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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

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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

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
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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
The Whyalla steelworks is part of the GFG Alliance.

Labor’s $500m plan to rescue Whyalla from wipeout

The Albanese government will invest multi-millions to help keep the plant afloat after it was seized from the control of British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta.

  • Mike Foley and James Massola
Jack Ma

Jack is back: Why China has brought its billionaires out of the shadows

After four years of a brutal crackdown that has cost them billions, Jack Ma and the rest of China’s best and brightest have been welcomed back into the fold by Xi Jinping. The message is clear.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Sam Altman

‘Don’t think he’s a happy person’: Billionaire takes swipe at Elon Musk as feud intensifies

The war of words between Sam Altman and Elon Musk over the future of ChatGPT maker OpenAI is getting more personal.

  • Charles Capel and Tom Mackenzie

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