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Wallis Annenberg
Success

Wallis Annenberg, whose family made billions from selling to Rupert Murdoch and poured them back into California, dead at 86

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July 30, 2025
Jeff Bezos’s honeymoon plans involved a $5.7 billion Amazon share selloff
Finance

Jeff Bezos’s honeymoon plans involved a $5.7 billion Amazon share selloff

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July 28, 2025
Bill Gates
Success

Bill Gates gave so much money away that $51 billion just got swiped from his net worth—now his former No. 2 and Microsoft successor Steve Ballmer is wealthier than he is

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July 8, 2025
Michael Dell
Success

Michael Dell’s net worth has soared by $1.2 billion—but it’s still not enough to crack the world’s richest inner circle

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July 7, 2025
Warren Buffett
Finance

Warren Buffett donates another $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares—with the lion’s share going to the Gates Foundation

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June 30, 2025
Margaret Richardson
Newsletters

GoFundMe launches new funds aimed at maximizing charitable donations

By Alicia Adamczyk and Nina Ajemian
June 30, 2025
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during an interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" at the Pivotal Ventures office in Kirkland, Washington, US
Politics

Melinda French Gates says some tech titans siding with Trump are doing ‘what some comms person’ tells them instead of living by their values

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June 23, 2025
Pavel Durov
Success

Billionaire Telegram founder leaves his $14 billion fortune to the 100+ children he’s fathered—which means $132 million for each lucky Gen Alpha kid

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June 20, 2025
Exterior view of the Walmart Supercenter in Burbank
Well

Inside a low-key Walmart heir’s bid to save nature (while making a profit), after crediting it with helping him survive rare cancer diagnosis

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June 19, 2025
Mitzi Perdue
Success

The heiress of $10 billion Perdue Farms and the $12 billion Sheraton Hotels empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economy

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June 15, 2025
President George H.W. Bush’s nonprofit plans to spend $100 million to boost volunteerism in America as Trump’s funding cuts threaten organizations
Lifestyle

President George H.W. Bush’s nonprofit plans to spend $100 million to boost volunteerism in America as Trump’s funding cuts threaten organizations

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
June 6, 2025
A precarious success story: In South Africa, the hard-won progress of a youth-led HIV education program is threatened by international funding cuts
Health

A precarious success story: In South Africa, the hard-won progress of a youth-led HIV education program is threatened by international funding cuts

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June 3, 2025
Inside Bill Gates’ meeting with his foundation’s staff after his $200 billion bombshell: ‘How do we get people to care?’
Health

Inside Bill Gates’ meeting with his foundation’s staff after his $200 billion bombshell: ‘How do we get people to care?’

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May 28, 2025
A pair of Gen Zers picking up trash and litter
Lifestyle

Nonprofits are finally figuring out how to get disillusioned Gen Zers to fix their own communities: You just have to give them money

By James Pollard and The Associated Press
May 28, 2025
Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett
Success

Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

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May 24, 2025

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