When it comes to history, even Bill Gates's enormous wealth isn't enough to put him on the top of the rank.
Elon Musk is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Take a look at some of the stunning cars on display at Auto China show.
Forbes said this year's 1,226 billionaires are a record high, up one per cent from last year's total.
Others on the list include Warren Buffett and Astrid Menks.
A record-breaking year for the world's billionaires.
The list was topped by Oracle's Larry Ellison last year.
Many have pledged billions of dollars to charity.
Unless the Eurozone crisis escalates further.
Hyderabad-born Prem Watsa, the founder, chairman and chief executive of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings, is often called the Warren Buffett of Canada for his ability to spot investment opportunities ahead of others and turn around non-performing enterprises.
The world's richest people have become poorer.
Kotak Mahindra Bank was the biggest gainer on both the indices, ending nearly 9 per cent higher following reports that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc was planning to pick up stake in the private sector lender.
The company has unveiled a two-storey, 7,500 square foot restaurant in Riyadh, one of three locations that opened in the city this month to mark the start of aggressive expansion plans.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's holding value in Nazara Technologies crossed the Rs 1,000-crore mark. In the past one month, the market price of Nazara, a diversified gaming and sports media platform, has zoomed 78 per cent. In comparison, the Sensex was up 3 per cent during the same period.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd climbed two spots to No. 53 on Forbes' latest Global 2000 list of public companies worldwide. Forbes Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world using four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value, Forbes said releasing the 2022 ranking of the world's top 2,000 companies. Reliance is the top-ranked Indian firm on the list, followed by State Bank of India at No. 105, HDFC Bank at No. 153 and ICICI Bank at No. 204.
Warren Buffett defended his plan to appoint his son, Howard, who has little investing experience, as non executive chairman, saying the younger man's role would be to ensure that Berkshire had the right CEO in place.
Philanthropic activities tend to be confined by the limitations of a corporation's location and capabilities.
Berkshire India will soon start selling life insurance products as a corporate agent of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.
Oracle of Omaha will initially invest Rs 1,177 crore (Rs 11.77 billion) in the venture.
Jeff 'Amazon' Bezos' $250-million purchase of the iconic Washington Post last week has sparked a debate on why billionaires are buying into a medium that is staring at irrelevance, if not death.
While some are recognised are for their exceptional products, others have earned a repute for excellent services.
More than 1,000 copies were sold at Berkshire's annual meeting.
The airline business has eaten up capital over the past century like almost no other business.
Often called Canada's version of Warren Buffet, Watsa preaches a long view that suggests it may be too early to assess his decision to take on a leading 10 per cent stake in BlackBerry.
Berkshire Hathaway's India-born head of reinsurance business Ajit Jain, seen as a possible successor to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will testify through a video deposition for his "close friend", former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in his insider trading trial.
A blue-eyed boy of the billionaire investor, Sokol's surprise exit has come amid disclosures about his personal stockholdings.
Warren Buffett will meet with individuals that have bought insurance policies through his Indian venture Berkshireinsurance.com.
Indian businessmen and philanthropy have never walked hand in hand. But change is in the air...
The Sage of Omaha has finally arrived in India, just two days after the finance minister reaffirmed the government's commitment to further liberalise the insurance sector.
Berkshire Hathaway's India-born top executive Ajit Jain was "shocked" to hear that his friend ex-McKinsey head Rajat Gupta had lost USD 10 million in an investment fund with Raj Rajaratnam, which he described as a "deliberate hanky panky" by the convicted hedge fund founder.
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Giving People asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away majority of their wealth.
The world has 1,210 billionaires with a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion.
Buffett is not coming to only talk foreign direct investment in insurance and invest his billions in Indian equities.
Lubrizol had revenues of $5.4 billion and a global workforce of about 6,900 in 2010.
US President Barack Obama has made an aggressive case for imposing more taxes on the rich and criticised those opposing his 'Buffet Rule'.
Buffett typically makes his donations in July, reducing the number of shares by 5 percent from the prior year.
The greatest investors not only make a fortune off their success but they also help millions achieve similar returns.
GM Rao has been quite active in philanthropic activities for quite some time through GMR Varalakshmi Foundation.
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