Insider trading:In Silicon Valley,you can be worth billions and it’s not enough

Insider trading:In Silicon Valley,you can be worth billions and it’s not enough

Andreas Bechtolsheim,the first investor in Google,has an estimated $25 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $US415,726.

  • byDavid Streitfeld

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The Moby Dick manoeuvre:How charity organisers harpoon Sydney’s wealthy ‘whales’

The Moby Dick manoeuvre:How charity organisers harpoon Sydney’s wealthy ‘whales’

Linda and Joshua Penn,who organise Sydney’s Gold Dinner fundraiser,are at the coal face of prising donations from Australia’s super rich.

  • byAndrew Hornery
Tesla doubles down on Musk’s $87b pay package,dismissing court ruling

Tesla doubles down on Musk’s $87b pay package,dismissing court ruling

The electric carmaker will ask shareholders to vote again on massive compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk that was nixed by a Delaware court early this year.

  • byDana Hull andAnders Melin
‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

Tom Oxley came up with his idea for a brain chip while at Melbourne University in the late 2000s. Now his company has attracted some of the richest people in the world as investors.

  • byMatthew Field
Read it and weep:The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
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Read it and weep:The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer

Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective,this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.

  • byElizabeth Knight
The $10b man:Donald Trump just made the most money he ever has in a single day

The $10b man:Donald Trump just made the most money he ever has in a single day

Trump’s business empire was supposed to be in peril. Instead,it turned into the single-greatest day on record for the former president’s wealth.

  • byTom Maloney
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Australia has more billionaires than ever. That’s nothing to celebrate
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Australia has more billionaires than ever. That’s nothing to celebrate

Marking a new high of ultra-wealthy individuals is one record we shouldn’t be cheering about.

  • byVictoria Devine
‘Red flags went up’:Former Mar-a-Lago worker details Pratt’s relationship with Trump

‘Red flags went up’:Former Mar-a-Lago worker details Pratt’s relationship with Trump

A witness in a criminal trial involving Donald Trump claims the Australian billionaire was told information by the former president that “would more than likely be classified”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
The billionaire with a cult following you have probably never heard of

The billionaire with a cult following you have probably never heard of

Frank Slootman has developed quite a reputation for his no-nonsense approach.

  • byBrody Ford andTom Maloney
Elon Musk loses world’s richest person title

Elon Musk loses world’s richest person title

For the first time in more than nine months,Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person. A familiar face now sits atop the list.

  • byTom Maloney andAnnie Massa
The leather-jacket-wearing CEO who just made $15 billion in a day

The leather-jacket-wearing CEO who just made $15 billion in a day

Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993. Now it is the world’s hottest company,and he is on the verge of breaking into an exclusive club.

  • byVernal Galpotthawela,Jack Witzig andIan King