When Chan Hoi-wan first met her future husband,billionaire mogul Joseph Lau,she reached out to a mole on his head and asked if it was real. So begins the story of one of Hong Kong's most peculiar family sagas.
The combined wealth of America's billionaires,including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla chief Elon Musk,increased nearly 10 per cent since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,a new study shows.
Media mogul Kerry Stokes and his wife arrived two weeks ago in their private jet and went straight to their riverfront mansion in Perth's billionaire suburb of Dalkeith after being granted an exemption by police.
The fallout continues from a luxury getaway at which several people tested positive to COVID-19.
A deed of settlement signed in 2008 by the children of Pilbara iron ore pioneer Peter Wright"drew a line"under future disputes,lawyers for Mr Wright's daughter Angela Bennett claim.
The GFC was supposed to shame the wealthy into slinking away embarrassed,grateful they didn't land in jail or worse. It hasn't gone that way.
Already one of the world's best-paid bosses,Denise Coates has hit the jackpot again.
Opponents of the Sackler family's offer to settle opioid lawsuits against Purdue Pharma point to a report showing the clan took more than what they now offer over the last decade.
She was once Australia's richest woman. Now she is 90 years old,has had a stroke and is incapable of signing a will,a court has heard.
Tech billionaires bucked last year's losing trend,having nearly doubled their ranks over the past five years,a new report shows.
Instead of lashing out at boomers,why not target those that bear direct complicity in our widening dystopia? Instead of"ok boomer,"how about"ok billionaire"?