This Month
The Telegram billionaire, the yoga instructor and a very messy split
For almost a decade, Irina Bolgar and Pavel Durov enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle, funded by the messaging app. After his arrest, the dream is unravelling.
- Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
September
Inside Elon Musk’s mushrooming security apparatus
The world’s richest man has long cultivated a devil-may-care persona. But in private, he has increasingly barricaded himself behind a growing phalanx of armed bodyguards.
- Kirsten Grind and Jack Ewing
The sad and lonely lives of the world’s richest kids
There’s a darker side to being super-wealthy, from Vladimir Putin’s two secret sons who “live in isolation” to $180,000-a-week clinics for depressed kids.
- Kate Wills
August
Mike Lynch died just as he was planning his ‘second life’
The billionaire British tech tycoon loved to appear ruthless but was quick to help those in need.
- Ben Wright, Matthew Field and James Titcomb
Ultra-luxury home sales in US are on pace to set record
Billionaires globally have seen their wealth boom, generating momentum for major home purchases.
- Jennifer Epstein
The global rich are moving in search of lower taxes
A record 128,000 millionaires are expected to relocate this year, the consequence of a global realignment of how the wealthy are taxed.
- Emma Agyemang
Buffett halves his Apple stake in $116b stock dump
The cash pile at Berkshire Hathaway has soared to $US425 billion as Warren Buffett struggles to find stocks to buy.
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- Amanda Cantrell and Alexandre Rajbhandari
World’s richest lose $205b in stock slump, led by Bezos
Wall Street’s week-ending sell-off hit a raft of billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
- Diana Li
July
He planned to give $20b to his gardener. Now he’s lost it all
Nicolas Puech was already an outcast in the $237 billion Hermes family. But what happened to his billions of dollars in shares is a mystery.
- Tara Patel
How do you solve a problem like Elon?
Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, has worked hard to bring back advertisers and fix the platform’s business. But its owner, Elon Musk, is always one whim away from undoing her work.
- Kate Conger
Ackman’s Pershing postpones US fund IPO
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s US closed-end fund is facing a delay to its highly-anticipated initial public offering as it awaits regulatory approval.
- Yiqin Shen and Bailey Lipschultz
How the billionaire ‘godfather of the Olympics’ made his fortune
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault created the world’s biggest luxury group - and that lavishness will be on full display at the Paris Olympics.
- David McHugh and Thomas Adamson
‘It’s insane’: The secret world of tutors to the super-rich
For the children of the ultra-rich, education involves family tutors who fly with them around the world, with the best tutors earning $500,000 salaries.
- Mattie Brignal
Newlywed Murdoch joins Bezos and Canva duo at billionaires’ retreat
The 93-year-old media mogul is no longer returning home to mark The Australian’s 60th anniversary – but he does appear to have given it a present.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Disney
Old and new money meet at billionaires’ annual retreat
Network Ten owner Shari Redstone was in Sun Valley along with Bob Iger, a crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls and the tech elite for the annual Allen & Co gathering.
- Nick Bonyhady
Network Ten owner sold to ‘Top Gun’ billionaires
The billionaire family behind Oracle Corporation along with ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Top Gun’ films will take control of the network in a complex deal.
- Nick Bonyhady
Billionaire ‘French Murdoch’ behind Le Pen’s rise
Vincent Bollare’s TV channel and related media outlets have normalised and amplified the far-right leader’s message ahead of this weekend’s French elections.
- Benoit Berthelot and Tara Patel
May
The butler’s role has changed – and seasoned ones can make $190K a year
Buttling has become a career that involves not only polishing silver and folding napkins but also lifestyle management.
- Plum Sykes
Paul McCartney is reportedly Britain’s first billionaire musician
The 81-year-old is the richest musician in the UK, thanks in part to superstar Beyonce.
The $150b club: Record number of super rich
The combined net worth of the world’s super-rich club is up 13 per cent this year to $3.3 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- Diana Li and Jack Witzig