These folks have the fortune, without the hassle of the fame.
Many have pledged billions of dollars to charity.
Philanthropic activities tend to be confined by the limitations of a corporation's location and capabilities.
When it comes to stock market investing, following the crowd often results in losses. Why replicate the mediocrity of the masses when you can clone the success of the world's greatest investor, Warren Buffett?
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.
Others on the list include Warren Buffett and Astrid Menks.
Ajit Jain specialises in mega-catastrophe coverage, that is, he takes risks that rivals avoid.
A Mexican telecom magnate has overtaken American investor Warren Buffett as the world's second richest man and is breathtakingly close to passing Bill Gates, the numero uno in the billionaire's list.
The list was topped by Oracle's Larry Ellison last year.
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Buffett gave no hints about who would succeed him and defended ties with Brazil's 3G Capital during the annual meeting
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.
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.
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.
Giving People asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away majority of their wealth.
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 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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The world's richest people have become poorer.
Indian businessmen and philanthropy have never walked hand in hand. But change is in the air...
The world has 1,210 billionaires with a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion.
40 American billionaires have pledged to eat into their wealth and give half of it away in an unprecedented act of philanthropy.
Copying the portfolios of big-time investors is unlikely to yield comparable returns.
As many as nine companies which suffered the brunt of the economic crisis and were bailed out by the government -- including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs -- are among the least reputed companies in the US, a study said.
Amid the worsening financial crisis in the US, business publication Forbes has named legendary investor Warren Buffett and Indian billionaire Anil Ambani among the world's richest business people who are investing heavily in the American economy.
Mukesh Ambani, who heads Reliance Industries, has been ranked among top five best performing CEOs in the world by the prestigious Harvard Business Review.
US President Barack Obama has made an aggressive case for imposing more taxes on the rich and criticised those opposing his 'Buffet Rule'.
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, on Sunday said ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala will always be remembered for his acute understanding of the markets as well as for his jovial personality, kindness, and foresightedness. Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as 'India's Warren Buffett', passed away here Sunday morning due to a cardiac arrest. He was 62. Jhunjhunwala had investments in more than three dozen companies, the most valuable being watch and jewellery maker Titan, part of the Tata conglomerate.
Where the super-rich, like Gates, Buffett and Jobs, rest their heads.
They have lost more than $13 billion from their combined wealth, but still the two Ambani brothers have moved higher on Forbes' latest list of the world's ten richest CEOs, while Sunil Mittal has joined the league and Lakshmi Mittal has slipped two places.
Forbes said out of the world's 1011 billionaires, only 14 are women who earned their fortunes, rather than inherited them.
The 'AAA' rating is the highest possible rating and the world's largest economy had been enjoying this top-notch rating ever since the agencies began assigning sovereign credit rating to the country.
After one of the most disastrous weeks in the history of Wall Street, Warren Buffett decided to invest $5 billion there.
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