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Scrooges Of The Forbes 400: America's Least Philanthropic Billionaires
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:19am | 668Read More...Editor's note: This story has been edited to reflect an update by Forbes to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's philanthropy ranking that removed him from the list of the least generous billionaires. For the first time, the Forbes 400 list includes a generosity ranking. The philanthropy rating...
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10 Youngest Billionaires On The Forbes 400 List
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 2:41pm | 817Read More...According to Forbes’ annual ranking of the wealthiest Americans, there is a new No. 1 for the first time since 1994. This year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates’ 24-year run as the richest person in the United States. Gates’ No....
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Jeff Bezos Knocks Off Bill Gates And Tops Forbes 400 For The First Time Ever
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 8:49am | 551Read More...In the last year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos pocketed $78.5 billion — just enough change to top all-time charts of U.S. wealth. Now valued at $160 billion, Bezos overcame Bill Gates ($97 billion) to become the nation’s wealthiest billionaire. Gates was one year short...
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Bill Gates Tops the Forbes 400
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 12:45pm | 219Read More...The Giving Pledge co-founder is once again making headlines for being the richest man in the world. Bill Gates, the man behind that little company that makes Windows – what was its name again? Oh, right, it's Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) – has earned the number-one spot in the Forbes 400. Gates' net...
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Mark Zuckerberg Beats Steve Jobs AND Donates $100M To Newark Public Schools
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9:40am | 237Read More...According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the only people ahead of Mark Zuckerberg on the Forbes 400 list in the Bay area were Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison, 66, who was number 3 overall at $27 billion, and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both 37, who tied...
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Groupon Founder On The Verge Of Being A Billionaire
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 8:29am | 223Read More...Chicago investor Eric Lefkofsky, cofounder and 30% owner of the fastest-growing company ever, Web phenom Groupon, has made the Forbes 400 Billionaires List. Groupon, which sends out daily coupons to its users about deep discounts on products and services, was launched in 2008 and employs more...
