in the ‘richest people in the world’ rankings, by the same man who recently joined him and Bezos in the $100 billion club.
Europe’s richest person has just joined Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos in a very exclusive wealth club.