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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., center, and his wife Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC, right, during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” in Tahoe City, California, US, on Friday, July 19, 2024. Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new and powerful AI model, called Llama 3.1, that Zuckerberg called “state of the art” and said will rival similar offerings from competitors. Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zuckerberg-funded Silicon Valley school to shutter next year

By Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg

Photo of Elon Musk.

Musk’s DOGE teen was fired by cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

By Jason Leopold, Margi Murphy, and others

Marlene Engelhorn

‘Extreme wealth as power must be regulated’: 31-year-old heiress is letting 50 strangers give her $27 million fortune away

By Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg

Alex Soros

Head of George Soros’ $25 billion charity steps down after son takes charge

By Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg

FILE: Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., and his wife MacKenzie Bezos, arrive for morning sessions at the 28th annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Saturday, July 10, 2010. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the worlds richest person, and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years. Bezos, 54, is worth $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the worlds 500 wealthiest people. The couple met when they both worked at hedge fund D.E. Shaw, and they married in 1993. He founded Amazon a year later. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images

MacKenzie Scott trims Amazon stake by $10B, philanthropist now owns about 1.9% of tech giant: ‘I have a disproportionate amount of money to share’

By Tom Maloney, Sophie Alexander, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 29: Elon Musk wears a necklace in honor of Israeli hostages onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times)

Elon Musk wants to create new schools in Austin—from elementary to university—that he’s funding with a $100 million gift

By Sophie Alexander, Dana Hull, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)

Elon Musk gave $5.7 billion to charity last year. Where the money went was a mystery—until now

By Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk was cool but combative as he testified in a Delaware courtroom that Tesla’s more than $2 billion acquisition of SolarCity in 2016 wasn’t a bailout of the struggling solar provider. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Elon Musk made one of the biggest donations to a charity in history with a November gift of $5.7 billion in Tesla shares

By Sophie Alexander, Ben Steverman, and others

PERRY, GA – SEPTEMBER 25: Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, Georgia Secretary of State candidate Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), and Georgia Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Burt Jones (R-GA) also appeared as guests at the rally. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel lost $70 million during his presidency, documents show

By Sophie Alexander, Tom Maloney, and others

UNSPECIFIED LOCATION – APRIL 18: In this screengrab, (L-R) Melinda Gates and Bill Gates speak during “One World: Together At Home” presented by Global Citizen on April, 18, 2020. The global broadcast and digital special was held to support frontline healthcare workers and the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, powered by the UN Foundation. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen )

It’s official: Bill and Melinda Gates are now divorced

By Sophie Alexander, Ben Steverman, and others

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award during the the 70th International Astronautical Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019. MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images

Jeff Bezos hits wealth record of $211 billion

By Sophie Alexander, Scott Carpenter, and others

SEATTLE, WA – MAY 04: The exterior of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is seen on May 4, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce yesterday, raising questions about the future of their foundation. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Bill and Melinda Gates are focusing on separate investing goals amid divorce drama

By Sophie Alexander, Ben Steverman, and others

SEATTLE, WA – MAY 04: The exterior of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is seen on May 4, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce yesterday, raising questions about the future of their foundation. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Future of Gates Foundation in doubt as divorce drama escalates

By Sophie Alexander and Bloomberg

VARIOUS CITIES – MARCH 19: In this screengrab, Melinda Gates speaks at the featured session, “Melinda Gates + Kelly Corrigan Talk Big Change” during SXSW Online on March 19, 2021.

Melinda Gates has received $2 billion in stock since her divorce announcement

By Sophie Alexander, Tom Maloney, and others

Shares in Deutsche Bank AG climbed 1.7% on Wednesday as the German lender reported an unexpected profit and said it plans to pay out bonuses to top-performing staff. Wire photography: Krisztian Bocsi—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump’s banker at Deutsche Bank resigned amid a property deal probe

By Sonali Basak, Sophie Alexander, and others