Billionaires
Opinion
Elon Musk
It’s high noon for Musk as his $80 billion payday looms
Tesla shareholders are expected to approve yet again the largest incentive package in US history. If they do, the unprecedented package will no doubt be challenged in court again.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Billionaire reveals plans to dive to the Titanic after submersible tragedy
Shortly after the OceanGate disaster last year, a 74-year-old real estate billionaire got in touch with the co-founder of a company that makes submarines.
- by Emily Schmall and Orlando Mayorquín
Opinion
Executive pay
$85 billion battle: The drummer who started the fight to block the biggest payday in history
Richard Tornetta is an unlikely campaigner against one of the world’s richest men.
- by James Titcomb
Catering to the ultra-rich is a booming business in WA
There’s a new sign that the Perth elite are starting to tip over the line separating the merely rich from the fabulously so.
- by Harry Brumpton, Paul-Alain Hunt and Patrick Winters
How two bizarre billionaires almost destroyed Twitter
From Jack Dorsey’s love of “salt juice” to Elon Musk’s strange decision to kill off the famous bird symbol, this is the story of how Twitter was torn apart by the actions of two men.
- by Tom Knowles
‘I still hate the man’: Wall Street’s billionaires can’t resist Trump
When President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, some of Wall Street’s biggest names swore they were moving on from him for good. Times have changed.
- by Rob Copeland
Melinda French Gates to quit Gates Foundation, will exit with $19 billion for own charity work
She is leaving the nonprofit she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates and will get $18.9 billion for her own work to uplift women and families.
- by Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni
Russia’s richest don’t know how to pass on their billions
For Russia’s elite, passing on family wealth has become more complex than ever.
- by Bloomberg News
Bill Gates to sell $1.1 billion green megayacht – before it’s even set sail
The world’s fourth-richest man is offloading his floating palace, but it comes at a rocky time for the yacht industry.
- by Luke Barr