Billionaires
The Disney child star who just became a billionaire
Selena Gomez rose to fame on Disney and is a close friend of Taylor Swift. A decision she made five years ago has vaulted her up the rich list.
- by Diana Li
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The feud between billionaires that may have started over a chef’s hat
Wall Street is full of tales of animus and betrayal, but rarely has bad blood built up and spilled out the way it has at one of the world’s biggest hedge funds.
- by Hema Parmar
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Start-ups
Billionaire tech boss says culture issues a thing of the past
Airwallex CEO Jack Zhang says a lack of resources means he can’t compete with the likes of Canva or Atlassian in work perks.
- by David Swan
Rebel billionaire: The 39-year-old who sparked a global firestorm
Pavel Durov’s laissez-faire attitude to regulation made messaging app Telegram into a giant. Now it has landed him in hot water.
The 44-year-old behind Temu loses crown as China’s richest person after $21 billion wipeout
Colin Huang’s reign as China’s richest person only lasted about two weeks.
- by Venus Feng and Diana Li
7-Eleven heirs get $1.3 billion windfall after shock offer
The Japanese group’s founder died last year at the age of 98. Now his heirs have a decision to make.
- by Pui Gwen Yeung and Filipe Pacheco
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Appliances
James built a $28b fortune after inventing Dyson vacuums. Here is his next radical idea
Britain’s fifth-richest man says there’s a good reason he’s been growing out his hair.
- by David Swan
Secretive family behind the Mars chocolate empire shakes up food world with $55 billion deal
Residents of McLean, Virginia, joke that the most secretive organisation based in their suburb is not the CIA, but the Mars company.
- by Abigail Summerville
Airbnb’s record plunge wipes $2 billion off 42-year-old CEO’s fortune
The travel company’s stock tumbled on Wall Street, taking a big chunk out of the fortune of co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky.
- by Biz Carson
China’s richest man risks losing crown after $20 billion wipeout
Besieged by a price war in China’s bottled water market, Zhong Shanshan’s company has found itself on the wrong side of the country’s increasingly nationalistic consumers.
- by Bloomberg News
Opinion
Column 8
Cross words for the PM
While we wait on the Speaker of the (smallest room in the) House.
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