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NVIDIA Just Hit An All-Time High Market Cap Of $3.4 Trillion. So How Rich Is Co-Founder/CEO Jensen Huang?

NVIDIA Just Hit An All-Time High Market Cap Of $3.4 Trillion. So How Rich Is Co-Founder/CEO Jensen Huang?

Oct 14, 2024

NVIDIA's market cap just topped $3 trillion market cap level. And at that point, how rich is company co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang?

Record-Breaking IRS Estate Tax Payment Reveals Late Texas Billionaire Was Way Richer Than Anyone Knew

Record-Breaking IRS Estate Tax Payment Reveals Late Texas Billionaire Was Way Richer Than Anyone Knew

Oct 8, 2024

On February 28, 2023, the United States Treasury received a $7 billion estate-and-gift-tax payment. It was the largest such payment ever received in the history of the IRS by a factor of 7. Who died rich enough to leave the IRS $7 billion?!

Mark Zuckerberg Just Became The Second Richest Person In The World For The First Time. Could He Go To #1?

Mark Zuckerberg Just Became The Second Richest Person In The World For The First Time. Could He Go To #1?

Oct 6, 2024

With Facebook's stock price roaring to an all-time high this week, Mark Zuckerberg just became the second richest person in the world for the first time.

Florida Man Gave An Anonymous Buyer A $6 Million Discount On His $80 Million Mansion. Found Out It Was Jeff Bezos. Now, He's Suing.

Florida Man Gave An Anonymous Buyer A $6 Million Discount On His $80 Million Mansion. Found Out It Was Jeff Bezos. Now, He's Suing.

Sep 16, 2024

Leo Kryss paid $28 million for a prime piece of Indian Creek waterfront real estate in 2014, holding onto the 18,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom mansion until May of 2023, when he listed it for sale with an asking price of $85 million.

Billionaire Larry Ellison Buys Palm Beach Resort From Owners That Were Once Seeking At Least $300 Million

Billionaire Larry Ellison Buys Palm Beach Resort From Owners That Were Once Seeking At Least $300 Million

Sep 12, 2024

The Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, FL, near Palm Beach, is now the latest piece in Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison's sprawling real estate portfolio.

New Financial Disclosure From Donald Trump Shows More Than $100 Million In Civil Liabilities, Millions In Book Royalties

New Financial Disclosure From Donald Trump Shows More Than $100 Million In Civil Liabilities, Millions In Book Royalties

Aug 26, 2024

Trump lists revenue (as opposed to profit or income) from other businesses, including $160.1 million from Trump National Doral in Miami and almost $57 million from Mar-a-Lago.

One Of The Richest Families In America Owes Their Entire Fortune To… Hot Pockets.

One Of The Richest Families In America Owes Their Entire Fortune To… Hot Pockets.

Aug 25, 2024

In case you were wondering, YES inventing Hot Pockets made someone a billionaire. In fact, Hot Pockets turned the Merage family into one of the richest families in America!

Is 50 Cent Really "Nearly A Billionaire"?

Is 50 Cent Really "Nearly A Billionaire"?

Aug 18, 2024

According to a bunch of headlines recently, 50 Cent is "nearly a billionaire." Is that claim true?

Rupert Murdoch Wants His Son Lachlan To Run His Media Empire. That Has Created A Massive Family Rift

Rupert Murdoch Wants His Son Lachlan To Run His Media Empire. That Has Created A Massive Family Rift

Aug 2, 2024

As things stand now, control of Murdoch's media holdings would be passed to a trust controlled by four of his adult children. But now, the elder Murdoch is seeking to change it so that Lachlan retains sole control, a move the other siblings are attempting to block.

In 1925, The Second-Richest Person In The World Was A 12-Year-Old Girl

In 1925, The Second-Richest Person In The World Was A 12-Year-Old Girl

Jul 28, 2024

When Doris Duke was 12 years old, just one month shy of her 13th birthday, she inherited $100 million. It was 1925 and she instantly became the second richest person in the world.

Magical Secret Tax Loophole Gives Jamie Dimon $1.6 Billion Reasons To Become Treasury Secretary

Magical Secret Tax Loophole Gives Jamie Dimon $1.6 Billion Reasons To Become Treasury Secretary

Jul 17, 2024

Jamie Dimon has $1.6 billion reasons to do whatever it takes to be nominated and confirmed as the next Treasury Secretary of the United States.

Steve Ballmer (Microsoft Employee #30) Is Now Richer Than Bill Gates

Steve Ballmer (Microsoft Employee #30) Is Now Richer Than Bill Gates

Jul 2, 2024

Bill Gates should be a trillionaire right now. Instead Steve Ballmer – his former employee – is now slightly richer.

MrBeast Is Now Officially A Billionaire

MrBeast Is Now Officially A Billionaire

Jun 12, 2024

A recently disclosed financial document just revealed the full extent of MrBeast's gross income and empire. The details give more than enough justification to officially crown MrBeast a billionaire.

Italian Soccer Team Inter Milan Seized By Investment Firm After Chinese Billionaire Owner Defaults On Loan

Italian Soccer Team Inter Milan Seized By Investment Firm After Chinese Billionaire Owner Defaults On Loan

May 31, 2024

Oaktree announced the unusual move of having "assumed ownership" of Inter Milan after a period of public jousting between Oaktree and Suning over ownership of the team.

Billionaire Robert Hale Jr. Gives UMass Dartmouth Graduating Class $1000 Each, But With Strings Attached

Billionaire Robert Hale Jr. Gives UMass Dartmouth Graduating Class $1000 Each, But With Strings Attached

May 24, 2024

The cash payments were delivered to the stage in two duffel bags and came in two envelopes for each student, one labeled "gift" and the other "give," and the idea is that to earn the first $500, the graduates need to give away the second.