Billionaires

'The O.C.'s' Kelly Rowan Gives Birth, Splits From Secretive Billionaire Fiance David Thomson

Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Kelly Rowan's Baby, Billionaires, Kelly Rowan, David Thomson, The OC, David Thomson Kelly Rowan, Kelly Rowan Pregnant, Canada's Richest Man, Kelly Rowan Baby Bump, Business News

Kelly Rowan, best known for her role as the mom on "The O.C." has given birth and split from her fiance, billionaire David Thomson, Canada's richest m...

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See The Youngest Billionaires

Forbes | Zack O'Malley Greenburg | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Youngest Billionaires, Billionaires, Business News

Nothing beats being young and rich. Here are the world's 10 youngest billionaires. They include a former Enron oil trader, a German prince and China's...

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Jeff Bezos, Survivor

Fortune | Josh Quittner | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Amazon Web Services, Online Retail, Jeff Bezos, Dotcom Crash, Amazon, Business News

The helicopter was out of control and Jeff Bezos, the dotcom billionaire who founded Amazon, was pretty sure he was about to die. He was pinioned in t...

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Linens CEO's Bizarre Behavior Troubles Billionaire Boss

New York Post | James Covert | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Robert DiNicola, Linens 'N Things, Leon Black, The Godfather, Billionaires, Business News

Billionaire buyout king Leon Black may soon make the boss of Linens 'n Things an offer he can't refuse. The embattled retailer's CEO, Robert DiNicola...

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110 Forbes Billionaires Still On The Market

Forbes Via ABC News | Andrew Farrell | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Peter Thiel, Prince Albert Von Thurn Und Taxis, Billionaires, Bill Clinton Ron Burkle, Ron Burkle, Unmarried Billionaires, Ronald Perelman, Roustam Tariko, Roman Abramovich, Mark Zuckerberg, Billionaire Bachelors, Bachelor Billionaires, Single Billionaires, Business News

There are 110 single men on Forbes' 2008 list of the world's richest people. The youngest? Mark Zuckerberg, 23. He founded social networking site Fac...

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Tight-fisted Ikea Billionaire Drives 15-Year-Old Volvo, Assembles Own Furniture

Daily Mail | Lucy Ballinger | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Ikea Stores, World's Richest Men, Billionaires, Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad, Thrifty Billionaires, Ikea Founder, Ikea Furniture, Business News

In his faded coat, tinted prescription glasses and scuffed shoes, he looks like just another pensioner scraping by on a tight budget. But the man pic...

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The Death Of The American Billionaire

Motley Fool | Rich Greifner | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Forbes Billionaire Rankings, Forbes Rankings, Billionaires, Richest Man in the World, Guitar Hero, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, U.S. Billionaires, American Billionaires, Carlos Slim Helu, Carlos Slim, Business News

It's not easy being Bill Gates. First, Yahoo! rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion buyout offer. Then Gates got absolutely worked in a Guitar Hero comp...

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Billionaire's Fortune At Risk After Evidence Links Inhaler To Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Daniel Costello | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Lung Cancer, Billionaires, MannKing Corp, Inhaled Insulin, Diabetes, Alfred Mann, Mannkind, Pfizer, Inhaled Insulin Lung Cancer, Diebetics, Business News

With the zeal of a young entrepreneur, 82-year-old Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Alfred Mann has bet nearly half of his estimated $2.2-bi...

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Pickens To Pay Kansas Coach $6M To Switch Teams?

CBS News | Dennis Dodd | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Kansas State, Billionaires, T. Boone Pickens, Bill Self, Oklahoma St. Cowboys, Boone Pickens, Bill Self Oklahoma State, Business News

Yo, T. Boone. We ain't talking no drive-thru teller anymore. Forget the cashier's check. Go directly to whatever hedge fund you fancy and start withdr...

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Branson On Stalking Sartre, Joining The Mile High Club, And Marrying A Google Guy

Details | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Richard Branson, Space, Virgin Mobile, Billionaires, Larry Page, Virgin Atlantic, Jean-Paul Sartre, Google, Business News

In this month's issue of Details magazine, Richard Branson, billionaire and renegade mogul, sounds off on a number of different issues. On his early...

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Billionaire Sex Suit Shocker: Accuser Used To Be Man

New York Post | Andy Geller | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit, Maximillian Cordero, Jeffrey Epstein Pervert, Jeffrey Epstein, Ava Cordero, Jeffrey Epstein Underage Girls, Jeffrey Epstein Victim, Business News

The wannabe model who claims billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pressured her into a sexual affair when she was an underaged girl not only wasn't born a woma...

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Blackstone Co-Founder Peterson On Wealth, McCain, And Fiscal Responsibility

Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Blackstone, Pete Peterson, McCann Erickson, Peter Peterson, Pete Peterson Blackstone, Blackstone Group, Stephen Schwarzman, Business News

Peter G. Peterson is a man of parts: leveraged-buyout billionaire, policy wonk, social lion, and--most recently--the patron of an ambitious new founda...

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Icahn Sues for Motorola Board Records

AP | TARA BURGHART | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Icahn Sues Motorola, Icahn Lawsuits, Billionaires, Carl Icahn, Motorola, Business News

CHICAGO — Motorola Inc. on Monday dismissed as an "unnecessary distraction" billionaire investor Carl Icahn's legal efforts to force it to turn ...

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NYC's Whitney to Receive $131M Gift

AP | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Whitney Endowment, Lauder Donation to Whitney, Billionaires, Whitney Largest Donation, Estee Lauder, Whitney Lauder, Whitney Museum of American Art, Leonard Lauder, Whitney Museum, Business News

NEW YORK — Cosmetics executive Leonard A. Lauder says he will give $131 million to the Whitney Museum of American Art, the largest donation in t...

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Ross Bets A Billion On Municipalities' Strength

New York Post | Paul Tharp | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Agencies, Billionaires, Credit Crunch, Wilbur Ross, Barney Frank, Business News

Wilbur Ross - who's betting $1 billion that municipalities will beat their latest funding crisis - says politicians are trying to help but have it all...

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Blackstone's Schwarzman Makes $5.13B

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 03.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Stephen Schwarzman, Stephen Schwarzman Salary, Stephen Schwarzman Billionaire, Billionaires, Blackstone, Blackstone Group, Business News

NEW YORK — Stephen Schwarzman is Wall Street's $5.13 billion man. That's how much money the co-founder of private equity shop Blackstone Group ...

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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Admits Mistakes

BusinessWeek | Spencer E. Ante and Catherine Holahan | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Sarah Lacy, Billionaires, South by Southwest, Microsoft, Myspace, SXSW 2008, Social Networking, Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Sxsw, Google, Business News

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, 23, has developed a reputation, deserved or not, for being aloof and arrogant. And who can blame him? The Ha...

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Billionaire Bans Pregnant "O.C." Fiancee From Public Appearances

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, David Thomson, Kelly Rowan, The OC, Baby Bumps, Laurie Ludwick, Canada's Richest Man, Kelly Rowan Pregnant, Kelly Rowan Baby Bump, Business News

While most pregnant starlets cruise around LA or New York proudly showing off their growing bellies, there's one expecting actress you won't see. "The...

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Porn Baron Paul Raymond Dies at 82

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.04.2008 | Business

Read More: King of Soho, Pornography Empire, Billionaires, Soho Sex Trade, Whitehall Theater, Paul Raymond Organization, Pornography, Raymond Revuebar, Business News

LONDON — Paul Raymond, a businessman whose pornography and property empire made him one of Britain's wealthiest men, has died, his office said M...

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Steve Schwarzman Tells Bronx Kids Good Grades Are Over-Rated

Dealbreaker | John Carney | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: The Wire, Blackstone, Billionaires, Sacred Heart School, Steve Schwarzman, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Business News

"How do you get from here to the rest of the world?" The question is one of the most heart-breaking moments on this season of the Wire. It's asked of...

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Christie's To Auction 101-Carat Diamond For $8 Million

Bloomberg | Le-Min Lim, Scott Reyburn | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Diamonds, Diamond Auction, Christie's Auction, Premier Diamond Mine, Hong Kong, Christie's Jewelry Sale, 101 Carat Diamond, South African Diamonds, Celebrity Excess, Billionaires, Business News

A 101-carat, near-flawless diamond may fetch more than $8 million at a Christie's International sale in Hong Kong, the first time a gem of this qualit...

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Russian Billionaire (And Putin Enemy) Found Dead

Daily Mail | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Vladimir Putin, Billionaires, Murdered Billionaire, Dead Billionaire, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Business News

A British-based Russian billionaire who feared he was about to be murdered has been found dead at his home. Badri Patarkatsishvili, 52, was found dea...

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Turner "Almost Done" Buying Up Ranchland

Omaha World Herald | PAUL HAMMEL | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Ted's Nebraska Grill, Billionaires, Cnn, Turner Ranchland, Mouth of the South, Philanthropists, Nebraska, Ted Turner, Business News

The "Mouth of the South" might be mellowing, at least in terms of his appetite for ranchland in Nebraska. CNN founder Ted Turner, the largest private...

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Carl Icahn, Blogger?

New York Times | Dealbook | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloggers, Billionaires, Icahn Report, Corporate Governance, Carl Icahn, Business News

For two decades, Carl C. Icahn has been among the most visible of rabble-rousing investors, garnering attention from the press for nearly every invest...

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Billionaire Schwarzman: "I'm Not Wealthy"

Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Billionaire Populism, Private Equity, Stephen Schwarzman, Wealth Denial, Business News

One of the strange side-effects of the wealth boom is the emergence of what I call "wealth denial." Today, no one seems to want to fess up to their t...

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