Billionaires

Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer. He became a millionaire just two years later at 23

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December 19, 2025
Mike Repole sits in front of a microphone
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Billionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to persuade people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’

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December 19, 2025
James Cameron holding a microphone, gesturing
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James Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar

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December 17, 2025
Tech CEO Bryan Johnson says he’ll make humans immortal by 2039—first he just needs to sort out ‘buggy’ issues like ‘mistakenly causing cancer’
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Tech CEO Bryan Johnson says he’ll make humans immortal by 2039—first he just needs to sort out ‘buggy’ issues like ‘mistakenly causing cancer’

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December 17, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
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Elon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page

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December 16, 2025
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Bad luck, six-figure earners: Elon Musk warns that money will ‘disappear’ in the future as AI makes work (and salaries) irrelevant

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December 15, 2025
Ryan Serhant lifts his arms at the premiere of Owning Manhattan, his Netflix show
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Ryan Serhant, a real estate mogul who’s met over 100 billionaires, reveals his best networking advice: ‘Every room I go into, I use the two C’s‘

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December 12, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
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Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne's signatures on the bottom of Apple's founding contract.
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Apple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth up to $400 billion

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December 12, 2025
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
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Apple’s Steve Jobs told students to never ‘settle’ in their careers: ‘If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking’

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December 11, 2025
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Personal Finance

‘This year, I really see education and climate’: Patterns in billionaire MacKenzie Scott’s massive giving emerge with time

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
December 11, 2025
Photo of MacKenzie Scott
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MacKenzie Scott’s $7 billion year: Philanthropist credits dentist and college roommate as inspirations for monumental giving

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December 10, 2025
David Zaslav wearing sunglasses
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Netflix–Paramount bidding wars are pushing Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav toward billionaire status—he has one rule for success: ‘Never be outworked’

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December 10, 2025
Orban, Babis
Europe

Hungary’s Orban welcomes back ‘old ally,’ Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš

By Karel Janicek and The Associated Press
December 9, 2025
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Economy

The U.S. has over 900 billionaires and their wealth soared by 18% to $6.9 trillion this year, UBS says

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December 8, 2025

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