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Elon Musk's Net Worth Soars Past $1 Trillion As SpaceX IPO Ignites A New Wealth Era

Elon Musk's Net Worth Soars Past $1 Trillion As SpaceX IPO Ignites A New Wealth Era

Oracle Stock Collapse Hits Larry Ellison's Wealth: Co-Founder Moves To Fifth Place, Behind Jeff Bezos

Oracle Stock Collapse Hits Larry Ellison's Wealth: Co-Founder Moves To Fifth Place, Behind Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk Net Worth Could Top $1 Trillion With SpaceX IPO: Make $100 Million A Day And It Would Take This Long To Catch Him

Elon Musk Net Worth Could Top $1 Trillion With SpaceX IPO: Make $100 Million A Day And It Would Take This Long To Catch Him

Oracle Stock Collapse Hits Larry Ellison's Wealth: Co-Founder Moves To Fifth Place, Behind Jeff Bezos

Oracle Stock Collapse Hits Larry Ellison's Wealth: Co-Founder Moves To Fifth Place, Behind Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk Net Worth Could Top $1 Trillion With SpaceX IPO: Make $100 Million A Day And It Would Take This Long To Catch Him

Elon Musk Net Worth Could Top $1 Trillion With SpaceX IPO: Make $100 Million A Day And It Would Take This Long To Catch Him

Jensen Huang Personally Reviews Pay For All 42,000 Nvidia Employees — Here's What He Does '100% Of The Time'

Jensen Huang Personally Reviews Pay For All 42,000 Nvidia Employees — Here's What He Does '100% Of The Time'

Dell Stock Rally Shakes Up World's Richest List: Michael Dell Passes Mark Zuckerberg For Sixth Place

Dell Stock Rally Shakes Up World's Richest List: Michael Dell Passes Mark Zuckerberg For Sixth Place

Jensen Huang Personally Reviews Pay For All 42,000 Nvidia Employees — Here's What He Does '100% Of The Time'

Jensen Huang Personally Reviews Pay For All 42,000 Nvidia Employees — Here's What He Does '100% Of The Time'

Dell Stock Rally Shakes Up World's Richest List: Michael Dell Passes Mark Zuckerberg For Sixth Place

Dell Stock Rally Shakes Up World's Richest List: Michael Dell Passes Mark Zuckerberg For Sixth Place

Meta Adds New Subscriptions, Zuckerberg Gets $7 Billion Richer

Meta Adds New Subscriptions, Zuckerberg Gets $7 Billion Richer

Nvidia Dividend Boost Will Make Jensen Huang $810 Million Richer — Every Year

Nvidia Dividend Boost Will Make Jensen Huang $810 Million Richer — Every Year

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Is Buffett's Playbook Losing Its Edge? Berkshire Lags S&P 500 By Most Since 2008

Is Buffett's Playbook Losing Its Edge? Berkshire Lags S&P 500 By Most Since 2008

Berkshire's relative performance versus the S&P 500 has weakened sharply, raising questions about Buffett's playbook in the post-Buffett era.

Jeff Bezos Says AI Isn't Taking All The Jobs: 'There's Going To Be A Labor Shortage'

Jeff Bezos Says AI Isn't Taking All The Jobs: 'There's Going To Be A Labor Shortage'

Jeff Bezos isn't concerned about AI taking jobs. The billionaire said fewer people in the workforce could lead to a job shortage.

Coatue's Philippe Laffont Bought This Beaten-Down Stock — Now It's Flashing A Golden Cross

Coatue's Philippe Laffont Bought This Beaten-Down Stock — Now It's Flashing A Golden Cross

Hertz stock (HTZ) has triggered a Golden Cross after Coatue's Philippe Laffont's Q1 bet on HTZ. Short-term technical indicators show mixed momentum.

Jeff Bezos Says SpaceX IPO Could Help Entire Sector: 'Space Is Going To Be A Gigantic Industry'

Jeff Bezos Says SpaceX IPO Could Help Entire Sector: 'Space Is Going To Be A Gigantic Industry'

Jeff Bezos sees a vision of space data centers in the future, but he's not so optimistic about a short timeline like Elon Musk.

Jeff Bezos Says He's No Tax Villain, Gives Billions — Thinks Some People Should Pay 0%

Jeff Bezos Says He's No Tax Villain, Gives Billions — Thinks Some People Should Pay 0%

Jeff Bezos fought back against a notion he doesn't pay his fair share in taxes in a May 2026 interview. Here's what he said could help solve the tax issue.

Carl Icahn Beat Berkshire Hathaway This Quarter — But The Long-Term Story Is Different

Carl Icahn Beat Berkshire Hathaway This Quarter — But The Long-Term Story Is Different

Carl Icahn outperformed Berkshire Hathaway in Q1 2026, but Warren Buffett still leads massively over the past five years, according to hedge fund data.

Viking Global Opens Fresh Apple Stake Worth Nearly $1 Billion As Big Tech Trade Roars Back

Viking Global Opens Fresh Apple Stake Worth Nearly $1 Billion As Big Tech Trade Roars Back

Viking Global revealed a new $912M Apple stake while adding Meta, Reddit and CoreWeave positions as hedge funds rotate back into Big Tech.

Stanley Druckenmiller Dumps Amazon And Alphabet While Loading Up On Commodities, Argentina And Biotech

Stanley Druckenmiller Dumps Amazon And Alphabet While Loading Up On Commodities, Argentina And Biotech

Stanley Druckenmiller cut Amazon, exited Alphabet while increasing bets on Argentina, commodities, semiconductors, biotech stocks during Q1.

Coatue Cuts Tesla Position By 96%, Trims Nvidia While Buying Lucid And Hertz

Coatue Cuts Tesla Position By 96%, Trims Nvidia While Buying Lucid And Hertz

Coatue nearly exited Tesla, cut Nvidia stake during Q1, while adding new Lucid & Hertz stakes: in shift toward speculative recovery trades.

Thomas Peterffy, The $101 Billion Man You've Never Heard Of, Is About To Pass Bill Gates

Thomas Peterffy, The $101 Billion Man You've Never Heard Of, Is About To Pass Bill Gates

The richest people in the world could have a shake up soon with Bill Gates falling further down the list. Here's who could soon pass him.

Jeff Bezos's $500 Million Superyacht Reportedly For Sale As Seattle Seahawks Hit The Market

Jeff Bezos's $500 Million Superyacht Reportedly For Sale As Seattle Seahawks Hit The Market

A report says Jeff Bezos is selling his $500 million superyacht. Could the sale have a sports related significance?

Billionaires Club ETF Launches On NYSE, Tapping Founder-Led Wealth Creation Trend In Active ETFs

Billionaires Club ETF Launches On NYSE, Tapping Founder-Led Wealth Creation Trend In Active ETFs

Billionaires Club ETF (CLUB) targets founder-led companies with strong long-term wealth creation potential across global markets.

Warren Buffett Says Sports Betting Benefits Billionaires Like Himself, But He's No Fan Of Industry That Can 'Make A Sucker Out Of People'

Warren Buffett Says Sports Betting Benefits Billionaires Like Himself, But He's No Fan Of Industry That Can 'Make A Sucker Out Of People'

Warren Buffett may love sports like baseball, but he's not a fan of sports betting. Here's why Buffett doesn't like sports betting, even though he thinks it could help his wealth.

This AI Stock Rocketed 700% — Billionaire Lewis Sanders Is Cashing In (And It's Not Nvidia)

This AI Stock Rocketed 700% — Billionaire Lewis Sanders Is Cashing In (And It's Not Nvidia)

Billionaire Lewis Sanders trims Seagate stake after a 700% rally. The AI storage trade is booming — but is positioning starting to shift?

Netflix Stock Crashed 10% — But This Billionaire Loaded Up $1 Billion Before The Fall: Who's Right?

Netflix Stock Crashed 10% — But This Billionaire Loaded Up $1 Billion Before The Fall: Who's Right?

Netflix falls 10% after weak guidance, even as a billionaire holds a $1B stake. Is this a dip or the start of a deeper reset?

Michael Dell Among Top Net Wealth Gainers In 2026 — Back In Top 10 Richest, Even After Giving Away $6.25 Billion To Trump Accounts

Michael Dell Among Top Net Wealth Gainers In 2026 — Back In Top 10 Richest, Even After Giving Away $6.25 Billion To Trump Accounts

Michael Dell is back in the top 10 billionaires leaderboard after being knocked out in 2025. Here's how much he's worth and what's boosting his net worth.

Ken Griffin Says Hormuz Staying Shut Means Recession: 'No Way To Avoid That'

Ken Griffin Says Hormuz Staying Shut Means Recession: 'No Way To Avoid That'

Citadel's Ken Griffin warns a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure could push the global economy into recession amid a deepening energy-price shock.

Trump's Fed Nominee Is 20x Richer Than The President, With Stakes In SpaceX, Polymarket

Trump's Fed Nominee Is 20x Richer Than The President, With Stakes In SpaceX, Polymarket

New financial disclosures released by Kevin Warsh reveal how much President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve could be worth and what he holds stakes in.

Elon Musk, Walmart Heirs See Q1 Wealth Gains: Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg & Others Hit By Stock Losses

Elon Musk, Walmart Heirs See Q1 Wealth Gains: Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg & Others Hit By Stock Losses

The 10 richest billionaires are worth less after the first quarter of 2026 than they finished 2025 at. Here's a look at the winners and losers of Q1.

M-Tron's War-Tech Boom Draws Smart Money — But Not Every Billionaire Is Buying More (CORRECTED)

M-Tron's War-Tech Boom Draws Smart Money — But Not Every Billionaire Is Buying More (CORRECTED)

M-Tron is drawing hedge fund interest as defense demand rises, with surging backlog, strong margins, and exposure to the fast-growing electronic warfare and drone systems market.

Warren Buffett, Steph Curry, Ayesha Curry Hosting Charity Lunch: Here's How Much Winner Might Need To Pay

Warren Buffett, Steph Curry, Ayesha Curry Hosting Charity Lunch: Here's How Much Winner Might Need To Pay

Warren Buffett is bringing back his famous charity lunch auction, teaming up with NBA star Steph Curry and wife Ayesha Curry. Here's how much past auctions have sold for.

Mark Zuckerberg Wealth Suffers Large Fall After Court Rulings: Meta Founder Worth $46 Billion Less In 2026

Mark Zuckerberg Wealth Suffers Large Fall After Court Rulings: Meta Founder Worth $46 Billion Less In 2026

Meta Platforms stock is falling after recent legal rulings against the company. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth has also fallen and both could see more losses ahead.

Musk Richer Than Bezos, Zuckerberg, Ellison Combined: SpaceX IPO Could Create First Trillionaire

Musk Richer Than Bezos, Zuckerberg, Ellison Combined: SpaceX IPO Could Create First Trillionaire

Elon Musk's wealth is up in 2026 thanks to his stake in SpaceX. The valuation of SpaceX at IPO could be significantly higher than what his wealth is based on.