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Blackstone’s Joseph Baratta is the latest at the firm to be minted as a billionaire.

The Wall Street giant that turns its executives into billionaires

Blackstone has become a Wall Street powerhouse that manages over a trillion dollars worth of assets. It is sharing the spoils.

  • Ben Stupples and Dylan Sloan

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Donald Trump

Trump’s dealmaking is all about him

Donald Trump is after personal and public hegemony for himself and the US, and he’s willing to tank the law, the Constitution and global alliances to get there.

  • Timothy L. O'Brien
Many are describing Musk’s assault on the federal bureaucracy as a coup, which isn’t quite right. Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily.

Trump slump leaves president’s billionaire friends $335 billion poorer

As Donald Trump took the oath of office on January 20, he was flanked by the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. They had never been richer. How things have changed.

  • Dylan Sloan
Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut and billionaire ally of Elon Musk who has been lined up by Donald Trump to lead NASA.

The billionaire Elon Musk disciple protecting Earth from city-killing asteroids

Meet Jared Isaacman, a daredevil private astronaut and billionaire ally of Elon Musk who has been lined up by Donald Trump to lead NASA.

  • Matthew Field
Elon Musk at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week.

From Trump bump to slump: Musk can’t dodge Tesla’s $1 trillion value loss

Elon Musk’s embrace of President Donald Trump and his de facto direction of the Department of Government Efficiency are creating a backlash.

  • Liam Denning
"You'll see a big V in terms of the economy going up for the next few months because it's been closed": Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman.

The Wall Street CEO who earned $1.6 billion last year

Blackstone chief executive officer Steve Schwarzman’s windfall shines a spotlight on the billionaire’s wealth just as Washington takes aim at how private equity profits are taxed.

  • Dawn Lim
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Father-son feud plunges $28.5 billion family empire into crisis

An alleged boardroom coup attempt and a lawsuit between a family patriarch and his son – even by the standards of Asian succession drama, the family feud raging in this property dynasty stands out.

  • Low De Wei, Yoojung Lee and Bernadette Toh
Warren Buffett is increasing his stakes in oil and gas producers as the push towards environmentally focused investing makes them cheaper.

Spend my money ‘wisely’: Billionaire Warren Buffett’s pointed advice to Donald Trump

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett always offers some pearls of wisdom in his annual letter to shareholders.

  • Josh Funk
WiseTech Global founder Richard White and wife Zena Nasser.

Billionaire Richard White backs away from questionable property deals amid board crisis talks

The beleaguered tech billionaire has called in a $70 million loan he gave to an associate of his wife’s ex-husband – a nut roaster from Lakemba.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
Ari Emanuel

The power of Ari: How Donald Trump’s former agent became a billionaire

Ari Emanuel has worn many hats over his career. Now, he has one more to add.

  • Dylan Sloan

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