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Gina Rinehart wants a helipad and ‘meow terrace’ at her $270m Perth HQ

Australia’s richest person wants to spend $270 million redeveloping her company’s two Perth sites including a new facade and a “cat” meeting room.

‘That’s a double your money story’: Gerry Harvey’s latest bets

The 85-year-old Harvey Norman executive chairman resents days at home, and says tackling new challenges and dealmaking every day has kept him going.

Larry Ellison, the billionaire owner of Oracle.

Ellison overtakes Zuckerberg as world’s second-richest person

The billionaire’s wealth got a huge boost as shares in his tech company, Oracle, soared on the back of investment in AI.

Bill Ackman, right, and his doubles partner, retired professional Jack Sock, during the Hall of Fame Open in Newport.

What might a billionaire lose at? Turns out, tennis.

Aussies Bernard Tomic and Omar Jasika made easy work of 59-year-old financier Bill Ackman in his first “pro” tournament.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc., right, and Lauren Sanchez Bezos walk to lunch during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The annual event has been a historic breeding ground for media deals and is usually a forum for tech and media elites to discuss the future of their industry. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

In Pictures: Tech titans gather for day three of Sun Valley billionaire camp

Jeff Bezos, Cliff Obrecht and Bill Gates are among the rich and powerful gathering for the third day at Allen & Company’s annual Sun Valley Conference in Idaho.

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Chemist Warehouse founders like Mario Verrochi and Jack Gance

The pharmacists who made millions from Chemist Warehouse’s IPO

The retailer’s co-founders are well-known billionaires, but its backdoor listing with Sigma made hundreds of its store managers multimillionaires overnight.

Newlyweds Lauren Sanchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos 2.0: new wife, newish job, old vision

Jeff Bezos lives by a simple precept: limit the number of things you would wish you had done differently when you are 80.

Billionaire Salteris add $10.2m luxury estate to rural collection

The tycoon and his wife have added a third NSW Southern Highlands property to their holdings, near Bowral.

The billionaire, the beautician and the backlash

New details have emerged about how WiseTech founder Richard White funds the extravagant lifestyle of his American lover, Kimberlee Cvitash - and how his investments have gone bad.

On big day for his bill, Trump heads to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The president’s expedition might have seemed a bit off-piste, but his visit to the detention centre was not without purpose.

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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos got married in Venice.

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos exchange vows in Venice wedding

Applause was heard as the couple tied the knot on the tiny island of San Giorgio, just across the water from St Mark’s Square in Venice.

Mirka and Roger Federer attend a watch show in Geneva.

How Roger Federer’s savvy deals made him a billionaire

The tennis legend has joined the elite ranks of athlete billionaires, thanks to a series of clever sponsorship deals - and a big investment.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kiss as they leave a hotel for their pre wedding reception, in Venice.

Gates, Oprah, Kushner: Bezos celebrates ahead of nuptials

Five hotels and 30 water taxis were booked out as the three-day $76 million wedding got under way in Venice despite local protests.

Lauren Sanchez arrives by boat for her wedding to Jeff Bezos in Venice.

Bezos, Sanchez land in Venice as protests grow over celebrity wedding

The Amazon billionaire and his fiancee are tying the knot in a lavish ceremony that has drawn angry protests from Venetian residents and organisations.

Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave a hotel in Venice on Wednesday ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding.

How to avoid gluckschmerz about Jeff Bezos’ wedding

It has been written that the Amazon billionaire’s opulent wedding in the city of Venice spits in everyone’s face, but does it?

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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos enjoying the foam party on the Koru, their $US500 million megayacht.

Bezos’ Venice wedding plans upended as celebrities jet in

Dozens of private jets carrying Bill Gates, Lachlan Murdoch, Lady Gaga, Elton John and others are expected to arrive in Venice this week.

Self-styled Libertarian Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

Billionaire Telegram founder to leave fortune to his 100 children

Controversial chief executive and avid sperm donor Pavel Durov has just written his will that provides $US170 million to each of his offspring.

WiseTech director Charles Gibbon with WiseTech founder Richard White.

Richard White’s billionaire supporters to leave WiseTech board

Directors Charles Gibbon and Michael Gregg are leaving the board of the global logistics software business after a raft of scandals and allegations involving its founder Richard White.

Luxury yachts and sail boats moored in Monaco.

How the ultra-rich are changing the political landscape

Two wonderfully detailed books explore the impacts of the widening gap between the super-elites and everyone else.

Alex Waislitz is balancing multple legal matters.

Waislitz hired private investigator to look into sister-in-law

Amid the acrimonious dispute between Alex Waislitz, his fiancée and her sister, the billionaire had Venus Behbahani investigated.

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