Billionaires
World’s 500 richest people surpassed $15 trillion in wealth in 2024
The world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg leading the group to a new milestone. Their wealth is now similar in size to the combined GDPs of Germany, Japan and Australia.
- Dylan Sloan and Jack Witzig
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The spy, the billionaire and a high-stakes Paris battle
François Ruffin had just started filming a satirical documentary about luxury billionaire Bernard Arnault when he became suspicious about a volunteer on his staff.
- Liz Alderman
Elon Musk now has more money than anyone has ever had
Elon Musk has become the first person to reach $US400 billion in net worth, the latest milestone for the world’s richest individual.
- Dylan Sloan
Murdoch’s court defeat creates uncertain path ahead for his media empire
Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch believes all successful companies are built by individuals, not boards or committees. Some of his children disagree.
- Anne Hyland
‘Carefully crafted charade’: How it all fell apart for Rupert Murdoch in Nevada
In a scathing 96-page ruling, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch were found to have acted in bad faith in their effort to amend the family trust.
- Jonathan Mahler and Jim Rutenberg
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- Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch’s ‘bad faith’ bid to change family trust fails
The move was an attempt to cement eldest son Lachlan’s control of the family empire after the 93-year-old’s death and secure its media assets’ conservative positioning.
- Calum Jaspan
The 47-year-old Kiwi who just became a billionaire
Peter Beck has come a long way for a former dishwasher engineer with no university qualifications.
- Ainsley Thomson and Bruce Einhorn
The $164 trillion windfall splitting America
One of the largest intergenerational transfers of wealth in history is about to take place.
- Daniel Neligh, Maria Clara Cobo and Andre Tartar
Rick the Taser king started his company aged 23. Now he is a billionaire
Rick Smith says he and his brother came up with the idea for their company after high school football teammates were killed in a shooting.
- Biz Carson
What Harry Triguboff really thinks about local councils and Chinese migrants
The 91-year-old Meriton boss said council staff should be given bonuses if they approved more development applications before making incendiary remarks about Chinese migrants.
- Anthony Segaert
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